On November 30, 2022, Pathways to Resilience hosted a Learning Network session highlighting the importance of involving people with lived experience in the design and implementation of policies and programs that impact them. The session featured Cherene Caracao, founder and CEO of Promise Resource Network and Pathways to Resilience Expert Advisory Committee member, and William Kellibrew, international advocate for survivors of trauma. The discussion considered barriers to engaging people with lived experience, highlighted successful policymaking born from the efforts of survivors, and offered strategies for uplifting the voice and choice of people with lived experience.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Education, Health

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

The Building Community Resilience (BCR) model is an innovative, transformative approach that will foster collaboration across child health systems, community-based agencies, and cross-sector partners to address the root causes of toxic stress and childhood adversity, and build community resilience.
Published By: Center for Community Resilience, George Washington University
Published Date: 2017
Resource Type: Research
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health, Social Services

One in seven children in the United States experiences child abuse and/or neglect each year, resulting in an array of adverse outcomes, including chronic pain, psychological concerns (anxiety, anger and aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts or ideation), and poor or delayed social and behavioral development. There are a variety of risk factors surrounding child abuse and neglect including poverty, violence within the community, exposure to racism and discrimination, substance abuse, social isolation, and having caregivers who also experienced childhood adversity. Further, the trauma from these experiences can contribute to an intergenerational cycle of continued abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect has an estimated lifetime economic burden of over $590 billion nationwide – including short- and long-term health care and child welfare costs, criminal justice processes, special education costs, and lost productivity.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health, Justice, Social Services

One in seven children in the United States experiences child abuse and/or neglect each year, resulting in an array of adverse outcomes, including chronic pain, psychological concerns (anxiety, anger and aggression, depression, and suicidal thoughts or ideation), and poor or delayed social and behavioral development. There are a variety of risk factors surrounding child abuse and neglect including poverty, violence within the community, exposure to racism and discrimination, substance abuse, social isolation, and having caregivers who also experienced childhood adversity. Further, the trauma from these experiences can contribute to an intergenerational cycle of continued abuse and neglect. Child abuse and neglect has an estimated lifetime economic burden of over $590 billion nationwide – including short- and long-term health care and child welfare costs, criminal justice processes, special education costs, and lost productivity.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Education, Health, Social Services

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

The federal Department of Health and Human Services released findings from their 2022 convening on primary prevention that highlight the importance of moving from tertiary and secondary prevention strategies to primary and primordial prevention strategies, including programs and policies that prevent adverse outcomes from occurring.
Published By: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Human Services Policy
Published Date: March 23, 2023
Resource Type: Reports
Sectors: Education, Health, Justice, Social Services

Authored by Pathways expert advisor Dr. Roy Wade, Jr, this research identifes and characterizes the range of adverse childhood experiences faced by young adults who grew up in a low-income urban area and explores additional community-level adversities not covered in the original ACE study, such as witnessing violence and experiencing discrimination.
Published By: American Academy of Pediatrics
Resource Type: Research
Sectors: Early Childhood, Health

Provides an overview of state programs that seek to prevent and address ACEs, and promote trauma-responsive practices and resilience.
Published By: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Resource Type: State Action Plans
Sectors: Health

During the October 2022 convening of the Arizona House’s Ad Hoc Committee on Teen Mental Health, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) presented statewide data on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ADHS representatives noted that Arizona currently ranks 44th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia for number of children with two or more ACEs. Data from 2018 found that 18% of residents have experienced between 3 and 8 ACEs; and data from 2019-2020 illustrates that Arizona youth have a higher prevalence of ACEs in 10 out of 12 categories compared to nationwide averages. Arizona’s Department of Health Services has announced a three-part plan to reduce exposure to ACEs and mitigate the impacts of trauma and toxic stress on youth development.
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Resource Type: Publications
Sectors: Early Childhood, Education, Health