This is the dedicated global community of the CRC Accelerator certification program and serves as an official home for individual advocates and organizational agents of change to gather, share and discuss ideas, and innovate together as a community. Let’s build on impactful strategies to create, grow, and sustain trauma-informed resilient communities through a PACEs science lens across.

This is the dedicated global community of individuals who support or lead PACEs initiatives online & on-the-ground who gather here to discuss the process of utilizing the Growing Resilient Communities framework to start & growing resilient communities, exchange evidence-based practices, and practice-based evidence. Questions, ideas, and shared resources are all welcome!

16 Strong works with adolescents to empower resilience to ACEs through educational workshops, school partnerships, and community outreach. We strive to continue conversations that help young people recognize and navigate the challenges they are facing as a result of ACEs.

The Intensive Alternative Family Treatment ® Network in North Carolina strives to reduce the impact of ACEs of youth, families, treatment parents and staff by focusing on resiliency and healing through a team approach. The IAFT® network, Strong Families, Safe Homes, Nurturing Communities where everyone will have the supports, they need to overcome challenges and thrive.

We at ACEs Caribbean Community are here to raise awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and promote Protective Factors, Positive Experiences, Hope, and Resilience throughout the Caribbean. Our desire is to inform and transform our region to see more empowered, trauma-informed, and resilient people, families, communities, organisations, and nations.

A shared space for any parent, child, student, individual or professional interested in learning about ACEs, resilience building, personal or community healing, and trauma informed best practices. Information, resources and events are to inform & engage the people, communities & organizations of Ontario, Canada. Membership is open to all ACEs Connection Members. Welcome to our community!

The mission of ACEs Ireland is to prevent and mitigate the lifelong impact of childhood adversity to improve the safety, health, and prosperity of our community. Our intent is that everyone in Ireland integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their family, community, work, and individual lives.

Working to compile, share, and advance ACEs, trauma-informed, and resilience-building programs for children and youth across sectors and settings.

We want to make San Bernardino County the national leader in prevention and recovery from ACEs. To do so, we are creating the conditions for all educators, health care, behavioral health, social service and law enforcement professionals to apply evidence-based best practices with partners across disciplines.

We conduct ACEs awareness activities on behalf of Tulare County. Our focus area is currently on Father Engagement...When it comes to the growth and development of young children, father engagement is incredibly influential. Research has shown that children benefit directly from the involvement of a father in their lives, especially if that father is engaged.

In this community we will explore the root causes of addiction while focusing on recovery and human resilience.

The mission of ACE Nashville is to prevent and mitigate the lifelong impact of childhood adversity to improve the safety, health and prosperity of our community. Our vision is for Nashville, and Tennessee, to be a safe, stable, and nurturing community for all.

A platform for students, faculty, academic professionals, and community partners to share information and bring awareness to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), while collaborating with one another in an effort to build a trauma informed campus and integrate those ideals into neighboring communities.

We are building a healthy, connected and resilient community.

The members of Arizona ACE Consortium promote ideas, policies and practices that reduce and prevent childhood adversity and build resilience in individuals, families and communities. ACEs can last a lifetime, but they don't have to.

We are a cross-sector collaborative dedicated to creating safe, positive, nurturing, and flourishing families and communities.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Atlanta, GA. The Center for Family and Community Wellness, Inc. is the parent organization of all PEACEXPEACE communities.

A hub for sharing information about HOPE and working together to build strategies, programs and tools based on the HOPE positive experiences framework. as part of a strength-based framework to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

A platform for medical students, clinical/academic professionals and university community partners to collaborate across the United States with other medical universities to raise awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), integrate trauma informed practices and policies throughout campuses, and build a resilient Baylor College of Medicine.

Resilience at work. What does it mean to be trauma-informed at work? How is it defined and assessed? How do we measure success? What policies, protocols, and training exist? How does becoming trauma-informed change us and our work? We share the nuts and bolts of becoming a trauma-informed organization and our struggles, questions, and successes, too.

Benchmarks’ Center for Quality Integration redesigns the local child welfare/behavioral health system, changing the way child welfare, Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, local providers, and the wider community understand the need for accessible, appropriate mental health services for children, youth and families who have experienced potentially traumatic events.

Here's a place where you can review books, educational dvds and documentaries that relate to ACE concepts or trauma-informed practices. "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." ~ Nelson Mandela

Bounce is a coalition of community partners working together to build the resiliency of children, adults, and families by improving knowledge about the impact of ACEs and the skills to help people bounce back from adversity. We do this by: educating and training; measuring impact; and advocating for policies that support trauma-informed communities. www.bouncecoalition.org

Building Resilience and Courage to Excel in Pitt County.

