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!

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.

Educating people in Hutchinson about Adverse Childhood Experiences and the effects of toxic stress. The goal is for the community to integrate trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into individual, family, work, and community lives.

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

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

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

Creating Connections for a Compassionate Culture. #RiseUp

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

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

Kansas PACEs Connection is dedicated to connecting and supporting organizations, systems, and communities who are interested in better understanding the prevalence of ACEs and trauma, recognizing the impact that these have on individual and organizational health, and developing policies and practices that promote resiliency and healing.