Profile Information
Location
Vicksburg, MS
Country
United States
Postal Code
39180
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Director of nonprofit organization
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
Vicksburg Family Development Service is a family support program working with parents and their children prenatal to age 5 and youth ages 10-18 and their families. Substance abuse prevention programs are presented throughout Warren County. Our agency coordinates Warren County MAP Team. I also serve on the Excel by 5 and Grade Level Reading Coalitions and our local Drug Free Coalition.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
Many of the parents we serve have experienced adverse childhood events which continue to impact many areas of their lives and that of their children. We work to help parents heal from their trauma and srive to strengthen them to prevent ACE for their children. Training through the DMH has educated me about ACE’s.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
No