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Austin startup Aunt Bertha scores $5 million from Techstars Ventures [512Tech.com]

Austin startup Aunt Bertha has landed $5 million to continue building out its database of social services. The company's website lets people find and apply for social services across the United States. That means people in need, case managers and social workers can access government and charitable services by topic and zip code in seconds. The basic service, which is free, provides information including the location, hours and reviews of the services, as well as tools to connect with the...

Chicago Public Health Department declares overarching outcome to become a trauma-informed city

The city of Chicago, in partnership and with input from hundreds of key stakeholders, unveiled their strategic plan, Healthy Chicago 2.0 which will guide it's work through 2020. One key outcome is to become a trauma-informed city. Our collaborative has been working closely with the health department and will continue to collaborate and maximize resources to make this vision a reality. We are grateful for the support of all our partners and the department in particular for naming this...

Cogent Interview on Secondary Trauma and Resilience in the Workplace

Susan Green, LCSW, of the School of Social Work (University of Buffalo) has conducted an informative and cogent interview about secondary trauma and resilience in the workplace with documentarians, Rodney Whittenberg and Vic Compher, who co-produced Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion. Their Pain. You can hear the interview at: http://www.insocialwork.org/episode.asp?ep=193 and additional information about the film itself is at: www.caregiversfilm.com

Two Decades Later, A Mother Writes Back to the WIC Program She Used

One of my best friends, Heidi Aylward, is a high ACE scoring mother of two. She's also a feisty, funny and has a full life balancing work, parenting, friends and all the responsibilities of tending to home and loved ones. And she is a woman who used WIC . WIC defines itself as "The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant,...

Final Free Webinar on ARTIC Scale -- June 16, 2016, 3-4 pm EDT

The Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care (ARTIC) Scale is one of the first psychometrically valid measure of TIC published in the peer reviewed literature. It was developed collaboratively by the Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers and Dr. Courtney Baker at Tulane University. The ARTIC Scale measures service providers' attitudes favorable or unfavorable toward TIC. It is based on the premise that staff attitudes are an important driver of staff behavior -- and the...

Debtors prison a thing of the past? Some places in America still lock up the poor [LATimes.com]

Unemployed and fighting to stay clean, Jayne Fuentes had few options when a judge offered her a particularly unappealing choice – go to jail or spend her days on a work crew. Her crime? Being too poor to pay the fines and court costs that came with a drug conviction and several theft charges. “But when I was done with the work crew, I still owed $2,700 on another debt,” says Fuentes, 48. “I could have ended up in jail again.” Instead, the threat of being back behind bars or assigned to...

Sometimes Embracing Emotional Distress Is the Best Medicine [Blogs.ScientificAmerican.com]

An unfortunate side effect of the biological revolution of psychiatry is in perceiving emotional discomfort as undesirable or bad, something we shouldn’t feel, something that can be medicated away. And while medications can be life-saving and necessary with severely disabling conditions such as psychosis, mania, depression, and debilitating anxiety, to name a few, perhaps we’ve taken a troublesome short-cut along the way. I worry that mental health may now be seen as the absence of mental...

Politics & Prejudices: Trump: Traumatizing children [MetroTimes.com]

For nearly a year now, the media has been fascinated by Donald Trump's every utterance, the more sexual and outrageous the better. Did he really talk about his schlong? Did he really say "blood coming out of her whatever?" Did he really say John McCain wasn't much of a war hero because he was captured? Well, yes, yes, and yes. Will he really be the GOP nominee for president? Absolutely, comrades. When it comes to a Trump presidency, there is a hell of a lot to be concerned about. But one of...

When 'Diversity' and 'Inclusion' Are Tenure Requirements [TheAtlantic.com]

Last November, student activists at Pomona College, a selective liberal arts school in Southern California, demanded a change in the way that professors are evaluated. Alleging “unsafe academic environments,” they wanted future candidates for promotion or tenure to be judged in part on “a faculty member’s support of a diverse student body.” College President David Oxtoby dubbed it “an idea with merit.” And a semester later, faculty were set to formally vote on the matter. The language before...

The Human-Rights Case for Drug Legalization [TheAtlantic.com]

The first shot in Mexico’s drug war was fired in December 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent 6,500 security forces to reclaim Michoacan state from feuding cartels. “The battle against organized crime has just begun,” Calderon’s interior minister declared , “and the fight will take time.” He wasn’t kidding. That fight has now taken nearly 10 years, and tens of thousands of lives . And Mexico has little to show for it , besides death and destruction. In fact, the battle is as...

Pre-K is a healthy investment in children [YDR.com]

Growing up in York County, I was fortunate to have opportunities many children lack, including the opportunity to receive a quality education that prepared me for my career in pediatric medicine. Today, as a pediatric resident at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, I have experienced first-hand how challenges in a child’s growth and development – if left unaddressed – can limit opportunities, including the opportunity to learn. That is why I want to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...

Disparities Continue to Plague U.S. Schools, Federal Data Show [EdWeek.org]

New federal data show a continuing deep gulf between the educational experiences of traditionally disadvantaged student groups and their peers on a broad range of indicators, findings that follow years of efforts by government and advocacy groups to level the playing field in U.S. public schools. Black and Latino students are still more likely to be suspended, more likely to attend schools with high concentrations of inexperienced teachers, and less likely to have access to rigorous and...

So you say you’ve got white privilege. Now what? [NewSacred.org]

"White privilege. It’s the phrase bigots hate to hear and progressives love to denounce. If you are white and clicked on this blog to be congratulated for naming your privilege, you can stop reading in a few characters. Thank you for naming your privilege. It’s a good starting point of solidarity with people of color (POC) to name that your privilege exists. But naming your privilege is not the same thing as taking actions to reject it and dismantle white supremacy. White allies are quick to...

Cherokee Point Youth Leaders Educate Community on Child Abuse Prevention

It’s not every day I get to bring an entire pizza party to 30 kids, but a few weeks ago, that’s exactly what I got to do. I went to visit the youth leaders at Cherokee Point Elementary School , San Diego’s first trauma-informed elementary school. We were celebrating a major accomplishment. A few months ago, I wrote about my visit to Cherokee Point to visit youth leaders and talk about Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month, which occurs every April. During my initial visit in March, youth...

Cope With Mental Health Issues as a Community College Student [USNews.com]

It doesn't matter if you're an 18-year-old fresh out of high school, or a 32-year-old parent going to community college to earn an associate degree in nursing – college is stressful for most students. Struggling with depression and anxiety while trying to balance academics, work and life can make a challenging academic experience even more difficult. Results from a study released earlier this year found that half of the 4,000-plus community college students surveyed have a current or recent...

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