"Strengthening Families plans to launch a website that links parents to community resources and shows them how to cope with stress, Schuring said. Just this month, the group launched an ad campaign that targets parents primarily at grocery stores. The...
"According to the State Department of Justice, human trafficking and specifically, the trafficking of children for sex, is a lucrative criminal enterprise here in Wisconsin. "It's an issue that's been made a top priority by the Attorney General's...
"The first article in a landmark series to help health care workers and providers, donors, and decision makers understand the importance of including mental health care in global health programs is being published in this week's PLOS Medicine...."...
"The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study. "After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that...
"Between 2009 and 2012, states cut a total of $4.35 billion in public mental-health spending from their budgets. According to a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness , significant cuts to general fund appropriations for state mental...
"According to the World Economic Forum, Saudi Arabia ranks 131st out of 135 countries on gender parity and opportunities for women. Progress in the country has been slow, but local feminists and other women’s rights groups have continued to...
Here are customized ACEsConnection category searches to help you stay up to date on articles and areas of interest. Scientific literature Here are customized searches from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed database:...
Updated 7/8/14 Watch this 15 minute video to get an overview of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) - short link: http://tiny.cc/tic-ppt Section Index General Child Welfare Criminal Justice Domestic Violence Homelessness...
*Updated 10/09/2014 "Becoming trauma-informed is a process that involves striving towards a new way of understanding people and providing services and supports. This process involves a gradual integration of trauma concepts and trauma sensitive...
"Maine officials and health care professionals know of ways to make the delivery of health care more efficient and reduce costs, but political agreement is difficult. One preventive approach, however — where health care providers focus on the...
A Nebraska Supreme Court Initiative that asks judges to take an active leadership role in improving the court process in child protection cases. Their website has many trauma-informed documents in addition to news, data, case law, training and other...
"State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. "The researchers also found that more than a half million of...
"Many staying in the shelter have a history of being traumatized as a result of domestic violence or sexual assault, and many continue to feel the pain of the trauma as they suffer with post-traumatic stress disorder.... "While staying at the shelter,...
"The average age at which girls first become victims of prostitution is 12 to 14, according to the FBI. But some start as early as 11. "These statistics are exactly what the Covina Woman's Club is trying to stop, if just on a smaller scale. "With...