ACEs / ACEs Action Plan

NJDCF Office of Resilience is inviting anyone that may be interested in learning about Resilience. Executive Director of our Office, Dr. Rebecca Bryan, will be conducting a virtual "Lunch & Learn." The Topic will be: Everyday Resilience Attitudes

Kindly see the attached flyer for an upcoming in-person youth event from Amber Pierce, Gateway Wellness Center. This event hits all the relevant points: positive youth development, trauma prevention, violence reduction, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

The shift to a Healing-Centered Engagement Model releases culture as a root cause of trauma, to instead celebrate the intrinsic resilience and the capacity to promote PCEs that ethnic history, racial and other social identities afford. This is particularly important for white, privileged communities to embrace, given their historical diminishment of non-white cultures.

The NJ People’s Gathering is a first of its kind, open, online learning collaborative conference, being held on September 22, 2022 , to bring together people from all walks of life to discuss healing solutions to the big issues affecting New Jersey’s communities: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Collective trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic Youth mental health and wellbeing Material Needs (homelessness, hunger) being experienced within our communities Substance Use Issues Racism,...

Please join us on June 28 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren , CEO of PACEs Connection; Mathew Portell , PACEs Connections’ director of communities, and Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, will engage in a conversation concerning historical trauma and Perry’s best-selling book " What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, " which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. Please share this blog...

Patrick Wall Senior Reporter, Chalkbeat Newark Black-white segregation rate is three times the national average. The schools in Newark and nearby communities are among the most severely segregated in the nation, according to a new nationwide analysis. The Newark area ranks first in economic segregation and second in Black-white segregation, according to the analysis of public and private schools in all 403 metropolitan areas in the United States. The rate of segregation between Black and...

LILO H. STAINTON, HEALTH CARE WRITER | MAY 13, 2022 | HEALTH CARE Private funds paid his salary. NJ taxes covered the staff. Now he’s gone New Jersey generated a national buzz among child welfare experts when in June 2020 it launched the first state-level office devoted to childhood resilience and arranged for private foundations to pay the salary of the director. Two years later acclaimed director Dave Ellis is leaving the Department of Children and Families Office of Resilience. The...

Join 16 Strong Project co-founder, Samantha Wettje , and ACEs educator, Dr. Torie Williams for this youth mental health movement as we lead the fight against the youth mental health crisis. This fully youth-led peer-to-peer discussion is an initiative to talk about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the biggest public health threat facing our nation’s youth and a major contributor to the stark rise in mental health challenges among young people. "UNITE FOR THE FIGHT" AGAINST CHILDHOOD...

CANCER PREVENTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Thursday, May 19 | 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET Hear the perspectives of two states about their state plans to address Adverse Childhood Experiences, implementation strategies and coalition building. Register Now

Staff Writers | LiveNewsVault.com Foster youngsters and younger folks transitioning out of the kid welfare system incessantly encounter obstacles to ample housing, which some healthcare suppliers and medical insurance firms try to handle with novel applications. This curiosity in foster youths stems from the elevated give attention to social determinants of well being, together with housing, over the previous decade. Along with the potential societal good, these organizations see...

We join our fellow community members in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in solidarity and sorrow after the police killing of Patrick Lyoya , who was a father and son. In media coverage, we saw the gut-wrenching grief of his family reflected on his mother’s face. Mrs. Lyoya’s expression is a stark visual reminder of the way systemic racial violence disrupts the lives of children, families and communities every day . All our communities confront crises born of racism, which is embedded in all of our...

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Diversity, Equity and Inclusion + Social Emotional Learning in K-12 Virtual Program Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 7:00-8:30 pm The session will provide the audience with a greater understanding on the role of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer. The program will focus on how diversity, equity and inclusion and social emotional learning intersect and why both are important as well as how school districts can strengthen partnerships with parents and its community in...