In December, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield granted two years of funding to the Alaska Resilience Initiative (ARI) to develop a program to train professionals in recognizing and responding to trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
The Alaska Resilience Initiative is a statewide organization that brings together a variety of groups and individuals with the goal of ending child maltreatment and systemic trauma. The ARI works to develop solutions to systemic trauma in Alaska while also serving as a network builder and advocacy group.
ACEs in Alaska:
ACEs are damaging early childhood experiences that impair a child’s development and have long lasting effects into adulthood. Examples of this kind of adversity include poverty, physical or sexual abuse, neglect, or a household member addicted to substances. When experienced in the first few years of life, these experiences can result in higher rates of physical health, mental health, and social problems.
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