We are a collective of educators, health care professionals, community members and more who work to prevent and reverse the effects of childhood traumas such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Our goal is to brighten the future for children, their families, and our communities.

A network for community members, professionals and leaders to collaborate across sectors in a movement to prevent and address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), heal from trauma, and build resilience. We encourage the use of this network to collaborate across sectors and find resources within South Florida communities moving to transform our community into one of hope, healing, and resilience.

We are working to increase awareness about ACEs in Western North Carolina in order to change systems to be trauma-informed and to build community resilience.

This community is for resource and referral (R&R) staff implementing California's Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children (Bridge Program). This forum is for you to share resources, ask questions, and connect with fellow R&Rs to plan & implement trauma-informed care training and coaching for child care providers throughout California.

A group of practitioners, healers, policy advocates and all other people committed to making California a place that is healthy and safe for everyone.

We are advancing PACEs Awareness and Trauma-Informed (TI) and Resilience cultures across Canada. We welcome participation from diverse professionals, community members, and first-voices recognizing we are stronger and more effective collaborating together. Join the movement! #TraumaInformedCanada #ACEsAwareCanada

Central Texas Resilience Network is a community space for members striving to promote education, intervention, and healing to create more trauma-aware and trauma-sensitive families and communities and to collaborate on strategies to prevent and reduce the number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Central Texas.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Charleston, SC. The Center for Family and Community Wellness, Inc. is the parent organization of all PEACEXPEACE communities.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel.

"We are raising awareness of ACEs and their effect on early brain development, the importance of fostering resilience, and striving to embed these principles in the Charlotte, NC area community."

Join in conversations inspired by Donna Jackson Nakazawa's book, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal. We'll chat about the latest research on how ACEs can affect our health, happiness, and relationships; vent a little; and brainstorm our best ideas for resiliency and healing.

The Chippewa Valley Child Poverty Coalition is a group of individuals with a mission to promote public, private, and legislative awareness of child poverty, associated Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s), and their far-reaching impacts on society.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Clayton County, GA. The Center for Family and Community Wellness, Inc. is the parent organization of all PEACEXPEACE communities.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Columbia, SC.

The effort is underway to build a more trauma-aware, trauma-sensitive, trauma-informed, healing-centered Dauphin County. Our aim is to work with service providers, nonprofit organizations, employers, advocates and individuals, in order to create a comprehensive and inclusive county-wide network focused on trauma prevention, treatment and recovery.

With a focus on a system that engages the school system, department of social services, juvenile justice, providers and other valuable agencies to educate and support community members in being a trauma informed landscape to ensure a greater resilience for all.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in DeKalb County, GA. The Center for Family and Community Wellness, Inc. is the parent organization of all PEACEXPEACE communities.

The mission of the Delaware ACEs Action group is to advance trauma-informed initiatives in Delaware, including trauma-informed approaches in any and all settings where people are served.

An online platform for child health providers, child care providers, mental health professionals, and community based organizations to come together to promote a more trauma-informed community on Long Island and improve the outcomes for our most vulnerable population - children. Join now and start sharing your work with others in your community!

The Durham ACEs Resilience Taskforce (DART) envisions Durham as a resilient community where all people thrive. Its mission is to build upon the strengths of Durham communities and systems, advancing an equitable and culturally responsive approach to prevent and respond to toxic stress and trauma.

We are the DCRC -Durham Community Resilience Collaborative where we are educating people about ACEs and the legacy of trauma. Our intent is that everyone in Durham Region integrates trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their work, family, community and individual lives. Our Vision: Durham Region is a resilient community working together to prevent and heal trauma.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.

Mission: To educate the East Baton Rouge Parish community on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and promote resiliency through evidence based, trauma informed practices.

The purpose of the TCCY East Tennessee ACEs Knowledge Mobilization Team is moving knowledge from formal research to active use in such a way that it changes philosophy and approach, policies and funding, program and services, and professional practice as sustainable changes in multiple sectors of a community.

A cross-sector collaboration improving rates of many interrelated and intergenerational health and social problems by investing in people most at risk and reducing and preventing the root cause of these problems: ACEs. We are based in East Tarboro, North Carolina. We seek to design solutions around the needs of rural, majority black communities, particularly in the rural south.

A community for those who are interested in how PACEs intertwines in the life course, or who are interested in the PACEs-related lives, interests and issues of people 65 and older.

