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Hello, community. I would like to formally invite you - the caregivers and wellness workers of the world....to lay it down. One weekend a year, this retreat (online again this year) is made for YOU. Come, receive, enjoy, relax, refuel and revive. Connection is antidote to compassion fatigue and burn-out. Promise. Isn't it time that you receive? www.SpringEnergyEvent.com April 1-3 online https://youtu.be/8I0h7aHMhSg

In recent years, more than a quarter of a million children each year have been removed from their families and placed in foster care because of alleged neglect and these children are disproportionately Black or Indigenous. Too often, circumstances stemming from poverty are construed as neglect, but underlying both poverty and neglect is historic and present-day racism. This report outlines the history of how child protective services developed to over-surveil families of color, examines how...

By Anna Bahney and Donald Judd, Image: Screenshot from article, CNN Business, March 23, 2022 The White House on Wednesday announced new actions to counter racial and ethnic bias in home valuations. Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled a 21-point plan that seeks to help homeowners impacted by bias in the appraisal process during an event with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge and Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice. The plan was developed by a recently formed inter-agency...

By Nithya Ramanathan, Jim Fruchterman, Amy Fowler, and Gabriele Carotti-Sha, Illustration: Anna Gusella, Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 2022 (Spring 2022) The social sector aims to empower communities with tools and knowledge to effect change for themselves, because community-driven change is more likely to drive sustained impact than attempts to force change from the outside. This commitment should include data, which is increasingly essential for generating social impact. Today...

By Fola Akinnibi, Photo: Erik McGregor/Light Rocket/Getty Images, Bloomberg CityLab, March 24, 2022 As New York state and city officials weigh tightening restrictions on arrested individuals awaiting trial, a new study shows that doing so could be worse for public safety in the long run. Individuals held in jail pretrial are more likely to be rearrested than people who are released, and the odds they’ll commit a new offense increase the longer they are incarcerated, according to a study...

By Melinda Wenner Moyer, Photo: Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times, The New York Times, March 24, 2022 Kids and teens in America are spending more time than ever using screens and social media, with the number of hours spent online having risen sharply during the pandemic, according to results from a survey released Wednesday. The survey , published by the nonprofit research organization Common Sense Media, found that overall screen use among teens and tweens increased by 17 percent from...

BMJ 2022 ; 376 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o781 (Published 23 March 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;376:o78 Lucie Cluver , professor of child and family social work 1; Ben Perks , head of campaigns and advocacy and senior fellow 2 3; Sabine Rakotomalala , technical officer 4 and Wadih Maalouf , programme manager 5 Author affiliations Evidence based parenting support is needed for families in both sudden and protracted crises, to help protect children from adverse outcomes The images of...

I participated as a UNA-USA delegate, in the UN’s 66th Commission on the Status of Women. As I listened to plenaries, was part of side events, and engaged with co-delegates, there was the consistent theme of all that is needed. Our global lack of true logic and connection was on display, from stories of child trafficking by marriage, through stories and data on disparities, prejudice, environmental impact, so on. And while I’ll focus on how we address the lack by the Connect All approach, I...

By Laura Gallant, 3/24/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ On March 8, we held our second annual HOPE Summit – Growing HOPE with nearly 300 people participating. Even with the virtual platform we had high engagement among those who attended. We had about 125 posts on the events social wall, and 85 people joined us for the networking hour after the Summit. If you were unable to attend the conference, we are now offering free access to the conference site. You will be able to...

Forward-Facing Professional Resilience : Prevention and Resolution of Burnout, Toxic Stress and Compassion Fatigue CONSULTING SERVICES FOR RESILIENCE & LEADERSHIP What you’ll learn Forward-facing professional resilience is the result of 20+ years of research and development in the area of burnout and compassion fatigue prevention. We have published nine empirical peer-reviewed studies that have demonstrated the skills in this workshop lessen the stress-related effects of care-giving and...

To wrap up Women's History Month, the Family and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia has released the latest issue brief. Since 2019, FACT has been working on an issue brief series focused on Systems of Trauma. This issue brief series broadens its focus from the individual to the societal level and explores how societal injustices interconnect and exacerbate individual toxic stress caused by family violence. Previously in the series, we have released issue briefs on Racial Trauma and Economic...