Nine New Communities Join PACEs Connection / May 2021

Please welcome these nine new communities to the PACEsConnection.com network!

• ACEs Indiana Coalition (IN)
• ACEs & Resiliency in the Intensive Alternative Family Treatment Network (NC)
• Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
• Guilford Trauma Provider Network (NC)
• Jersey Shore ACEs Collaborative (NJ)
• NRV Resiliency Network (VA)
• Pima County (AZ) PACEs Task Force
• Resilient Guilford Network (NC)
• South Mississippi Youth Connection Initiative (MS)

Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities.

ACEs Indiana Coalition (IN) : The ACEs Indiana Coalition is dedicated to growing awareness on Adverse Childhood Experiences and building self-healing communities. Each ACE Interface Master Trainer brings a unique background to ACEs education and the implementation of trauma-informed care. As we join together we look forward to building a more resilient, thriving, community. Community Manager: @Jessica Herzog-Hall

ACEs & Resiliency in the Intensive Alternative Family Treatment Network (NC) : The Intensive Alternative Family Treatment ® Network in North Carolina strives to reduce the impact of ACEs of youth, families, treatment parents and staff by focusing on resiliency and healing through a team approach. The IAFT® network, Strong Families, Safe Homes, Nurturing Communities where everyone will have the supports, they need to overcome challenges and thrive. Community Managers: @Patricia McClarin & @Rashel Lauret

Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia : We are the Gloucester ACEs Community. Our goal is to raise awareness of ACEs and motivate as many people as possible to integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their daily lives and support others to do so. Community Manager: @Kim O'Donnell

Guilford Trauma Provider Network (NC) : A coordinated community response by service providers, law enforcement partners, and resource agencies to address the needs of children and families impacted by violence using a trauma-informed and resilience-based framework. Community Manager: @Dr. Kelly Graves

Jersey Shore ACEs Collaborative : We are the Jersey Shore ACEs Collaborative of Monmouth and Ocean Counties to spread awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences to our community as well provide supports to help reduce the impact of trauma-related events for our youth. Community Manager: @Clair Janal

NRV Resiliency Network (VA) : The NRV Resiliency Network aims to build a more equitable, safe, trauma-informed, and resilient community by informing, supporting, and elevating the New River Valley (VA) region. Community Manager: @Andi Golusky

Pima County (AZ) PACEs Task Force : We are facilitators, social services providers, and residents committed to significantly reducing ACEs and building resilience in the lives of the diverse children of Tucson and Pima County. Starting with education about ACEs, we aim to empower community members in diverse groups to create culture change that permanently replaces ACEs with resilience-building as childhood experiences. Community Manager: @Michael Moyer

Resilient Guilford Network (NC) : An action-oriented, trauma resiliency network of systems and collaborative leaders that builds and supports safe, secure, and nurturing communities through increased coordination, community education and mobilization; pre-service and in-service training for front-line workers, managers, and organization leaders; changes to policies and practices to support trauma-responsive approaches. Community Manager: @Dr. Kelly Graves

South Mississippi Youth Connection Initiative (MS) : As part of the South Mississippi Youth Connection Initiative, we strive to connect our youth to resources in a timely manner following traumatic or stressful situations or occurrences. Community Manager: @Nicole A. Miller

Interested in Starting a Community on PACEs Connection?

For questions about starting or growing an initiative, using our site and tools, please reach out to one of our regional community facilitators. Communities in:

• Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southwestern states, contact @Alison Cebulla
• Northwest states, contact @Karen Clemmer
• Southern states, contact @Carey Sipp
• Midwest states, contact @Porter Jennings-McGarity
• Communities in California:
  • Southern California, contact @Lara Kain
  • Northern California, contact  @Karen Clemmer
  • San Francisco Bay Area, contact @Donielle Prince
  • Capitol region contact @Gail Kennedy
  • Central Valley contact @Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff)
• International communities: contact @Alison Cebulla

For more information on mapping the movement, please go here where you'll find more about all of our PACEs Connection geographic communities, U.S. states that have done ACE surveys, ACEs and trauma-informed legislation, and more. Be sure to click on each tab to explore each community. The map is interactive and each dot includes a hyperlink and information about each initiative.

PACEs Connection founder, and PACEs Too High publisher, @Jane Stevens announced the Cooperative of Communities which offers "an additional layer of tools and guidelines, for PACEs initiatives that are more mature and ready to join the Cooperative as affiliates." More details can be found here and here in the video below.