Elevate Montana is a movement dedicated to elevating the well-being and futures of our children through awareness and actions based on ACEs and trauma-informed approaches to build resilience in children and families."

"Our desire is to educate, connect, and build resilience in Lexington's children, parents, educators, professionals, and the community as a whole. Understanding and embracing the reality of ACEs and building resilience will create hope for our future. We provide training and tools to facilitate hope in Kentucky!"

Thank you to Healthy Blue! Welcome to our real-time accounting of activities, trainings, events and more for the Healthy Blue Foster Care initiative in North Carolina. Please post blogs, trainings, meeting minutes, calendar events, questions about our work done from 11.15.22 thus far for Bladen, Brunswick, Guilford, New Hanover, Pender and Robeson counties. Two more counties may join.

A network for professionals, leaders, and community members to collaborate across sectors to prevent and mitigate the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), enhance caregiver and community capacity to effectively address ACEs, and build resilience in Palm Beach County, Florida.

The Finger Lakes ACEs Connection promotes a collaborative approach to raise awareness of adverse childhood experiences and drive sustainable systems change to impact community resiliency.

First 5 Alabama ACEs Connection is an online platform with a collaborative mission to enhance healthy attachment relationships between children birth through age 5 and the adults who care for them and promote wellness across the lifespan through promotion, prevention, and intervention supports to promote healing through trauma informed practices.

The Florida ACEs Connection is a collaborative effort of state agencies; schools; institutes of higher learning; faith, community, and grassroots organizations; and other interested individuals; to provide education and training on trauma informed approaches and interventions to mitigate the negative effects of stress and adversity on children and their families.

A team of community partners from all sectors working towards collaborative, intentional and integrated trauma informed care in our county.

We are a collection of institutions, school districts, community based organizations and businesses that have a common desire to make our communities trauma informed for the purpose of building resilience in our youth, families, neighborhoods and county.

We support safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children, youth and families by promoting change in organizations, systems, policies and social norms across the state.

The Greater Kanawha Valley Community of ACEs Coalition of West Virginia is comprised of many different organizations and individuals working together to improve the health and well-being of all West Virginians by reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and preventing their occurrence.

The Greater Richmond (VA) Trauma-Informed Community Network (TICN) is a diverse group of professionals from a cross sector of organizations and government agencies and community members who are dedicated to supporting and advocating for continuous trauma-informed care for all children and families in the City of Richmond and surrounding counties.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Greensboro, NC.

Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Greenville, SC.

Greg’s Promise for Northeast Michigan is a communications link to engage visitors with local efforts, research and information. It honors Dr. Greg Proulx, a developmental psychologist, infant mental health specialist, and early leader in trauma-informed care. With professional expertise, competence, and generosity he mentored parents and colleagues until his 2014 death from a car accident.

The Growing Resilience Movement in Wake County, NC seeks to unify our community to prevent and alleviate ACE's. Our commitment is to ensure ALL children are nurtured by strong families; are thriving in stable environments surrounded by caring adults; and feel safe and protected.

A coordinated community response by service providers, law enforcement partners, and resource agencies to address the needs of children and families impacted by violence using a trauma-informed and resilience-based framework.

The Hampton Roads Trauma Informed Community Network (HRTICN) exists to promote understanding of how trauma affects individuals and communities, and to advocate practices that help all people reach their full potential.

Bringing together partners and community committed to preventing trauma, sharing wisdom, and bringing culturally-relevant, trauma-informed healing to Stockton.

We are the Elk/Cameron Counties (PA) Healing The Hearts Association, where we educate and inform people, of Adverse Childhood Experiences and their affect Our Heart, Mind and Body.

Our vision for a healthy Charlotte County is a safe, equitable and vibrant community in which people feel empowered to seek and obtain opportunities and services to achieve and maintain a high quality of life.

We are a community of hope centered, trauma informed organizations striving to promote workforce wellness, especially for those exposed to secondary trauma due to the nature of their work.

We are educating and raising awareness about ACEs and resiliency in Humboldt County. Our hope is to empower our people to prevent ACEs, actively work to heal trauma, and build resilience for all children, families and their communities through a collective understanding of trauma-responsive practices.

The Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative is a broad range of multi-sectoral stakeholders committed to expanding the understanding of trauma and ACEs and their impact on the health and well-being of Illinois children, families, communities, and systems. Through advocacy and mobilization efforts, we work to put the issues of ACEs, trauma, and resilience on the forefront of health equity in Illinois.

Indigenous Wisdom, supported by Western Medicine and ACEs science, will heal all living things, (animal life, plant life, Mother Earth, human beings). The prophecy of Crazy Horse is manifesting. We are the Seventh Generation.

