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Resilience USA

Resources, posts, discussions, chats about national efforts to build a trauma-informed, resilience-building nation.

March 2016

Burwell Agrees to A Comprehensive Strategy for Trauma-Informed Approaches by DHHS Agencies Serving Native Americans

As Elizabeth Prewitt reported earlier , in December 12 U.S. Senators sent a letter to DHHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell asking that she direct the agencies in DHHS serving Native Americans to plan and implement a comprehensive integrated trauma-informed strategy. In February, Secretary Burwell responded positively to the Senators, informing them that she has directed the Administrator of the Administration on Native Americans (ANA) to take the lead in developing such a strategy and plan. She...

County Leaders to Attend Summit on Reducing Incarceration of Mentally Ill (voiceofoc.org)

More than 240 counties across the country have signed on to the Stepping Up Initiative! Orange County (CA) officials will be traveling to Washington D.C. in April for a national summit focused on reducing the number of adults in jails with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, according to a county press release. A National Summit on Reducing the Prevalence of Individuals with Mental Illness in Jails will be held Sunday, April 17th, 2016 - Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The National...

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