Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience

The predominant approach to dealing with trauma in the US is through the expansion of mental health services and the adoption of trauma-informed care, both of which focus largely on individuals. Prevention Institute's Adverse Community Experiences and Resilience (ACE|R) Framework explains the need to understand trauma at the population level. It is the first framework of its kind to advance an understanding of community trauma and what to do about it.

Since PI released the framework in 2016, it has been implemented in communities throughout the country and incorporated into efforts to address violence, mental health and wellbeing, opioid misuse, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and climate resilience.

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Strengthened practitioner knowledge and skills nationwide through conferences and webinars.

Prevention Institute staff shared our work and approach with practitioner audiences at conferences and webinars, including the Association of Black Foundation Executives Annual Conference, the National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting, and with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. PI also hosted a virtual teach-in, which launched PI’s new tool, The Timeline of Resistance.

Promoted upstream and equitable investments of opioid settlement funding nationwide.

With support from the CDC’s Division of Overdose Prevention, Prevention Institute and its partners provided capacity-building opportunities to state and local opioid settlement fund decision-makers to identify and invest in upstream, evidence-based approaches that prevent opioid and other substance misuse and overdose.

Established a learning community of Black- and brown-led community-based organizations taking a public health approach to preventing violence.

Prevention Institute established Strategies for Youth and Neighborhood Centered Safety (SYNC Safety), a supportive community of leaders and community-based organizations (CBOs) at the forefront of addressing community violence. SYNC focused on building the capacity of Black- and brown-led CBOs to take a comprehensive public health approach to community safety and violence prevention.

All Children Thrive – California (ACT)

All Children Thrive – California (ACT) is a community-led movement that transforms current systems to improve child and family well-being; connects community members with city staff and elected officials to create policies, programs, and resources; and builds networks of people and places co-designing innovative solutions and sharing their learning to help all of California’s children thrive

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