VA TICNs eNote December 2023

Join the LUV Campaign listening session for TICNs on December 6 from 3:00pm-4:00pm. Download a flyer and register on Zoom!

FACT is launching a new issue brief series focused on Special Populations! This series covers populations that are at heightened risk for family violence and may face additional barriers accessing services. The first brief in this series focuses on People with Disabilities. These briefs are great educational tools for service providers, community leaders, facilitators, and organizational leaders.

Join Greater Richmond SCAN on November 30, 10:00-11:30am for a virtual screening of Playing for Keeps: The Upside of Downtime, which examines the value of play through a health lens, including how play is a powerful antidote to those subjected to stress and danger on the job, and the power of a playful approach to our daily lives, regardless of our circumstance.. Register on Zoom.

Pathways to Resilience recently released a step-by-step guide designed to help communities and organizations establish their own trauma-responsive networks of care to promote resilience and healing. The guide explains the effects of trauma and toxic stress, explores evidence-based strategies for addressing them, and outlines steps for communities and organizations can take to build effective networks of care.

Join CTIPP on December 20 from 2:00-3:00pm to discuss lessons learned, highlights, and teachable moments in 2023. CTIPP will also share their 2024 priorities and brainstorm best hopes for where the movement will advance.

Learn more and register on Eventbrite.

School Crisis Recovery and Renewal project and the Center for Adjustment, Resilience, and Recovery (CARRE) (two National Child Traumatic Stress Network Category II sites) are holding a collaborative session on December 12, 2:00-4:00pm to create space for service providers to process pain while witnessing violence and mourning loss as they provide care for the young people they serve. Learn more and register on their website.

The Power of Youth Voices: Engaging Young People With Lived Experience

On December 7, 3:00-4:00pm, Pathways for Resilience will present a panel of experts – all of whom have personal and professional experience with youth-driven initiatives – to explore strategies, successes, challenges, and opportunities for state and organizational leaders to meaningfully and intentionally engage young people in their communities. Learn more and register on their website.