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Invitation to E.A.S.E.: Creating Restoration for Self Feb 20, 12pm-2pm Via Zoom The workshop will guide participants in a creatively brave, safe space to discover and explore various self-care strategies and healing tools that support overall wellness. Through interactive exercises, reflective practices, and shared experiences, the workshop aims to strengthen participants' ability to care for themselves emotionally, mentally, and physically, while fostering personal growth and a lasting...

Prevent Child Abuse – New Jersey (PCA-NJ) is currently offering multiple opportunities to attend a FREE 4-hour Connections Matter virtual training in January and February. All are welcome to attend, and we would appreciate if you could share this information with your networks. Register at this link by clicking on your preferred training date: https://www.preventchildabusenj.org/connections-matter/ . In addition, PCA-NJ is also offering a FREE Connections Matter Facilitator Training...

Please see the attachments below for opportunities to participate in music programs being offered for county residents in Camden County, NJ.

New Jersey, like many states, is developing a statewide infrastructure for collecting data on ACEs and PCEs. This profile shares New Jersey’s efforts to understand the impact of ACEs and PCEs across the state through data, with the goal of designing initiatives that promote child health and well-being. The findings can inform other states looking to implement similar data-driven efforts. The profile is a product of Preventing ACEs Across New Jersey: Data to Action , an initiative supported...

The next quarterly meet of the RESILIENT NJ TASKFORCE will be held on Thursday December 12th from 10am-12pm. Please see attached flyer. Registration link is below and also on the flyer. Meeting Registration - Zoom

Do you have a plan in place to manage your thoughts and emotions next week? Here are some practices that are helping me to take a “resiliency pause”:

The Trauma Responsive Understanding Self-Assessment Tool (TRUST) is now available, for free, to any organization that has five or more employees in the State of New Jersey.

Prevent Child Abuse-NJ is currently offering FREE Connections Matter virtual and in-person trainings! All are welcome to attend! Visit our website for additional information and registration: https://www.preventchildabusenj.org/connections-matter/ . Connections Matter is a healing-centered curriculum that teaches adults how to use the power of connections to help develop healthy brains and supportive relationships, prevent and heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and strengthen...

Hey, how are you doing? That’s a question I ask or get asked daily. Family, friends or coworkers, the response is typically the same, “I’m fine, everything’s good.” Except that isn’t always accurate, is it? Sometimes we are not fine. Sometimes we know the person on the other end isn’t fine. But we go on asking, shielded by the conventions of social norms and polite conversation; we don’t expect people to give an honest answer. But what if we were honest. In January of this year, Elmo – the...

Youth Voices Rising New York Op-Ed Contest 2024 — Second Place. The women in my family have been experiencing trauma for centuries. We have a long history of domestic, racial, and physical violence without ever having the mental resources to heal. We inherit our families’ behavior, emotions, and environmental responses because of epigenetics. So, the child welfare system should focus on addressing generational trauma with children and families if they want to protect, heal, and serve them.

Dear ONA Stakeholders and Partners, The Welcome Fund has launched its third All of Us grant opportunity. The focus of this grant is to support community-based organizations in small and medium sized cities that are building strong volunteer programs to assist newcomers. By expanding efforts to deeply engage volunteers, they seek to strengthen the fabric of support for newcomers and build an enduring spirit of welcome. Details on the RFP can be accessed HERE . To be eligible, organizations...