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[Columbus, Ohio, May 15, 2023] – Chefalo Consulting, a leading provider of trauma-informed change solutions, and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), Ohio’s prison system dedicated to reducing recidivism and crime in Ohio, have successfully launched trauma-informed training for agency staff across the state.

La Maida Project (LMP) is hosting two upcoming experiential workshops aimed to create a trauma-responsive and ACEs-aware culture in all the communities and settings where you engage. We are inviting the PACEs community to sign up free of charge using the promo code PACEsTogether . LMP is working to address the mental health crisis by healing our connection to self, community, purpose, and the natural world. Our experiential education workshops emphasize the participant's felt experience in...

By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Image: from article, Office of Minority Health, July 2023 National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how we handle...

By Cedars-Sinai, Photo: screenshot from article, NewsWise, July 19, 2023 People belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely than white people to receive mental healthcare. Anna Solt, MD , a Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist, said that reduced access to mental healthcare, cultural stigmas and even stereotypical beliefs within a culture can cause barriers to mental health treatment. “There are stereotypes within Hispanic communities, for example—women are seen as being dramatic and...

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the challenges that some racial and ethnic minority groups face regarding mental health. Getty Images By Heather Loeb, Corpus Christi Caller Times, July 3, 2023 Happy Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. As I began working on this column, my daughter, who is as nosy as I am, asked what I was doing. I tried to explain that there were groups of people who aren’t treated the same way by doctors, who...

From Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Photo: from article, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, June 27, 2023 Mental health matters! Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act, handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is just as important as physical health throughout our lives. Mental health issues are common – more than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness. Mental health...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7 For the third time in five weeks, a 16-year-old boy has died after sustaining on-the-job injuries at an industrial site, as lawmakers in several states advocate loosening child labor laws that protect minors from hazardous work. The latest teen death was Friday night at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, authorities said. It’s the third worker death at the plant since...

The Child Abuse Prevention Center is hiring for two program leadership positions, and we not only want to reach a candidate pool that reflects the diversity of our communities, but in particular, individuals whose professional experience and personal missions have been centered in racial and gender equity and the well-being of California’s most marginalized families and children. Both positions are hybrid based in Sacramento and can be found here: https://www.thecapcenter.org/careers/ .

The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative has released and updated “California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide (e-Guide).” The e-Guide was developed for all those who are serving Californians and interested in collaborating or connecting with local coalitions, boards, and other organized bodies who are working...

"Navigating life’s ups and downs, even as a child, can be stressful. Howling with Huskies lays a foundation of what to do when our feelings seem out of reach."

Voices for Virginia’s Children is hosting the Beyond Trauma: Youth Mental Health Policy and Practice Summit on October 11, 2023. With 12 invigorating workshops across three tracks (Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional), attendees will walk away with tools to embark on their healing journey and ways to incorporate healing into youth policy and practice. Be sure to visit our Summit website for details and tickets!

By Cara Nixon, Photo: Julie Leopo/EdSource, EdSource, July 19, 2023 Every time former Superintendent Robin Jones walked into Kit Carson Elementary School, she remembered getting off the bus and walking down the hallway as a child. Jones, who attended Kit Carson K-8, said coming back as an administrator “just happened.” She recalls becoming superintendent there partially because she didn’t want anyone else to have the job. “I just felt like, well, no one’s going to treat it the way I would...