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By Gene Marks, Photo: Gillian Flaccus/AP, The Guardian, June 5, 2022 A not-so-new federal program to help small businesses just began distributing funds this past week. How much? How does $10bn sound? That’s not a joke. The federal government is making available $10bn and all small businesses in the country are eligible for the money. This is not the paycheck protection program or the economic injury disaster loan program. Both of those Covid-relief efforts have expired. This is also not a...

Are you interested in learning about new research that integrates the latest brain and social science? Then please join CTIPP’s next Community Action Network (CAN) call on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations REGISTER / ADD TO CALENDAR The conversation will explore the integrated science of positive and adverse...

Hey folks, Some more thoughts and resources to counter the hurtful phrase - Just Get Over It - Part 2 . Also address the maligning labels placed upon trauma and abuse survivors. Sorry for the technical glitch of the smaller screen. Will resolve to fix that going forward. Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgIkkKgJoE&t=36s “ Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives."”- Unknown “ There are wounds...

Trauma-informed leadership equips us to navigate an increasingly complex landscape in the workplace. We don’t all need to become clinical psychologists to lead our teams, but it is important to gain an understanding of the impacts of trauma exposure.

In a wonderful step towards ensuring better care for postpartum parents, Oregon joins three other states in expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year . Please head to https://www.forbes.com/sites/e...05691802c8c524b7f679 to read the full article. This is thrilling and a significant step forward in the impact it will have on the lives of parents and newborns in our state and beyond !

Bluer Sky Advocates is a new nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide cash grants and other support to artists and creators working in any medium who are creating works that show accurate depictions of people healing from trauma. The leadership of Bluer Sky Advocates seeks people with backgrounds in dance, film, visual art and music who are also interested in trauma healing to join the board of directors. Directors are part of a working board, engaged in fundraising and in seeking...

If there were strategies that brought comfort and developed resilience in others, would you be interested in learning those strategies? Chances are good that you have uttered the phrase, “ My thoughts and prayers are with you ." These words are designed to comfort those who have experienced loss. Unfortunately, in this day and age, the sentiment falls woefully short. We all know that actions speak louder than words. But when we don’t know what actions to take, we settle for words. Now is the...

https://www.resilientga.org/post/infant-and-early-childhood-mental-health-resiliency-zones

By Sigal Samuel May 31, 2022, 8:20am EDT, Vox What if someone told you that you could dramatically reduce the crime rate without resorting to coercive policing or incarceration? In fact, what if they said you could avert a serious crime — a robbery, say, or maybe even a murder — just by shelling out $1.50? [ Please click here to read more .]

By Fiona Harvey , Wed 1 June, 2022, the Guardian The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse gases, a leading climate scientist has warned. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy in the US and professor at Texas Tech University, said the world was heading for dangers unseen in the 10,000 years of human civilisation, and efforts to make the world more resilient were...

In its 15th year, the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) is the national LGBTQ+ benchmarking tool that evaluates healthcare facilities' policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees. The HEI 2022 evaluates more than 2,200 healthcare facilities nationwide. A record 906 healthcare facilities actively participated in the HEI 2022 survey. [ Please click here to read more. ]

To use a medical paradigm, mass shootings are the symptom, not the disease and considerations of mental illness are largely diversionary, not diagnostic. Or to use a political economy paradigm: Among the basic functions of society are protecting the lives and security of its citizens and a foundational way to do this is to give the government monopoly control over violence. Currently in the USA a political party seeking absolute power has used all kinds of strategies to acquire it, from...