On December 17th, in my rural (former GM as main employer) area of the thumb, Michigan, I have 3-5 minutes to convince the Chamber of Commerce that an interest of there's would be to work with us in the community to become trauma-informed and have productive workers. I'm looking for thoughts/ideas from anyone concerning information I can bring to best make the case in that time frame. I do well with graphics.
Thanks everyone on ACEs.
Tina
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Tina,
I really think the below 6 minute video from the Center of Developing Child at Harvard provides the best, quick lesson as to what ACE is and why involvement from everyone is important.
https://www.pacesconnection.com/...s-a-theory-of-change
~ Cathy
Hi Cathy,
I really only have 3 minutes. I love the video but I don't think it will get buy in here. What I want are graphs with ROI -- also because we are rural caucasian, I was wondering about any information anyone had about the study on early deaths. It is certainly affecting us here and the reasons Alcoholism, IV drug OD, Cirrhosis, Suicide are daily occurrences. I will bring these graphs including the graphs which show poor worker performance from the ACE study.... BUT what I was really looking for some information on ROI for small businesses in a basically former GM farming community -- one decimated by GM out of business and the only box store we have which is huge Walmart!
So anyone with any ideas in addition to the standard ACE graphs that I can speed through --- with the intention of getting the fish "to bite" and then hooking with a longer presentation later. That is what I was hoping for.
Thanks Tina (PS I am not on much currently because of poor internet access --- hopefully in the next week or two that will improve!).
HI Tina
Let me know what you get because I might do something like a Chamber of Commerce event in the OC (egads) in Jan or Feb...
Hi Tina,
I am an employee of the Chamber Foundation in Kansas City. This year our Chamber launched a Healthy KC Initiative with five action teams: Healthy Eating, Active Living, Workplace Wellness, Tobacco Use and Cessation, and Behavioral Health. Our Behavioral Health Action Team was able to put together a report of recommendations providing the Chamber with some actions that will lead to a healthier Kansas City Community. One of the recommendations was to create a trauma-informed and resilient community. This summer a local network called Trauma Matter KC (a coalition of more than 95 organizations in KC) came to the Chamber with a grant proposal around creating a Trauma Informed and Sensitive community. We were able to apply for and receive the grant and are currently working towards creating a Trauma Informed KC.
Some thoughts as you approach your Chamber:
-Focus on how trauma impacts work performance and healthcare costs (there is a fair amount of national data about missed days and if there is local data, I would use local data),
-Address how supervision is different with a trauma informed lens (with some specific examples and a short story)
-Set the expectation that what businesses will see is a positive change in their workforce.
You can also use the work of the KC Chamber as an example. The Behavioral Health page on our website provides information about the recommendation of the action team.
http://www.wearehealthykc.com/...havioral-Health.aspx
Good luck!
Thank you so much!
I have to talk to them tomorrow AM so the info is just in time.
Oh wonderful! I hope it is of some help. I've been meaning to respond, but am just now getting the chance to reach out. Let us know how it turns out and let me know if I can be of any more help.
Hi Tina and Jasmine,
What a great exchange! Tina how did things go? Kansas City is part of Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) Project. Our goal is to glean learnings from these communities, like KC, which are leaders in the work to build ACE informed and resilient communities. This is just the type of exchange of information and learnings we hope to see and would love to learn from you Tina about your Chamber experience.