Iowa ACEs Action connects individuals and communities across Iowa who are reducing adverse childhood experiences and the impact of toxic stress. This collaborative online community serves as the venue for sharing resources and best practices, and for launching discussion and open communication across all regions of our state.

"Learn4Life" is a network of non-profits and charter schools working together offering a free high school diploma program based on personalized learning programs for each student supported by critical partnerships.

Lee County (NC) Resilience Community Collaborative mission is to educate the community on trauma informed care and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to create a resilient community.

A platform for community members, professionals and leaders to collaborate across sectors in a movement to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), heal from trauma, and build resilience in L.A. County.

The ACE Educator Program of the Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Family Health advocates for ACEs awareness and prevention across the state. We recruit and train professionals and community leaders to give no-cost presentations on ACEs and resilience science to systems, organizations, and community groups.

The Louisiana First Foundation began through First Lady Donna Edwards. The foundation’s mission is to support Louisiana’s children and spread awareness for causes such as Teach MAM (Music, Arts, Movement), Louisiana Fosters, and Anti Human Trafficking. The Foundation is excited to join a national network of advocates, community leaders, parents, teachers, and other caring contributors.

The Institute for Childhood Resilience will foster a safe, stable, and nurturing community for families in Northwest Louisiana by bringing research to practice.

This group is for anyone who wishes to share information about and promote ACEs research awareness, trauma-informed/resilience-building practices, and to influence positive social change in Maryland.

Massachusetts Essentials for Childhood promotes safe, stable, nurturing, environments and relationships for the communities in which we live, learn, and work. By establishing robust public private partnerships, we promote social connection and foster collective responsibility for the wellness of families, so that regardless of race or socio-economic status, all children can thrive.

Healthy and resilient kids, families, and communities are the foundation for a flourishing, vibrant region. We are dedicated to creating a trauma-informed Michigan and working together across sectors to share our efforts in building resilience and reducing toxic stress for Michigan children and families.

We are the local representative of the Georgia Family Connection Partnership working to improve outcomes for children and families. Our goal is to educate community sector leaders and care providers about ACES, the impact of trauma and the promise of resilience- building practices at the individual and community levels.

We share information and exchange ideas related to adverse childhood experiences, trauma and resilience that lead to practical and community-centered solutions in Minnesota.

MS PACEs Community is a diverse group of individuals from a cross sector of organizations and agencies dedicated to supporting and advocating for continuous trauma-informed care for all children and families in the state

We can stop the intergenerational transmission of toxic stress and build a thriving community of happy, healthy, resilient families when we focus on empowering parents, caregivers and organizations that support families. This is a site to identify community assets, educate one another, share our experiences, co-create initiatives, and take action!

The Mountain Strong WNC Resilience spans the seven far western counties of North Carolina, including the Qualla Boundary, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Join the movement to prevent ACEs, heal trauma and build resilience in Napa County. Our intent is that everyone in Napa County is educated about ACEs and integrates trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their work, family, community and individual lives. This is a place to work collaboratively to transform our county to one of hope, compassion, healing and resilience for all.

To build our community's resiliency, we work to reduce and prevent ACEs (trauma), respond to existing trauma in children, adults, and providers with knowledge, empathy, and compassion, and create opportunities for our community to form meaningful connections with one another. Please visit www.nhcbouncesback.org to learn more about our history and our work.

This is a compassionate, healing-centered space for members of the New Orleans community to learn while sharing knowledge and resources. We are shifting the narrative to create equitable, systems-level change that will increase opportunities for our children and youth to thrive. Youth voice, collaboration, and a calling to care are what drives this work.

Experiencing hardships as a child can cause many problems as we get older. This community is a place where people living and working in NJ can come together to help prevent adverse childhood experience (ACEs) and create a healthier, happier state. This group was created by the NJ ACEs Collaborative, NJ DCF, the Center for Health Care Strategies, and NJEA — but made stronger by you!

A forum to inform and connect individuals and communities working to promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and prevent and mitigate ACEs in North Carolina.

Regionally, our goal is to inform and educate the North Coast communities to recognize and respond to the impact of traumatic stress on children and families such that in collaboration, we act with all those who are involved with the child, to facilitate and support the recovery and resiliency of the child, the family, and ultimately, each community.

Where individuals and initiatives gather to meet, brainstorm, and collaborate about using ACEs Science inclusively to create trauma-informed families, communities, systems, and change with and for all.

We acknowledge and address life experiences due to hardship and trauma, and build resilience. We collaborate to serve our citizens and disseminate information to create a trauma-informed community.

