LEARN, ACT AND PREVENT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACEs)

Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood centered around neglect, abuse and household dysfunction. The following are just some types of ACEs:

There are a variety of ACEs and each can undermine a child’s sense of safety, stability, and bonding. Persistent exposure to one or more ACEs as a child or adolescent can cause prolonged activation of the body’s stress response, which triggers toxic stress. Toxic stress, when not properly addressed and reduced, can dramatically change how the brain develops and can lead to many learning and behavioral issues as a child, as well as many common life-threatening health conditions as an adult. Those who have experienced ACEs are more likely to experience longer-term physical ailments such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, obesity, suicide and more.

We want to change the question from "What's wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?" Reframing the mindset from a negative connotation in labeling trauma response as "wrong" and destigmatizing the mental health aspect of ACEs is crucial in helping to promote resiliency to create better outcomes.

Cobb Collaborative, in partnership with Resilient Georgia, is presenting our second annual Resilient Cobb Summit on February 7, 2023. This half-day symposium will focus on promoting strong mental health in early childhood to create lasting resilience. Come join us to learn, share best practices and help to build a more trauma-informed and resilient Cobb community. Click here for registration and click here for our Resilient Cobb web page with information including speaker and panelist bios.

Additionally, we will continue to offer our trauma-credentialed training sessions throughout the year and will update our Events page and newsletter with training dates and times.

For more information and resources to help promote literacy and improve outcomes for families and children, please visit our Literacy web page.

2023 GEORGIA LEGISLATIVE SESSION

As of Monday, January 9, our Georgia General Assembly is officially in session. While the legislature is in session, both the House and Senate meet to discuss issues, present new legislation and cast votes. For current bills, there are two key dates in the legislative session. The first is "Crossover Day" and this is the deadline for a bill to pass out of one side of the legislature to the other. If a bill fails to crossover, it is no longer active within the session. The second important date is "Sine Die", the 40th day of the session which is the final day of the legislative session and the final day for a bill to be passed.

Want more information including confirming who your elected officials are? The Georgia My Voter (MVP) web page is a wonderful resource. Use the MVP Portal to check your:

To keep up with what's going on during this legislative session, we encourage everyone to:

We are consistently adding new events to our calendar! Be sure to check out our website for a full list of upcoming programming.

If you are ready to simplify your fundraising, all current members of the Cobb Collaborative have access to an extra 15% discount on 4aGoodCause (for new clients only).

Click here to request a customized demo. In your customized demo, 4aGoodCause will show you how to:

Cobb & Douglas Public Health is now accepting applications for the 2023 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) Partnership Grant. Proposed initiatives must implement policy, system, or environmental (PSE) health initiatives in Cobb County or Douglas County. The grant serves as seed money to expand sustainable initiatives that support at least one topic area detailed in the 2021-2022 Community Health Assessment for Cobb and Douglas Counties, such as:

Interested organizations can request up to $25,000. The CHIP Partnership Grant is a 1:1 matching grant which requires organizations to have an equal amount of funds allocated to the initiative prior to the CHIP Partnership Grant request. Funding requests less than or equal to $5,000 do not require a 1:1 match. The deadline to apply for the 2023 CHIP Partnership Grant is January 23, 2023. Recipients will be notified by February 10, 2023.

For more information, visit the Cobb2020 – A Partnership for a Healthier Cobb County website or the Live Healthy Douglas website.

Keep up with the Collaborative Connection. Check out our Newsletter web page to find:

If you would like to submit events/resources/information for inclusion in our newsletter, please email Kelly Mellen.

The 6-4-3 Foundation is hiring a Part-Time Executive Director (up to 20 hours/week). Please click here for a PDF with job description and application information.