Pathways to Resilience provides a national forum to help states and communities advance trauma-responsive policies and programs across sectors.

Pathways to Resilience raises awareness of the impact of adversity and trauma on individuals, families, and communities and advances cross-sector strategies for promoting equity, lifelong health, and well-being. We convene state and community leaders to break down silos, build connections, and identify and implement practical solutions.

Pathways recognizes the power of collaboration across the health, education, early childhood, housing, social services, and justice sectors to achieve common goals and believes that states and communities are in the best position to create a culture of healing and resilience for our children and families.

We are on a mission to:

  • Recognize and normalize conversations about the impact of adversity, trauma, and toxic stress on overall health and well-being

  • Promote cross-sector collaboration to invest in evidence-informed strategies that support prevention, resilience, treatment, and healing through a culturally responsive and equitable lens

  • Advance the understanding of the critical role positive experiences and relationships can have in preventing negative outcomes, with an emphasis on practical approaches to support healing

  • Elevate successful community-based interventions to scale at the state level

  • Prevent and mitigate the systemic and intergenerational transmission of adversity and trauma

Pathways to Resilience is sponsored by Aurrera Health Group with guidance from a First Spouse Steering Committee and Expert Advisory Committee. We also have partners with whom we are working to engage state policymakers across sectors.

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Key measures of success over the next five years include:

State policymakers, health care providers, and community organizations serving children, adults, and families will:

  • Understand the impact of adversity, including ACEs, trauma, and toxic stress on overall health and well-being

  • Build cross-sector community and statewide networks to engage and support community members in a trauma-responsive manner

  • Leverage and deploy evidence-informed policies and programs to prevent and address trauma and toxic stress within an equity framework

  • Evaluate and highlight the effectiveness of emerging policies and programs to address trauma and toxic stress

Individuals, families, and communities will:

  • Become aware of and understand the impact of adversity, trauma, and toxic stress on their overall health and well-being

  • Understand that ACEs and toxic stress are treatable and preventable

  • Become aware of strategies and resources that can build responsiveness and resilience through community connections

Federal policymakers will:

  • Be aware of and engaged in the work of the Pathways to Resilience initiative

  • Understand and consider options for supporting strategies to mitigate the impact of adversity, trauma, and toxic stress on overall health and well-being

  • Invest in one or more programs to support states in preventing and responding to adversity, trauma, and toxic stress across sectors

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