DART Resilience Resource Review: October 7, 2021

Table of Contents

1. Durham Resources
2. Resilience in the News
3. ACEs and Resilience Research
4. Funding Opportunities
5. Webinars, Conferences, and Trainings

DART Feedback Survey: Please remember to fill out the DART Feedback survey by October 15th! Your responses will help us structure the next year, including the Resilience Resource Review.

Durham Resources and Happenings

Do you have an announcement about a new resource, program, or event? This is the spot to share it!

• Change Your Words. Change Your World - Writing for Health, Together for Resilient Youth, October 12^th at 7:00pm

Come join renowned Expressive Writing Coach,  Dr. John Evans, Co-author Expressive Writing. Words that Heal on this journey of self-discovery. No special skills required! 6 weeks on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00pm on Zoom.

What you write will not be shared. Imagine an efficient, proven process to increase wellness and build resilience. Expressive writing is such a process and promises to help manage the challenges of our complex lives, including high stress, decreasing immune function, increasing chronic symptoms, deteriorating health, grief and overcoming trauma. It has been proven to increase immunity, improve overall health, and subsequently improve quality of life. So, if you’re feeling stressed out, have undergone major life stressors, are feeling down and are looking for a way to express yourself, come join us.

• Fall Pop Up Shop, Welcome Baby, Saturday October 16^th from 10:00am-12:00pm

Halloween costumes, Christmas outfits, pack ‘n plays, winter blankets, sleep sacks and swaddles available. Flyer attached.

• Thursday Evening Giving Closet is Back at Welcome Baby

Families that have a work or school conflict not able to come to the Giving Closet on Friday can call for an appointment  the first Thursday of the month. Flyer attached.

• Domestic Violence Awareness Month Lunch & Learn Series, Durham Crisis Response Center, Thursdays at noon in October
• • Lunch and Learn with Evelyn Smallwood, Esq. and Alexis Pendergraft of Hatch Rockers Immigration Office in Durham, October 14th, 12:00pm

Hatch Rocker Law Firm, to discuss immigration options for survivors. We will discuss both the opportunities and the barriers for survivors

Alexis Pearson, Interpersonal Violence Response Coordinator, Victims Advocate NC State University will speak about the reporting process, survivor support and trauma informed campus

collaboration for student survivors. Check Facebook for the link.

Join us as Sam Peterson, DCRC, RPE Coordinator, interviews DCRC direct services staff. Learn what each staff member does, their challenges and their creative response during COVID-19.

• Durham County Early Childhood Action Plan launched!

The website includes a 2-pager, the 36-page summary document, a coloring book for kids, overview videos, and in-depth documents about our early childhood systems and recommendations as well. Please explore! The communications toolkit is attached, please share the news widely.

• Structural Racism and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Desired Pregnancies, Center for Child & Family Policy, October 28^th at 12:30pm

During this talk, Tiffany Green will discuss ongoing research investigating the links between structural racism and the ability to achieve intended births. This research studies the prenatal and early pregnancy period with a novel preconception cohort of users who track menstrual cycles and pregnancies using mobile device applications. In turn, these georeferenced data are linked to area-level information on markers of structural racism in housing: residential segregation and mortgage denial. We demonstrate that achieving intended births takes significantly longer for Black people than for white people and that structural racism appears to lengthen the path to parenthood for Black adults in the U.S. Green is an assistant professor in the departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• World Relief Hiring Refugee School Impact Coordinator

To coordinate and develop Youth Services program at World Relief Durham. This includes all academic support services at partner schools, summer camp, mental health screenings, recreational opportunities, volunteer coordination and more. Serve as liaison with Youth Program community partners such as Durham Public Schools, churches, mosques, mental health partners, recreational organizations and more.

• COVID-19 Support Services Program to Continue with Food Assistance to North Carolinians in 34 Counties, including Durham, El Centro Hispano and NCDHHS, October 1, 2021

Beginning Oct. 4, NCDHHS’ COVID-19 Support Services Program, along with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina will provide food assistance to North Carolinians in 34 counties who face food insecurity resulting from the need to isolate or quarantine due to COVID-19. Additionally, NCDHHS is expanding program eligibility to North Carolinians in those counties who are at high risk for severe illness due to COVID-19, as defined by the CDC.

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.

• COVID deaths leave thousands of U.S. kids grieving parents or primary caregivers, National Public Radio, October 7, 2021

The study, which was published Thursday in the journal Pediatrics, estimates the number of losses from April 1, 2020 through the end of June 2021 at 140,000. Of course that number has risen in the last three months: Hillis estimates that today that number is around 175,000. Loss of a caregiver is an adverse childhood experience but the article notes that supporting safe, stable, nurturing relationships for children are key to limiting long-term impact. “Child resilience after caregiver loss can be bolstered through programs and policies that promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and address childhood adversity, including preventing violence and abuse. Key combination strategies that have strong evidence and established mechanisms of delivery include: 1) strengthening economic supports to families; 2) quality childcare and educational support, and 3) evidence-based programs to strengthen parenting skills and family relationships.”

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!

• Educators Resource Toolkit, See Us, Support Us

This toolkit is meant to guide educators and school staff as they seek to see and support children of incarcerated parents in the classroom

• National ACEs, Trauma, and Resilience Network Survey Findings Now Available from MARC, PACEs Connection, October 5, 2021

“In 2020, Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) surveyed hundreds of ACEs, trauma, and resilience (ATR) networks across the country to learn more about their characteristics, goals, and technical assistance needs. Our findings spotlight the power and potential of ATR networks and opportunities to better support the broader movement for creating healthy, equitable, and resilient communities.”

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.

·Barclay-Giel Seed Grants, Application Deadline: November 12th at 5:00pm EST

Webinars, Conferences, and Trainings

• Voices and Vision of Youth with Incarcerated Parents Virtual Panel, Our Children’s Place, October 28^th 6:30-7:30pm

See Us, Support Us (SUSU) is a year-round effort with national partners, culminating in a month of action in October, to increase visibility and supports for children of incarcerated parents. Our Children's Place is a local resource co-hosting this event in partnership with NCCU School of Law. Registration not required. Flyer attached.

• Mental Health First Aid, November 17^th 9:00am-4:00pm

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. This is a 6 hour webinar via Zoom with 2 hours of pre-work required before attending the webinar. A link will be sent to your email about 1-2 weeks prior to the live webinar. You must complete the pre-work in order to attend the live webinar and receive credit.