A platform for community members, professionals and leaders to collaborate across sectors in a movement to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), heal from trauma, and build resilience in Orange County.

"The Orange Resilience Initiative (ORI) is a local coalition whose mission is to lead with equity and engage the community in: preventing toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and promoting a culture of resilience in Orange County, NC."

We raise community awareness about the role of trauma in health - mental, physical and behavioral - and to create an innovative paradigm shift in the medical system. This will be carried out through the creation of warm, accessible and inviting parenting sites that create relationships to help families prevent and intervene early in the trauma affecting their children.

This group is focused on the descendants of Africans dispersed throughout the Americas during the Transatlantic Slave Trades. Topics include adverse childhood experiences, historical trauma, intergenerational transmission of trauma, African American parenting practices, health disparities, the effects of racism, microaggressions and implicit bias, as well as resiliency and posttraumatic growth.

What is the relationship between PACES and eating habits, food security, and nutritional status? How can we work on food insecurity and nutritional health in a trauma-informed way? EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO POST AND COMMENT. Please share trusted resources and links only.

PACEs occur in societal, cultural and household contexts. Social science research and theory provide insight into these contexts for PACEs and how they might be altered to prevent adversity and promote resilience. We encourage social scientists of various disciplines to share and review research, identify mechanisms, build theories, identify gaps, and build bridges to practice and policy.

A network for community members, professionals and leaders to collaborate across sectors in a movement to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), heal from trauma, and build resilience in Central Florida. We encourage the use of this network to collaborate across sectors and communities and to transform our region into one of hope, healing, and resilience for all.

Advanced PACEs initiatives in cities, counties and regions work together to gather and use data to measure progress and outcomes, share resources, learn together, and accelerate the PACEs movement, for as long as it takes to create healthy families and communities.

We are a group of professionals serving families in the perinatal period. Providers of all kinds are welcome, let's strategize together how best to support families in the context of ACEs and resilience building.

The PACES Hillsborough (FL) group is focused on creating a trauma informed community using the science related to the health impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in combination with the hope and resiliency that comes from research based Positive Childhood Experiences. We welcome anyone with an interest in decreasing the exposure and impact of ACEs on young children in our community.

Identify and promote practices that build child caregiver capabilities and improve child outcomes including: the impact of childcare business decisions; building child caregiver skills and resilience; child caregiver turnover; child caregiver ACE histories and healthy boundaries in the workplace.

We share ideas, information and stories about mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences in the K-12 environment. 

We advocate for the bio/psycho/social well being of foster children. We recognize, acknowledge and validate the trauma endured by children placed in foster care. We embrace the capacity of healing and ultimate recovery for foster children with family, community and professional support.

A group to share ideas on investigating and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences in post-secondary education environments.

PACEs in Maternal Health is a community of individuals who seek to raise awareness and deepen understanding about the association of adverse childhood experiences and the lifelong impacts on maternal health.

A community of stakeholders in medical school education organized around integrating the science of ACEs, neurobiology, resiliency, and trauma-informed care into core medical school curricula -- because EVERY future physician should know about ACEs and its long-term effects on health and well-being.

Join us as we explore the intersection of ACEs Science and Nursing Science, with a lens on the unique needs of nurses as they integrate ACEs Science into their nursing practices and reflect on their own lived experiences as related to childhood trauma: their own, their patients', their communities.

Discussion and sharing of resources in working with clients involved in the criminal justice system and how screening for and treating ACEs will lead to successful re-entry of prisoners into the community and reduced recidivism for former offenders.

Connecting and informing the faith community how to integrate PACE concepts into the faith-based community.

Discussion of Transition and Reentry issues of out of home (treatment, detention, sheltered, etc.) youth back to their families and communities. Frequently these youth have fallen behind in their schooling, have reduced motivation, and lack skills to navigate requirements to successfully re-enter school programs or even to move ahead with their dreams.

How do we honor both lived & learned expertise to break down barriers between parents & professionals? How do PACE-impacted families best access healing, hope & health? How might parent education, training, & support services if co-created with families & in community?

A St. Lucie County partner group of local community members, professionals and leaders gathering to collaborate across sectors in a movement to educate our community about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), create trauma responsive strategies that help our community heal from trauma, and connect toward building resilience. We encourage collaboration of this site to locate and share resources.

Peace4Manasota is cultivating responsive and collaborative communities throughout Manatee, Desoto, and Sarasota Counties that foster healing and well-being.

