Community partners working together
to build health and resilience
September 2022
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Upcoming Community Meetings |
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NEXT MEETING: October 18
September meeting cancelled
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Being there,
With Love and Support for Families in the First Years
SW WA Healthy Families 4th Annual Conference
Perinatal Mental Health is a critical public health issue that has been intensified in the past couple of years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We invite you to join us in this collaborative discussion with a wide range of speakers who will share advancements in research and innovative approaches to mental, emotional and physical healing of those entering parenthood.
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 9:00 am
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PACEs Action Alliance *
*Positive over Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Over the past year, Clark County Public Health conducted listening sessions and a survey of social and health service providers and people raising children ages zero to five. We called the project Raising Clark County. Key points from this work will be published toward the end of 2022.
Upcoming meeting agendas and action-oriented goals for the PACEs Action Alliance for 2023 will tie to the results of this survey. Until that information is available, the PACEs Alliance will be on hold and community partners are encouraged to continue initiating and supporting trauma-informed work and policies in their organizations and communities. Please enjoy the resources and information listed below.
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Trauma-Informed Schools Workgroup |
The Trauma-Informed Schools Workgroup will meet again in October. Watch for the date and time in the October 1 newsletter.
This year, we will kick off our meetings with a focus on lessons and guidance from the Trauma-Informed-Resilience-Oriented Schools Toolkit. Produced by the National Center for School Safety and the National Council for Mental Health and Wellbeing, the toolkit offers step-by-step advice on approaches and practices that support students and faculty in a trauma-informed and resilience-building fashion.
View and download the toolkit here:
An online video to introduce the toolkit will be screened on September 14. Register here.
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Bridgeview Resource Center seeks partners for "Bridging the Gap Direct Connect Event" |
Bridgeview Resource Center is planning the “Bridging The Gaps Direct Connect Event”. The event aims to connect attendees with services in-hand, such as vouchers for services or goods, enrollment in programming/services, completing intake on site, onsite demonstrations, etc.
Twenty local organizations, including mental/physical health providers, education, food services, employment assistance and social service providers, have already registered to participate.
To participate, contact Alyssa Woodruff with your organization’s name, number of staff attending, service(s) you will be providing, and number of tables/chairs needed.
The flier for the event may be downloaded and shared with community members.
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Safe Kids Clark County
Child Car Seat Fundraiser
SAVE THE DATE!!
Where: Chipotle in Hazel Dell, 7715 NE 5th Ave #109
When: 4 - 8 pm, October 1
Why: Safe Kids Clark County is out of car seats! Chipotle will donate a portion of your meal's cost to help our community provide car seats at a low cost for families in need.
Tell the Chipotle cashier that you're there for the Safe Kids Car Seat Fundraiser
For more information, contact
AMR Southwest Washington
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Kick off the 21st anniversary of Hands Across the Bridge on Monday, Sept. 5 at 10 am at Ester Short Park. Free concert following the main event. Recovery is for everyone! |
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More than 2,500 teens die in car crashes each year. Here are the top 7 reasons to be aware of and talk to your teen about.
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Dads MOVE is offering a weekend retreat and training for fathers, grandfathers and other male caregivers who have a special needs child in their family. October 7 - 9 in Ellensburg, WA. For more info, call 1.800.736.0979. $15. |
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In ten short months, SELF has enrolled 5,000 children in the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, that’s 60,000 books per year. As the Southwest Washington affiliate, SELF is honored to partner with this amazing organization.
To learn more about the program, register a child, or donate, visit the SELF website and help to put as many books as possible into the hands of children in our community.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is advising the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful fentanyl available across the United States. In August 2022, DEA and their law enforcement partners seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 18 states. Dubbed “rainbow fentanyl” in the media, this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is equal to 10-15 grains of table salt, is considered a lethal dose.
Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults. Read more about fentanyl being the deadliest drug threat facing this country at the DEA website.
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Attention Educators!!
Looking for tools to help you or your students take a minute to refresh, breathe and re-center? Pure Edge offers an online library of free, animated Brain Break videos with voiceover instructions for children in Ukrainian, Farsi, Dari, Chinese and Haitian Creole. Access the videos in the Brain Breaks Video Library on the Pure Edge website.
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Recently published in Development and Psychopathology, Implications of Family Stress from Household Poverty reports on an extensive longitudinal study conducted by researchers Kalee De France, Dale Stock and Lisa Serbin. Authors state:
“Strong and consistent evidence shows that exposure to poverty during childhood is negatively associated with numerous indices of wellbeing during adolescence and even adulthood. Children who grow up in poverty tend to report higher levels of internalizing symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and withdrawal during adolescence. …more externalizing behaviors…deficits in cognitive abilities, such as attention difficulties…and lower levels of working memory…., and body mass index….”
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More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year - a record high. However, some populations are disproportionately affected with overdose deaths, with deaths increasing faster among Black and Indigenous people. Prevention and harm reduction efforts, such as increasing access to naloxone (the antidote to opioid overdoses), sterile needles, drug test strips, and supervised consumption sites, can reduce the toll of the overdose crisis. Additionally, there is a need to increase access to treatment and support recovery for people struggling with substance use disorder.
An online webinar at 10 am Sept. 15 sponsored by NIHCM will address America's Growing Drug Overdose Crisis. Register here.
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Is eight hours of sleep enough? Not during childhood. Recent research tells us that insufficient sleep impacts a child's brain development and behavior in long-lasting and measurable ways. Read more here.
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Our coalitions and community groups |
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PACEs Action Alliance is: |
A multi-sector collaborative of public and private organizations and individuals. We raise awareness about positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) and their long-term impact. We promote trauma-informed approaches and policies to support resilience and healing for people of all ages. All are welcome at our meetings. The Alliance will resume meetings in 2022.
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PACEs Action Alliance Learning Collaborative supports learning and awareness about childhood trauma and resilience.
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The Community Alliance Network provides a connection for community-serving agencies to meet and connect for potential collaborative efforts;
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The Trauma-Informed Schools Workgroup is open to people who work in or with schools in Clark County. We meet monthly during the school year to explore tools, resources and applications of trauma-informed principles for schools.
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(Formerly Clark County Breastfeeding Coalition) works collaboratively to improve the health of our community by promoting, protecting and supporting breast/chestfeeding so families have the support they need to continue infant feeding. Our mission is to create an environment that supports breast/chestfeeding as the cultural norm for infant feeding.
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A member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a grassroots network of more than 600 coalitions and chapters that work closely with law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, health professionals, educators, businesses, public policy makers, and, most importantly, parents and kids to promote safety. Priorities include proper child car seat use, baby's safe sleep, reducing child vehicular injuries and deaths, and water safety. Local coordination provided by American Medical Response (AMR) Southwest Washington
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The Healthy Communities Newsletter is published the first week of each month.
To submit announcements or share information, please send complete information or attach a
All submissions will be screened and may be edited prior to publication.
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For other formats, contact the Clark County ADA Office
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