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May is Foster Care Awareness Month

Key Facts and Statistics from Childwelfare.gov Include these key points in your messaging to demonstrate the important role relative and kinship caregivers play in supporting family connections that are essential to a child’s health and well-being. There are over 407,000 children and youth in foster care , and 34 percent were placed with relatives or kin. The term kin encompasses both relatives (those related by blood or marriage) and fictive kin (those who are unrelated but have such a...

Resiliency Initiatives Come Together to Create Awareness about ACEs and Resources

Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender County resiliency initiative leaders Cape Fear Collection and came together to show a screening of the film Resilience and collectively share about efforts being done to prevent and heal ACEs at an individual and systems level as well as data to demonstrated the need for these efforts and task forces. J'vanete Skiba shared about the Realms of ACEs and their impacts as it relates to the film as well as the impacts on individuals in our community. Nicholas...

Jones County Board of Commissioners Proclaims June 6-12, 2022 as Resilient & Thriving Communities Week in Jones County

We are excited to share the Jones County Board of Commissioners has proclaimed June 6th - 12th as Resilient & Thriving Communities Week in Jones County! This demonstrates Jones County's commitment to support the ongoing effort to raise awareness of the impact of adversity and increase the community's capacity for resilience and growth. Stay tuned for upcoming activities and events to celebrate Resilient & Thriving Communities Week!

SPECIAL GUEST! Dr. Wanda Boone will present for Resilient Bladen - April 25th

Don't miss the next Resilient Bladen meeting which will be on Monday, April 25, at 11 am . Our guest presenter this month will be Dr. Wanda Boone from Durham Together for Resilient Youth . This meeting will be extended till 12:30 pm to allow for her presentation and Q&A. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 85399183180?pwd= TGYzc2tXVHdMVzFPTmVvdUhZOFVWZz 09 TRY- Together for Resilient Youth https://try4resilience.org/about

Pamlico Child & Family Therapy - Partner Spotlight

Benchmarks’ Partnering for Excellence (PFE) project works to align local private providers, LME/MCO partners, and local Departments of Social Services, as well as the community to better address the trauma-related needs of children and families encountering the child welfare system. Research shows that addressing trauma early on is imperative to bettering the outcomes of those who have experienced it. With so many children and families having trauma exposure, we recognized a need to...

March Monthly Meeting

Reverend Clifford Barnett, one of our co-chairs served as our host. Turning the Wheel led our resiliency skills practice today. I hope that inspires you to take advantage of one of their Creative Play Pop-Ups in the future! We are excited to announce that we will be co-hosting a virtual screening of Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope with Resilient Brunswick and the Pender County Resiliency Task Force on April 28, 12:00-2:00 pm. Nick Pylipyw from Cape Fear Collective...

Data to Improve Community Conditions Shaped by Structural Racism 2022:Call for Proposals

Release Date: March 30, 2022 | Application Deadline: Multiple Please note : The deadline for receipt of registration of intent to apply is April 20, 2022 (3 p.m. ET) . Purpose The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation(RWJF) is committed to building a Culture of Health where everyone in America has a fair and just opportunity to live the healthiest life possible. But the current reality is that there are large, persistent, and increasing gaps in opportunities for health and well-being across...

News from Columbus County, NC

Volume 18, Issue 1 Spring 2022 CCPC Introduces New Programs! Ready & Resilient Children funded by NC Community Foundation Through the Ready & Resilient Program families will participate in activities, trainings, and workshops that promote early education and awareness of resilience. Families will learn the importance of early education as well as the types of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and they will learn how to work together to identify, address and ultimately reduce ACEs...

Updates from NC Child

NEW FROM NC CHILD Share This NEWS HEADLINES Governor who expanded Medicaid in a red state pushes it in NC as GOP resistance thaws Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich made an impassioned plea to North Carolina lawmakers to expand Medicaid, making an explicitly moral case for increasing access to health care. - The News & Observer Using Medicaid to fund more mental health supports for schools Quarry Williams spent a lot of time getting to know his students when he became coordinator of the Honor...

New Hanover Resiliency Task Force sends Hopeful Message to Ukrainians Learning Community Resiliency Model Skills

In support of Ukrainians aligned with EdCamp Ukraine, members of the New Hanover Resiliency Task Force met Sunday afternoon to create a banner and a video to be shared during daily Zoom Support Meetings offered to the Ukrainians; by the Trauma Resource Institute (TRI). An international volunteer team led by TRI’s executive team members, Elaine Miller-Karas and Michael Sapp have offered daily Zoom Support Meetings reinforcing the skills of the Community Resiliency Model. Since the beginning...

North Carolina initiatives featured on today's CTIPP CAN Call. Join us 2 p.m. - 3:30

We invite you to join this month's CTIPP CAN call, which we've mentioned during the Building the Movement workshops . We'll discuss how multi-sector coalitions can address trauma and promote resilience - we hope to see you there! CTIPP CAN: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT https://us02web.zoom.us/j/742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations Our featured guests include the Winer Family...

Community Resiliency Model Training for Pender County DSS Staff

Coastal Horizons and Healthy Blue Initiative teamed up on Monday, March 14 to provide a 3 hour Community Resiliency Model Training for 21 local Pender County DSS staff to help support the health and well-being of children in foster care, their families, and caregivers. Participants learned 4 of the 6 biology-based wellness skills to help regulate the nervous system to better manage stress and cultivate well-being. CRM teachers will be providing another training on Thursday, March 17 for all...

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