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Greetings PACEs Connection members. I bring this blog post to you as a woman who has filled many roles. Daughter, sister, student, wife, mom, friend, advocate, and a few others. My roles continue to merge, molding me into who I am. One of my roles, student (again), brought me to PACEs Connection and I would like to reflect on that briefly while I also raise awareness about another organization. I thank you ahead of time for reading this and I welcome comments or questions! Intern was not a...

As state legislative sessions get underway and new governors are sworn in this month, it is a critical time to communicate the importance of promoting actionable strategies for addressing trauma. Today, Pathways to Resilience released a set of non-partisan talking points that describe the prevalence of trauma and adversity and make the case that preventing and addressing trauma should be a key policy priority for 2023 and beyond. The talking points are intentionally general and fact-based to...

Pathways to Resilience is pleased to announce the release our first major publication, a National Compendium of Trauma-Responsive Policies and Programs . The compendium summarizes a wide range of interventions, policies, programs, and governing bodies that states and communities are leveraging to prevent and address trauma and promote healing across the country. This document is designed to serve as a resource for policymakers and community leaders seeking to advance trauma-responsive...

Why do we treat technology problems with kids as an individual problem when it is really a family problem? Join Dr. Sells, founder of the Family Trauma Institute, for a free webinar for both professionals and parents who want to know why technology addiction has exploded post-COVID, how it leads to family trauma, and how to stop it. Registration is free to watch live or receive the recording: https://gopll.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116728637583/WN_eAOKI5c0RomhKlpOvLV0mA

TIPs (Trauma Informed Parenting, a charity in Scotland that runs workshops for adults living or working with children that have experienced trauma) has received funding to offer some online Trauma Informed Dads groups. They are starting at the end of this month on the 31st of January and will run on the last Tuesday of each month for 3 months. These are for any Dads or Male care givers of any kind, who are trying to parent in a trauma informed way, where they can come together in a safe...

I'm excited to share a project I recently completed! You can visit https://www.risetoresilience.org/resources to access the guide, Relationship Commitments template with example, and a supporting tool to explore your past, present, and desired future beliefs. Categories on the template include topics such as dealbreakers, core values, relationship values, love languages (giving and receiving), priorities, personal agreements, and more. Who is this for? Anyone, really! Whether you practice...

By Sabrina Bodon, Photo: Office of Gov. Josh Green, Hawai'i Public Radio, January 3, 2023 The state Legislature passed a bill to establish an Office of Wellness and Resilience last year, and late last month, Gov. Josh Green nominated Tia Roberts Hartsock to lead it. "The big hope is to really look at taking a deeper dive into why and how to address the disproportionate number, the disproportionate representation, of those who are Native Hawaiian, those who are Micronesian that are...

By Rudy Perez, Photo: D-VISIONS/Shutterstock, Housing Matters, January 4, 2023 Amid rising inflation and lack of available, affordable housing, homelessness has been increasing to crisis levels in the United States . According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness , between 2016 and 2020, there was a 6 percent jump in rates of overall homelessness. During this period, unsheltered homelessness rates increased by 20 percent . Unsheltered homelessness was especially prominent on the West...

By Bekah McNeel, The74, January 4, 2023 Rapper Darryl “DMC” McDaniels has had just about every kind of success a person can have. As part of the groundbreaking group Run-D.M.C. McDaniels racked up a formidable list of “firsts” in the hip-hop world, with multi-platinum albums, Grammy awards, rock’n’roll crossovers, sold out stadiums, a Rolling Stone cover, and hip hop’s first major apparel endorsement. But McDaniels, who had been creative and introspective since childhood, also battled...

By Sam Levin, Photo: Justin L Stewart/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock, The Guardian, January 3, 2023 California police were more than twice as likely to use force against Black residents than white residents during traffic and pedestrian stops in 2021, according to a new report on racial profiling. The annual report from a state board also found that law enforcement searched Black people at 2.2 times the rate of white people, and that Black youths ages 15 to 17 were searched at nearly six times...

By Kalman R. Hettleman, The74, January 4, 2023 Maryland touts the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future , its all-encompassing school reform legislation chiefly enacted in 2020, as a “ bellwether for the rest of the country .” The blueprint’s main architect, Marc Tucker, then head of the National Center on Education and the Economy and an expert on comparing the performance of U.S. schools to those in high-performing countries, called it “ revolutionary .” Yet, a recent article in The 74 observed...

By Chris Larson, Photo: Caleb Fisher/Unsplash, January 3, 2023 The $1.66 trillion omnibus funding bill touches nearly every aspect of the behavioral health industry. Advocates in the space weren’t shy about praising the bill even though it didn’t include some long-sought reforms. A quick tally of funding for the most germane items finds that the federal government is putting at least $10 billion into behavioral health in fiscal 2023. The bill, which was signed by Pres. Joe Biden on Dec. 29 ,...