This tip sheet features strategies for meaningfully engaging trauma survivors in state and local policymaking and program design. Learn more by watching the corresponding Pathways Learning Network session.
Published By: Pathways to Resilience
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Health, Justice, Social Services

This toolkit is for child welfare staff, supervisors, and administrators who work with and on behalf of children, youth, and families who experience a natural disaster. It provides evidence- and trauma-informed guidance and resources for promoting positive outcomes for children and youth who experience natural disasters.
Published By: ChildTrends
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Social Services

This toolkit aims to support juvenile justice staff and administrators in their efforts to enhance state, tribal, territory, and county-led efforts to promote healing and resilience among system-involved children and youth who are exposed to a natural disaster. The toolkit is available in English and Spanish.
Published By: ChildTrends
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Justice, Social Services

This guide provides guidance for employers and workforce development organizations to understand trauma and toxic stress and the impacts on employees. It also provides a selection of strategies and practices to promote a trauma-informed approach in employee management.
Published By: National Fund for Workforce Solutions, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Workforce

A two-part resource that addresses the prevalence and impact of trauma among LGBTQ youth and provides schools and community agencies with a framework and strategies for adopting a trauma-informed approach that considers the unique experiences and needs of LGBTQ youth.
Published By: National Resource Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Education, Health

This framework was developed in response to requests from concerned Alaskans across the state. It is a collaborative project of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, First Alaskans Institute, Alaska Afterschool Network, Alaska Mental Health Board, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Alaska Child Trauma Center, and Association of Alaska School Board’s Initiative for Community Engagement.
Published By: Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education

Pathways to Resilience has developed this guide to help communities and organizations build and establish their own trauma-responsive network of care. It explains the effects of trauma and toxic stress and evidence-based strategies for addressing them and outlines milestones for communities and organizations to establish effective networks of care.
Published By: Pathways to Resilience
Published Date: 2023
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health, Social Services

Provides information, tools, and resources to move organizations further along their ACE screening journey
Published By: California ACEs Aware Initiative
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Health

Screening for ACEs helps primary care clinicians assess risk for toxic stress and guide effective responses. To receive Medi-Cal payment for conducting ACE screenings, clinical team members in California must use these screening tools for children, adolescents, and adults.
Published By: ACEs Aware
Published Date: 2021
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Health

This resource features a series of handouts from the California ACEs Aware initiative on healthy ways to manage stress.
Published By: ACEs Aware
Published Date: 2022
Resource Type: Toolkits
Sectors: Health, Social Services