Washington State Frontiers of Innovation requests Letter of Interest from Community Leaders for First 1,000 Days Project

The First 1,000 Days Project may be of interest to many of my fellow Washingtonians in this group! This project is attempting to answer these questions…

“What will it take to get 1,000 Babies in 1,000 Days born in one or 2 different communities to thrive, regardless of the stress their families may have been experiencing at their birth?
How do we find them sooner, figure out which families need more support, target those supports, and track how the population is doing?
What can we learn and change across the multiple systems that are most involved with families?
What longer term issues may need to be addressed in policy and practice to demonstrate that we are using the science to collectively build stronger families and communities?”

…by building a coordinated community response to reduce the impacts of ACEs. Click here to learn more and share this exciting opportunity for Washington State communities with your colleagues and community members!

You wrote "...community response to reduce the impacts of ACEs."

Don't forget to the important work of preventing the occurrence of adverse childhood experiences.

The following is an allegory about prevention.

While walking along a river, a passerby sees someone drowning. After pulling the person ashore, the rescuer notices another person in the river in need of help. Before long, the river is filled with drowning people, and more rescuers are required to assist the first. Sadly, some people are not saved, and many fall back into the river after they’ve been pulled ashore. At this time, one of the rescuers starts walking upstream.

"Where are you going??!! We need you here!!" the others scream.
The rescuer replies, "I'm going upstream to see why people keep falling into the river."

As it turns out, the bridge across the river has a hole through which people are falling. The upstream rescuer realizes that fixing the hole will prevent people from falling into the river in the first place.

Take the time to visit Advancing Parenting's website, advancingparenting.org. We specialize in bridgework.

Washington State Frontiers of Innovation requests Letter of Interest from Community Leaders for First 1,000 Days Project

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