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By Rachel Rosenberg, Maia O'Meara, and Mya' Sanders, Child Trends, September 15, 2020 Nearly 18,000 young people aged out of the foster care system in fiscal year (FY) 2018. In other words, the child welfare system failed to reunify these young people with their parents or find them another legal, permanent placement through adoption or guardianship. Relative to their peers in the general population, young people who age out of foster care often experience lower levels of educational...

By Betty Marquez Rosales, EdSource, September 21, 2020 While California school districts and counties confront the learning challenges of the pandemic, education organizations are developing new guides for Spanish-speaking parents to help them navigate distance learning. In California public schools, about 40 percent of students speak a language other than English in their homes, and over 80 percent of those students speak Spanish, with 18.6% classified as English Learners. But, it’s the...

By Nor Cal Resilience Network, August 13, 2020, shareable.net. In 2010, as locals found themselves displaced or divided in Oakland’s Fruitvale District, six houses took down their fences to grow food, medicine, and other surprises. Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher, two founders of Canticle Farm, didn’t stop at building rainwater catchment or restoring a creek – they started bringing soul, soil, and society together. They did this by gifting food to neighbors, hosting retreats, providing edible...

By Jane McGuire, September 18, 2020, Missoula Current. In light of the many ways the pandemic lays bare the failures in our food system, many households and communities are turning to gardening as a way to build resilience. When you set out to dig a backyard garden bed, chances are you are more motivated by visions of the fall harvest than by notions of emotional wellbeing and community resilience. And yet, happiness and resilience are both benefits cultivated by the act of gardening. In a...

By Renee Fox, The Vindicator, September 20, 2020 Poverty is often a cycle, an oppressive cloud that hangs over generations, expanded by a community’s inability to offer living wage jobs, affordable housing and comprehensive health care, an expert says. Society’s youngest often carry the mental trauma that comes with not knowing if their home will be heated in the winter or their bellies full in the summer. When poverty cycles by generations, that means it takes longer for a society to...

By Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, September 21, 2020 Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, the countless stresses are taking a toll on the mental health of many in the Bay Area. Those who were already struggling are likely dealing with even more distress. According to a CDC survey this summer, more than 40% of Americans are experiencing issues related to depression, anxiety and substance abuse because of the pandemic. In the 18-24 age bracket, 1 in 4 report serious suicidal...

Call for Applications Release Date: July 13, 2020 | Application Deadline: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize ( the Prize ) elevates the compelling stories of places where residents are working together to transform education, jobs, transportation, housing, and more so better health flourishes for all. A Culture of Health recognizes that where we live—such as our access to affordable homes, quality schools, good jobs, and reliable...

Political? Yes, thinking in a trauma-informed way is a political issue. It gets to the very heart of what happens when injustice occurs. Much of the injustice in this world is perpetrated and/or ignored by many of those with money and power. Josh Lown identified “the loss of sense of self and safety as a result of a capitalist economy. This is trauma, but it’s not well understood.”

New publications Check out these new publications from Resilient Wisconsin: In this Together: Understanding the Effects of Collective Trauma Moving Prevention Upstream The Resilient Wisconsin initiative continues to evolve. If you haven't visited the Resilient Wisconsin website recently, check it out today. ACEs, adversity's impact UTEP professor researches effects of childhood trauma on Hispanic nursing students New Survey: 64%of parents of grieving children report mental health tops...

From The Government Alliance on Race and Equity, September 17, 2020 The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) is proud to have selected a series of GARE members to provide funding for projects that encourage government partnerships with local arts organizations focused on eliminating structural racism. The goals of the Innovation and Implementation Fund, Summer 2020 cycle are: To develop the government's capacity to build racial equity within the arts and culture sector To encourage...

The downstream effect of childhood trauma has been well documented regarding the biological and psychosocial impacts. This presentation will highlight the neurobiological changes associated with ACEs that function as a "primer" for the onset of addiction and related behaviors. It will conclude with principles for influencing these same pathways that assist with restoration of the mind and health downstream effect of childhood trauma has been well documented regarding the biological and...

Since 2014, the Caminos program at the Board of Child Care (BCC) in Baltimore has helped unaccompanied immigrant youth overcome the trauma they face when coming to the U.S. alone. Often fleeing environments where they have experienced extreme poverty, abuse and neglect, persecution, and the impact of horrific gang violence, these young people have already been exposed to significant and acute adversity and trauma. The disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been significant for...