Peace4Martin is a trauma-informed community initiative to raise awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences and their effects on health and wellness across the lifespan; to foster collaboration across all sectors of the community to prevent ACEs; to educate community members on the importance of resilience; and to support Positive Experiences that heal trauma and build resilience.

Peace4Parkland is dedicated to the awareness and understanding of childhood (ACEs) and adult trauma and the resulting negative effects on community, systems and society. We believe this understanding will transform attitudes and empower community resilience. We invite you to join us.

Peace4Tarpon is dedicated to the awareness and understanding of childhood (ACEs) and adult trauma and the resulting negative effects on community, systems and society. We believe this understanding will transform attitudes and empower community resilience. We invite you to join us.

Peace4theBigBend creates a resilient and thriving community in an eight-county region by providing education, resources, support and advocacy for people, organizations and communities that struggle with trauma and loss.

The Pender County Resiliency Task Force is dedicated to building a stronger, more trauma informed community by increasing awareness and education of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Mission: To make Pennsylvania a Trauma-Informed State to better serve all residents. Vision: Pennsylvania is a state where prevention is the norm. When people do experience emotional and psychological trauma they feel respected, safe, empowered, and supported to recover and heal.

Philadelphia ACEs Connection explores issues related to adversity, trauma and resilience in the Philadelphia region. We are advocates, concerned citizens and professionals who share information and develop practical solutions, to support Philadelphia becoming a trauma-informed city. www.PhiladelphiaACEs.org

We are an online collaborative dedicated to raising awareness about ACEs, trauma-informed practice, and resilience-building in the greater Phoenix area. Given the unique history of this city and region, Phoenix Rising will explore personal and historical sources of trauma.

As a community we strive to prevent trauma, while offering hope and healing to those among us who have experienced childhood adversity. Recognizing life as a continuous series of events e.g. “lifecourse”, we weave together epigenetics (preconception), neurodevelopment (childhood & adolescence), and ACEs science (adult and aging) as we seek pathways to health and wellbeing.

“We have the capacity, within ourselves, to create better health," writes Donna Jackson Nakazawa. We can improve our health no matter what our ACE score. Learn resilience practices that reduce stress hormones in our bodies & brains. Understand how pain, shame & trauma make self-healing harder. Explore research & resources. Share stories, struggles & successes. Practice resilience.

The Quad Cities Trauma-Informed Consortium (QCTIC) is a partnership between Family Resources and the Child Abuse Council that began in 2013 as an effort to move trauma-informed practices into the Quad Cities. Collaborating across sectors and interests allows us to effectively expand our reach while we elevate the status of our community. http://www.childabuseqc.org/qctic

To introduce ACEs Awareness, Trauma-Informed (TI) and Resilience cultures in the province of Quebec. French materials will be available.

The R.O.A.R. (Robeson Overcoming Adversity through Resilience) collaborative meets on a monthly basis to help children and families in Robeson County. We are committed to raising awareness about PACES Science and Resiliency in our community to help improve the lives of families and children.

We convene and facilitate collaborative efforts to reduce adversity and trauma while building resilience throughout Oklahoma. We are advocates, concerned citizens, policy-makers and professionals who share information and develop practical, trauma-informed solutions to improve the lives of our children and families.

Randolph Co. NC ACEs Connection

Resources, posts, discussions, chats about national efforts to build a trauma-informed, resilience-building nation.

We are Resilient Bladen (NC) where we aim to educate people about ACEs and Resilience. Our intent is that everyone in Bladen County be knowledgeable of trauma, ACEs, and how to build resilience throughout our community.

We are the Brunswick County (NC) Resiliency Task Force working to increase awareness of ACEs, trauma-informed practices, and resiliency. We hope to be a guiding light leading Brunswick County to a brighter tomorrow.

To promote resilience in Columbus County through education and engagement of community members regarding the lifelong impacts of adverse childhood experiences.

We are the Resilient Communities of East Georgia and our mission is to create a network of leaders trained on building resiliency in their regions to improve mental health and ACES awareness and resources. Our vision is to give all people a voice in creating a resilient community across East Georgia so that every individual has the support and services they need to thrive and be successful.

An action-oriented, trauma resiliency network of systems and collaborative leaders that builds and supports safe, secure, and nurturing communities through increased coordination, community education and mobilization; pre-service and in-service training for front-line workers, managers, and organization leaders; changes to policies and practices to support trauma-responsive approaches.

Working in partnership with Lake County Children’s Council, Lake County Child Welfare, Lake Family Resource Center, First 5 Lake, Lake County Probation, Redwood Community Services, Tribal members, Health Leadership Network and others to unify countywide efforts to raise awareness of ACEs,work collectively to reduce trauma,and build individual and community resilience.

