On October 13, the New York Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council met for the first time to begin developing a plan to cut child poverty in half over the next ten years. Authorized through the Child Poverty Reduction Act, which Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on December 1, 2021, the Advisory Council is charged with conducting data analyses, developing
On September 20, 2022, Pathways to Resilience hosted a State Policy Roundtable (Roundtable) in Denver, Colorado with leaders from nearly 20 states. The Roundtable convened 35 leaders in health, justice, early childhood, education, and social services to discuss cross-sector approaches for preventing and addressing trauma and promoting healing. In addition to sharing lessons learned, participants identified gaps in policy and
Jasmine Allen is a trauma-informed yoga instructor, trainer, writer, and owner of Soul Haum Yoga, the only trauma-informed yoga studio in Philadelphia. She provides trauma-informed trainings and workshops for businesses, organizations, small groups, and individuals. Her articles on trauma-informed best practices have been featured in Yoga International and XONecole. Jasmine holds a 200-hour yoga teacher certification, 40-hour trauma-informed yoga teacher
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
California’s ACEs Aware initiative – authorized by a series of legislative and policy actions (AB 340 and Proposition 56) – leverages state and federal Medicaid funding to support a multi-faceted approach to educating the health care community about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. The focus of the initiative is to encourage primary care providers to screen their patients
Rachel Gilgoff, MD, is a child abuse pediatrician and serves as a member of the Pathways to Resilience Advisory Committee. She has been a clinical advisor to the California ACEs Aware initiative since 2020. Dr. Gilgoff has worked at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital & Research Center and helped develop and implement the Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events (PEARLS)
Washington State recently announced an innovative approach to implement the 9-8-8 suicide prevention crisis hotline through the Native and Strong Crisis Lifeline. The line is staffed by an all-Native team that receives specific training around language and cultural competence, in addition to the standard crisis counselor training. Like the nationwide Veterans Crisis Line, which provides veterans and active service members
Pawan Bareja, PhD, is a trauma resolution practitioner who teaches trauma-informed mindfulness meditation at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in San Francisco, California. Mindfulness meditation is an evidence-based “stress buster” that can be used to regulate the stress response and promote healing.
Pathways to Resilience is pleased to announce the release our first major publication, a National Compendium of Trauma-Responsive Policies and Programs. The compendium summarizes a wide range of interventions, policies, programs, and governing bodies that states and communities are leveraging to prevent and address trauma and promote healing across the country. This document is designed to serve as a resource
Abby Cox is the First Lady of Utah and a member of the Pathways to Resilience Steering Committee — a group of seven Governors’ First Spouses who are champions for trauma-responsive policies and programs within their states and across the country.