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The NJ Office of Resilience wants to connect with you, in your community, to introduce or advance information and programs that help to prevent and heal the trauma that affects people’s ability to thrive! While traumatic experiences can occur at any age, I’m primarily referring to ACEs, Adverse Childhood Experiences, that happen to children and can have lasting effects into adulthood, especially if not countered with Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs). Together, positive, and adverse...

The NJ Resiliency Coalition is an online community where people living and working in New Jersey can come together to help lean into positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and help mitigate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to create a healthier and happier state. This public online learning group was created by the NJ ACEs Collaborative , the Office of Resilience , the Center for Health Care Strategies , and the New Jersey Education Association . This platform will be made stronger by the...

PACEs Family, The Office of Resilience is hiring an Assistant Director for the NJ Resilience Institute. Attached you will find the job posting or you can click here . Please share with your networks!

Preventative Child Abuse-NJ is delighted to share two upcoming mini conferences we’re offering in partnership with the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, The Cooperative, Postpartum Support International, and Stockton University’s Child Welfare Education Institute. On Monday, March 6th from 9a-1p, we’ll be hosting, “It Takes a Village: Supporting Early Parenting” at the Sayreville Fire Academy, and on Wednesday, March 15th from 8:30a-3:30p, we’ll be hosting, “Uniting a Community for...

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, serving Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties. Check out our partner's webpage and the various resources that they provide to the community here . Their dedication and commitment to ensure the wishes and needs of each child is not overlooked by the many competing interests at play is impeccable. Be on the lookout for additional blog post about their amazing work. If you are interested in learning more or need services, please reach out to...

PACES Family, We have an important announcement!! The Office of Resilience has just opened up its second round of microgrants. We are excited to hear your ideas. If you are located in North Jersey, you can apply with Cumac . If you are located in Central Jersey, you can apply with Norwescap . If you are located in South Jersey, you can apply with Acenda . The application process will be for 6 weeks; starting February 22nd - April 5th . If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to...

Click here to register for this informative webinar. Our youth are unfortunately caught up in the legal world and we don't know how to handle their trauma. Join this webinar to find out information for yourself or those around you who may be in need.

The Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience: Workshop Series brought experts from sectors across the country to accelerate the movement by providing stakeholders, advocates and practitioners with the tools necessary to encourage and assist systems in every community in integrating trauma-informed, resilience-focused, and healing-centered approaches and principles into their daily operations, thereby making America trauma-informed. Click the link below to access...

Come join The Riverside Trauma Center, a service of Riverside Community Care, Inc., for its 12 th annual virtual conference on February 2, 2023. We’d love to see you and your community there! The Rise of Resilience: Living Through Trauma and Disruptive Events ,’ will bring together leaders, employers, health and human service workers, educators, and government officials to discuss how trauma intersects topics such as diversity, equity, productivity, growth, and the humanization of work;...

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We are asking for support, from you, our 57,505 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through. Pay and hours have been cut for our staff—most of us will be laid off for the month of December. Another grant will pick up in January. Since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised about $24,000 . To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating and why, please enjoy and share...

The Trauma-informed Design Society is pleased to announce the new TiDEvalK12 tool ! This tool is the first of its kind--an evidence-based tool to facilitate interior design renovations and new builds of K-12 schools! It can be used to evaluate the physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. The tool is grounded in the Substance and Mental Health Services Administrations' guidance for a trauma-informed approach, the Trauma-informed Design (TiD)...

Historical Trauma: Two Workshops in October , for the Healing New Jersey Together and Understanding ACEs: Building Self-Healing Communities NJ network, and anyone interested in this work: October 6, 1-4 , Linsey McMurrin will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the Native American experience. You can register for this session here . October 20, 1-4 , Sam Simmons will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the African American experience. You can register for this session here . Both...