Our Community vision is to create a compassionate and resilient county where children and families thrive. And our mission is to empower trauma sensitive "community" through regional awareness and support (including financial) to reduce the number of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) while increasing resilience.

Resilient Sacramento is dedicated to preventing and reducing the number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and traumatic events that can result in toxic stress affecting physical, social and emotional well-being . We are a diverse collective of individuals and organizations committed to supporting public policy and change that promotes healing and resiliency in the greater Sacramento Area.

We work collectively to educate our community about ACEs, resilience, and trauma-informed care. We exchange ideas, share opportunities and foster connections to transform lives through practical and community-centered solutions.

Community Partners committed to building a Resilient Solano County

We are a cross sector working group in Williamson County called Resilient Wilco. We serve to train and educate all sectors of the community on ACEs and building Resilience. We offer ACE Interface presentations and Community Resilience Initiative certification courses along with TBRI caregiving classes. All at no cost to the community.

We're educating people in Yolo County, CA, about ACEs. Our intent is that everyone in Yolo County integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their work, family, community and individual lives.

Restorative Integral Support (RIS) is “whole life” recovery for people who face challenges of all kinds. RIS assesses an individual's needs and provides guidance for facilitating recovery. As a comprehensive, “whole person” approach to recovery from trauma, RIS includes powerful somatic therapies and other research-informed interventions.

The Riverside Resilience initiative started in 2016 when county and community leaders came together to understand how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma influence health and wellbeing. The goal of the initiative is to launch a cross-sector collaboration to reduce ACEs and improve health and education outcomes for children over the next 10 years.

Through the KidsReadyNC-Rockingham Initiative, we seek to engage the community in a conversation about ACEs to raise awareness of their impact in early childhood. We hope to provide the community the space to develop an understanding of ACEs and a framework to support building resilience starting at birth.

This is the online platform for our ACEs, trauma-informed, and resilience-building movement. It is a call to action- a place to work collaboratively across sectors and communities, to transform our county to one of hope, healing, and resilience for all. It is based on the socio-ecological model, collective impact strategies, and resident-driven approaches to prevention, intervention, and advocacy.

This group seeks to: 1) Understand what we do, what we do well, and call upon each other to collaborate. 2) Create a healing space for folks to work together across sectors. 3) Create a structured way to lift up each other’s work, align resources, and prevent fragmentation. 4) Use technology to communicate differently and stop traumatizing already traumatized systems.

San Mateo County ACEs Connection is a community for all who are invested in creating a trauma-informed and resilient San Mateo County. This is a space to share resources, information, successes, and challenges related to addressing trauma and building resiliency, particularly in young children and their families.

We bring the community together to nurture Positive Childhood Experiences, prevent, heal, and treat ACEs while promoting resiliency.

Led by the Children's Trust of South Carolina, the South Carolina Adverse Childhood Experiences Initiative empowers communities to help build resilience and works to prevent poor health outcomes and improve well-being.

Our goal is to begin a dialogue around the topic of trauma and resiliency and create a shared language and understanding of effective responses to trauma. Together we can create a united, yet community-customized approach to the integration of trauma informed care in communities all across South Dakota.

As part of the South Mississippi Youth Connection Initiative, we strive to connect our youth to resources in a timely manner following traumatic or stressful situations or occurrences.

Where individuals and initiatives gather to meet, brainstorm, and collaborate about using ACEs Science inclusively to create trauma-informed families, communities, systems, and change with and for all.

SSTICN brings together a multi-agency and multi-disciplinary group of organizations and individuals working together to collaborate to create a more trauma-informed and resilient Southside region. The mission of the SSTICN is to promote and to enhance individual and community resilience.

The State PACEs Action is the go-to location for ACEs activities in U.S. states.

Focusing on building community and individual resiliency by raising awareness of ACES and its public health implications, and developing strategies to increase resilience by engaging all of the county's community partners.

Using knowledge and education regarding ACES, trauma and resiliency informed practices to build upon our communities' members' current resilience base in order to ensure a resilient future for the county's establishments, economy, and people.

If you're doing ACEs histories, please do a short blog post or contact one of the community managers so that we can do so for you.

An online platform to foster communication and collaboration across communities and sectors in Texas with the goal of promoting ideas, policies and practices that reduce and prevent childhood adversity, build resilience in individuals and families, and help those affected by trauma to heal and thrive.

Increasing our county’s awareness and knowledge of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) while building resiliency and fostering hope in order to offset the cycle of trauma.

