Dillon folks are hard at work creating a healthier community.
The Beaverhead County ACEs Task Force — going gangbusters since February 2016 — has coalesced into a driving force for the wider trauma-informed community movement taking hold across the state.
“We have been moving and working like mad,” said Melainya Ryan, task force chairwoman. “Our community is ripe.”
ACEs stands for Adverse Childhood Experiences that affect health and wellness across the life span, as Helena-based expert Katie Loveland told a full house at a Butte Community Action Team-sponsored talk to 50 healthcare professionals Thursday at the Butte Justice Center.
“For us, it’s been so exciting to see people respond, see light bulbs go off, to collaborate and see a shift of culture in Dillon in how we react to people who appear to be struggling,” Ryan told the Standard later.
[For more of this story, written by Renata Birkenbuel, go to http://mtstandard.com/educatio...19-fc10a42aa854.html]
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