Table of Contents
Durham Resources
Resilience in the News
ACEs and Resilience Research
Funding Opportunities
Webinars, Conferences, and Trainings
Durham Resources and Happenings
Do you have an announcement about a new resource, program, or event? This is the spot to share it!
Durham Pre-K Roll Up and Enroll event, July 24th 3:00-7:00pm
Looking for pre-K for the fall? Come out to 1201 S. Briggs Ave. in Durham on July 24th to apply for Durham PreK! Families and Communities Rising and Durham's Partnership for Children are hosting the second Roll Up and Enroll event from 3-7pm in the parking lot. Application counselors will be available to help you start or complete an application and submit any missing documents. Learn more here: https://durhamprek.org/events/roll-up-and-enroll/
Seeking Nominations for the Durham Early Childhood Action Plan Steering Committee, Deadline is July 31st
The Early Childhood Action Plan Team is seeking members of our community to join a steering committee that will guide the work of Durham County’s Early Childhood Action Plan (ECAP). We are looking for people with experience as a parent, advocate, or working in early childhood. Please nominate someone who you think will be a strong leader as we work together to make Durham a place where all young children and their families thrive—this might be you! Please consider nominating yourself or someone you know to serve on the steering committee using this nomination form! Nominations are due by July 31, 2021. If you work at an organization that is interested in participating on the steering committee, please confer with your team to determine who from the organization should be nominated.
Mental Health Begins at Birth, Part III: Supporting Durham's Youngest Children Workshop, READY Project, July 29th 9:30-11:00am
Building on the introduction to infant and early childhood mental health covered in the Mental Health Begins at Birth workshops held in the spring, Part III will further explore the role of the caregiver in supporting very young children who have experienced trauma or traumatic stress. Relevant to caregivers working in health and mental health, parent support, social services, case management, early care and education and related fields, this free workshop is open to any provider eager to learn more about supporting early childhood mental health. Attendance at Parts I and II is not required to join Part III.
Resilience in the News
This section contains news articles on topics relevant to resilience and ACEs. Have you read something that informed your practice or made you think about ACEs and Resilience in a different way? This is a place to share with colleagues.
Reclaiming the Narrative of Black Fatherhood, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, June 16, 2021
“Fathers play a critical role in the healthy development of children and families. This is why it's important to address structural and systemic barriers that prevent Black men from being fully present in their children's lives—so that all families have a chance to thrive.”
ACEs and Resilience Research
This section contains research—academic, community, and organization—about topics related to ACEs and resilience. Did you recently release a report or publish an article or read something that informed your practice? Share it here!
Landscape Analysis for Building Resilient Communities in North Carolina, The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative, July 2021
The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC), which leads the statewide Smart Start network, is serving as the backbone agency of the NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative which launched in 2019. This landscape analysis aims to identify and profile innovative activities and collaborative strategies that promote community resilience, analyze systems change elements within community resilience-focused initiatives in order to inform a statewide framework and menu of capacity-building strategies, and promote collaboration and alignment among state and community-focused early childhood and resilience-related initiatives
5 Ways to Create Compelling Messages about Childhood Trauma Using Data, Public Health Institute, June 24, 2021
“How, then, do we present data in ways that advance work to reduce childhood trauma, promote resilience, and improve health outcomes, especially among groups at higher risk of experiencing adversity early in life? Although there is no single message—no perfect words—that will be effective for all audiences in all situations, there are tried-and-true best practices that practitioners can implement when communicating about PACEs.”
Start with Equity: Early Childhood Equity Strategic Plan Template, The Children’s Equity Project, June 2021
“In 2020, the Children’s Equity Project released two reports: Start with Equity: From the Early Years to the Early Grades, in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center, and 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education, in partnership with the Equity Research Action Coalition at UNC Frank Porter Graham, National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Head Start Association, Council for Professional Recognition, National Black Child Development Institute, National Indian Child Care Association, The Education Trust, and The BUILD Initiative. Together, these reports present a wide-ranging, actionable equity policy agenda, organized around 14 key priorities, for early care and education systems. The central goal of that agenda is to build more equitable learning systems by ensuring 1) equitable access to high-quality early care and education; 2) positive, fair experiences within these learning systems; and 3) child and family outcomes that are not associated with demographic characteristics. Building equitable systems requires intentional planning, progress tracking, and accountability. This warrants the development of targeted equity strategic plans, in tandem with embedding equity across all existing plans, such as Child Care and Development Fund state and tribal plans and state plans required under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Early Childhood Equity Strategic Plan Template is an implementation tool that can assist states and tribes in planning for systems change, in line with the 14 key equity priorities and accompanying policy agendas.”
Funding Opportunities
This section contains local, state, federal, and foundation funding opportunities for work related to ACEs and resilience. If you would like to further discuss an opportunity with other DART members and would like support coordinating conversations, let Jess know.
Promising Ventures Fellowship, Application Deadline is July 29th
The Promising Ventures Fellowship is an accelerator program designed to meet the unique needs of social entrepreneurs in Early Childhood Development (ECD). The purpose of this FREE Fellowship program is to provide a deep level of support to a small group of ventures (e.g. organizations, companies, institutes) who we believe have a lot of potential to drive social impact at scale. We specifically select ventures who have impact for children and families facing the greatest adversities due to factors such as racism, poverty, gender, ability status and other identity-based injustices.
Webinars, Conferences, and Training
ZERO TO THREE and Sesame Street in Communities (SSIC): Resources for Racial Justice, July 14th at 2:00pm
All children need a strong individual and group identity, but racism hurts the healthy development of both. Whether you and the children in your care are directly affected by racism or you’re allies of those who are, engaging honestly and directly with little ones is the beginning of building racial literacy—the skills needed to talk thoughtfully about race and to identify and respond to racism. Join ZERO TO THREE, together with Sesame Street in Communities to explore resources that celebrate race, and address racism. Over the course of 75 minutes, participants will:
- Discover how ZERO TO THREE’s commitment to advancing racial equity is an essential part of its mission to give all babies a strong start in life;
- Learn about the platform Sesame Street in Communities (SSIC);
- Explore Sesame and ZERO TO THREE resources connected to racial justice; and
- Create learning opportunities to share with children, caregivers, educators, and other early childhood professionals
Reconnect for Resilience Training, Resources for Resilience, September 14-17, 2021
The virtual Reconnect for Resilience™ trainings offer participants a set of practical ways to stay well in the face of stress or adversity. Our simple, easy-to-use tools are meant for people of any age, education, or background. In this workshop, participants learn what happens to their brains and bodies when they are stressed or experience trauma and are given an owner’s manual to their own threat and safety management system. Developed as a response to the public health crisis of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, these trainings give participants tools to get back into balance on their own or with the help of someone they trust. Through demonstrations and group practice, they learn to apply resiliency tools to: Reconnect with their natural ability to reset after being thrown out of balance by stress and trauma; Reconnect with their ability to reduce shame through self-compassion; and Reconnect with others with a clear mind and balanced nervous system.
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