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New dashboard examines social health factors for the Cape Fear region

By Zach Solon Published: Feb. 23, 2022 at 9:40 PM EST | Updated: 13 hours ago WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A new dashboard tool aims to provide a central location for socioeconomic health data for the Cape Fear region. The Cape Fear Collective launched the Healthy Communities NC dashboard this week. The site provides a breakdown of 21 social health factors, broken down by region and county. These factors include third grade reading levels and life expectancy. “This data is all publicly...

Monthly Meeting, School Updates, and Celebrations

The Pender County Resiliency Task Force met on February 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. A groups of dedicated individuals from a wide range of organizations from Pender County came together to learn more about what is happening in Pender County. Speakers/Updates: Leanne Radabaugh- Multi-Tierd Support System (MTSS) with Pender County Schools about Mental Health Plan Steve Crall- Communities in Schools Teen Court Celebrations: Community Resiliency Model Training for Teachers received incredible...

February 16 CTIPP CAN Call - MIECHV Reauthorization

Funding for the Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program expires on September 30th of this year. MIECHV is the primary federal funding source for voluntary, evidence-based home visiting programs. Learn more about home visiting, MIECHV, and opportunities to engage in advocacy efforts this year. CTIPP CAN Call - February 16th, 2-3:30pm ET/11am-12:30pm PT Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 One tap mobile...

February 18, 2022 - Day 4 - Building the Movement through Transformative Justice and Faith-Based Communities

Day 4 - Building the Movement through Transformative Justice and Faith-Based Communities February 18, 2022 - 1pm to 5pm ET/10am to 2pm PT Panel 1: Transformative Justice Grant-funded workshop provided by Mazzoni Center and WOAR. This workshop will give a foundational look at transformative justice with the goal of better understanding how to support people who have experienced violence through community-based approaches. The audience will learn about the core tenets of transformative...

9th Annual First 2000 Days Community Summit

Smart Start of New Hanover County and local Faith Leaders host the 9th Annual First 2000 Days Community Summit! This is an online event. Pre-registration is required-- Click HERE . Keynote speaker, Jessica Taylor-Pickford , an expert in the field of infant and early childhood mental health. Attendees will listen to panel discussions, participate in dialogue about issues surrounding infancy and early childhood mental health, and discuss its meaning in our community. We invite our community...

Local organizations in rural Eastern North Carolina pilot trauma-informed programs to support mental health & healing from trauma in educational, religious, and legal system settings

Hello! Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI) just wrapped up our first cohort of the Resilient Leaders Initiative , a 9-month program that supported 5 local organizations to pilot trauma-informed practices. This was the first social accelerator program model to that is: -focused on public agencies (not startups) -rooted in a rural community -supporting orgs on piloting trauma-informed practices Click here for the in-depth press release. Click here for a 2-page summary of outcomes. Thank you to...

My positive childhood experiences tree

This is the third of three stunning illustrations showing how PACEs (positive and adverse childhood experiences) affected the family of Cendie Stanford, graphic artist and founder of the nonprofit ACEs Matter. This one looks at her positive childhood experiences. The day before her 16th birthday, Cendie Stanford’s older brother was shot and killed by a young man who, just two years earlier, had been her boyfriend. “I was heartbroken that two people I loved were out of my life forever,” says...

Register now! Building the Movement in the Child Welfare and Justice Systems February 4, 2022

February 4th, 2022 - 1pm-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT - Building the Movement in the Child Welfare and Justice Systems Making these sectors trauma-informed, prevention-focused, and healing-centered You’re invited to participate in the third of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience”. This half-day workshop will occur virtually and focus on promising practices in the child welfare and justice systems, as well as teach...

New Data Tool Shared at Monthly Meeting

Anna from Cape Fear Collective shared a tool that will help track and measure the Community Adversity Index. The original data by Harvard, Census, ACS, Cape Fear Collective collected and processed based on Healthy NC 2030 indicators. It will be available this summer. For more information visit: https://capefearcollective.org https://capefearcollective.org/insights/healthy-nc-2030-dashboard/

FREE screening of the film Resilience and panel discussion

We invite you to join us for the film screening and panel discussion of the film resilience to learn about the biology of stress and resilience. Topic: Virtual Screening of Resilience and Panel Discussion Date/Time: Monday, Feb 7, 2022 09:00-10:30 a.m. and 2:00-3:30 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8509...c1RnVUFleVdONHZtdz09 Meeting ID: 850 9333 7377 Passcode: resilience

Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience Workshop Series Session 2 - January 21st, 2022 from 1-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT - Education and Health Care

Lee Johnson III PhD and Sandra Bloom MD to lead discussion on emerging trauma-informed policies and practices in the education and health care fields. What are ways that these fields are taking PACEs, Prevention, and Trauma science into consideration, and what can advocates do to help further advance these and other promising practices? It's free to join, so sign up at this link today! You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement in Education and Health Care , the second of eight...

National Day of Racial Healing - Tuesday, January 18 at 3:00 EST/Noon PST

Join live on YouTube at 3:00 EST/Noon PST on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 for the 6th Annual National Day of Racial Healing THE WORK STARTS HERE Creating a brighter future for everyone starts with racial healing. We have an opportunity to transform the systems that disrupt so many lives. It’s about bringing communities together to create new ones built on foundations of: Relationship-building, truth-telling and racial equity; Healing and solidarity; Transformative action. That work begins with...

January 19th CTIPP CAN Call - Trauma-Informed Initiatives in Baltimore and Maryland

Join us next Wednesday for two excellent CTIPP CAN presentations to begin our 2022 lineup. Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen will discuss the work, started by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, that is making the city of Baltimore trauma-informed. Claudia Remington will describe new trauma informed initiatives by the State of Maryland, including legislation that created a Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to make the State trauma informed. We will also report on the first...

NC Trauma-Informed Communities Project Mini-Conference #3

We are looking forward to our next mini-conference, “The Power of Collective Healing ” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 9am-11am . If you haven’t already, register today for a calendar invitation and zoom link. In this mini-conference, we will focus on the concept of resilience and strengths within ourselves and communities. We’ll discuss adversity with an intersectional lens and share specific skills and strategies that individuals, communities, and organizations can implement in the...

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