To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

Hello partners, members, and friends, It is with mixed emotions that I am sharing that PACEs Connection will be sunsetting all operations effective Friday, April 26. While it saddens me to see this chapter of PACEs work come to a close, this work is too important to end, and efforts are underway to identify a new home for PACEs to continue its work. At the same time, this presents an exciting opportunity for PACEs to reemerge stronger than ever. Although we intended a seamless transition,...

Statement of Need Florida has a high obesity rate at 31.6% of adults according to CDC data from 2022, however Charlotte County falls in the fourth quartile in Florida, with an obesity rate of 39.5% ( Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps | Overweight & Obesity | CDC , 2023) ( County Health Status Summary Profile - 2021 , 2022). Adverse Childhood Experiences can severely impact one’s relationship with nutrition, as experiencing instability, violence, or other traumatic experiences can change the...

There is due diligence for increased awareness and intervention upon the mental and emotional needs of children and adolescents in the foster care system, particularly so in Florida. Alachua County specifically has anywhere between 300 and 600 children and adolescents in the system on any given year, with more than half being removed from their unit on the basis of maltreatment (FL Child Welfare Measures, 2022); thus the overall trends for an increased overall need of mental and emotional...