Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox encouraged audience members to focus on individual-level solutions and building a sense of community while speaking at the Resilience through Caring Connections conference on Wednesday afternoon.
“The only way that we are going to fix what is wrong in our society is to work directly with the individual,” Cox said.
The conference was hosted at Utah State University by the Resilience through Caring Connections coalition. This group is focused on improving the well-being of families and individuals by providing resources for addressing trauma.
During the conference, Cox spoke on why he wants Utah to become a trauma-informed state and some of the steps he believes will move that process forward.
“We can train our state employees, those who are working with families who may be experiencing trauma, one, to recognize it, to understand what it means and then to provide help to overcome the trauma,” Cox said.
Comments (0)