An ITRC Project. We build human resilience in the face of the encroaching individual, family and community stresses of climate change.

We are a trauma-informed collaborative striving to create safe and stable environments through nurturing relationships to cultivate resilience by raising awareness of adversity, stress, and trauma, working across sectors to provide the tools, skills, resources, and support for community members to build positive childhood experiences and create a community where all can thrive.

The EPIC Project uses the ACE survey to identify parents of newborns through age 3 who have a high ACE score. Once identified, through community collaboration in-home services will be implemented to mitigate risk for the child/ren & build resiliency for the whole family.

Welcome! This group is for anyone who identifies as part of the LGBTQ+ Community or who supports the community.

Films have been instrumental in helping us understand individual, generational, and historical trauma - and healing. Documentaries can inspire and inform public policy and system-level change as well and that is why ACEs Connection, CTIPP, and the Relentless School Nurse have come together to stream documentaries from this community site , quarterly, starting in September of 2020.

A safe place for all to be seen and heard. To connect, to reach out and find. To become trauma-informed. To gain strength and courage through solidarity.

We are a multidisciplinary group of health professionals working to advance trauma-informed care across the continuum of practice through ground-breaking, transformative interprofessional education and research. We envision all health care professionals and health care systems being trauma-informed.

The Trauma-informed Design Society is a transdisciplinary team with a focus on turning research into practice, and back into research. The Society merges the co-founders’ extensive experience in human services and interior design with an understanding of trauma science, to help organizations implement a trauma-informed approach in their services and create stress-reducing physical spaces.

We are a collaborative of library professionals and library supporters who seek to share ACEs Science with our institutions, organizations and communities; explore and implement Trauma-Informed approaches; and build community resilience through our programs, practices and publications.

We are teaching Troy, Alabama and the Wiregrass about ACEs and Resilience. Our goal is for all community members to integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into work, home, school, and community interactions, so that we can heal and grow together to be a stronger community every day.

A collaborative of UC Davis and UC Davis Health community members addressing trauma and building resilience across the lifespan

A group of University of Florida students, instructors, researchers and community members dedicated to addressing ACEs and promoting evidence-based trauma-informed interventions that build resilience. Students taking our public health courses will display summaries of their assignments that aim to address ACEs and trauma.

RRCA is a non-profit grassroots volunteer organization in northern Maine. Its mission is to educate our small rural community about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and empower persons from all segments of the community to assess our needs and collaboratively develop, evaluate, and sustain effective resources to promote resiliency and combat ACEs’ negative intergenerational effects.

Welcome to the Vermont PACEs Community, where we are passionate about spreading the word about the prevalence of trauma, its possible negative effects, and what can be done to build resilience in our state and beyond!

The Walla Walla Valley's ACEs Connection is a learning community hosted by the Community Resilience Initiative whose goal is to share resilience-based tools and ideas in order to improve community health . Please join our group to share your news as we build resiliency in the Walla Walla Valley! Visit us online at http://www.criresilient.org

We are a grassroots collaborative whose mission is to promote health and resiliency in our community and to effectively prevent, recognize, and treat trauma by creating safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. The WCCI hosts an annual educational event as well as additional workshops throughout the year.

Vision: Reduce the incidence of child trauma and mental illness in children and youths. Mission: Engage children and families to promote health, prevent disease and build resilience by using schools and health settings as buffers against toxic stress in a trauma-sensitive manner where children/youths feel safe, welcomed and supported to address trauma impact on development, learning and behavior

The WV ACES Coalition includes over 400 different organizations and individuals working together to improve the health and well-being of all West Virginians by reducing the impact of ACEs and preventing their occurrence.

Our mission is to build systems and organizations' capacity to create a compassionate, safe community. Our strategies are to: 1) Provide chances to educate and support organizations to collaborate and build protective factors for families. 2) Establish a common language about ACES and resilience across sectors. 3) Create opportunities to promote meaningful connections for healthy bodies and minds.

We have a very collaborative community where most of the stakeholders have become aware of ACEs and Resilience. As a result, we are committed to becoming trauma informed, work on resilience and the prevention of ACEs.

This group is for young professionals — 35 years of age or younger — who are studying and working in the field of adverse childhood experiences. On Twitter? Follow @acestoohigh2

We are dedicated to support and empower the residents of Yuba and Sutter communities by integrating trauma informed best practices to develop resilience and build stronger families and stronger communities. This inter-agency collaborative project of diverse members strives to better serve the needs for all children, families, and communities in order to heal and thrive.