Acevedo-Garcia, D., McArdle, N., Shafer, L., & Noelke, C. The State of Racial/Ethnic Equity in Children’s Neighborhood Opportunity: First Findings from the Child Opportunity Index 3.0. diversitydatakids.org and Brandeis University. https://www.diversitydatakids.org/research-library/state-racialethnic-equity-childrens-neighborhood-opportunity The Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) has integrated the Child Opportunity Index into its Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS), a vast...

This exciting funding opportunity is designed to support trauma-informed training for state, local, territorial, or Tribal law enforcement agencies. At Chefalo Consulting, we're passionate about empowering individuals and organizations to transform trauma into resilience through trauma-informed change. We love connecting our clients with funding opportunities to make this a reality. That's why we're thrilled to share an incredible grant opportunity: the OVW Fiscal Year 2024 Demonstration...

Research into positive childhood experiences (PCEs) shows how PCEs can mitigate the impact of adversity in childhood and promote healing and recovery. When collaborating with families, we have the opportunity to model, discuss and shine the light on PCEs. We will cover: · What are PCEs · The impact of PCEs · Strategies to promote PCEs using the social-ecological model >>Register Here<< This event is part of a series by Tend Collective , a trauma-informed care consultancy.

By Laura Gallant, 4/22/24, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ Environmental justice is a key movement to increasing access to positive childhood experiences through the Environment Building Block of HOPE. This movement was created by people of color to address inequities of environmental protection in their communities. Environmental justice advocates on a policy level to ensure full protection from unequal adverse effects from environmental impacts, such as climate change, and health...

IF survived, early-life child abuse left unchecked typically causes the brain to improperly develop. It can readily be the starting point of a life in which the brain uncontrollably releases potentially damaging levels of inflammatory stress hormones and chemicals, even in otherwise non-stressful daily routines. It can amount to non-physical-impact brain-damage abuse: It has been described as a continuous, discomforting anticipation of ‘the other shoe dropping’ and simultaneously being...

Workshop after workshop asks people to check off their ACE's. Then, presenters tell you about your odds of having all sorts of adverse, unhealthy, or worrisome outcomes. You face doom without mitigation, as the story is told. As a clinician and behavioral scientist, one needs to take a sip of water and some steady breathing before resigning one's self or to affected individuals to the dung heap of life. I recall the first time I heard a breathless clinician talking about ACE's about...

Highlights of my year include time spent and powerful discussions with CRC Accelerator and Fellowship participants. Insight shared by our dedicated participants, graduates, and fellows about what they learned about trauma-informed awareness, resilience building, and PACEs science as a result of the CRC will continue to inspire the movement.