SELF-HEALING COMMUNITIES
The Self-Healing Communities Project in Crow Wing County was launched in late summer 2018, and our initial focus is in the neighborhoods around Garfield & Lowell Elementary schools. We need EVERYONE in our community to come together to work towards safer, healthier neighborhoods!
The Self-Healing Communities Model is designed to improve health and social outcomes for people by reducing and ultimately preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Like others around the country who have already begun this work, we aspire to “engage the public, inspire innovation, support peer helping, ease the daily stress burden of parents and promote change in all of the systems that serve them so that together communities can better protect and nurture the next generation” (RWJF, 2016).
HOW DO I JOIN THE SELF-HEALING COMMUNITY?
For the first phase of this project, we are focusing our efforts on connections with the residents of NE Brainerd, and we also need individuals from our entire community to work together to make this a success!
For 2019-2020, our project is working in the following areas:
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NE Neighbors
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Garfield & Lowell Parents Education Series
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Foster, Adoptive & Respite Parents’ Learning & Support Community
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ACEs & Resiliency in Your Workplace
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ACEs & Resiliency House Event & Discussion
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Inmates & ACEs
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Crosby Community: Coming Soon!
SELF-HEALING COMMUNITY IN THE NEWS
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Recording: Community Focus: Bridges of Hope staff talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the work of the Self-Healing Communities Project in Crow Wing County – 106.7 WJJY, January 2019
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Video: Bridges of Hope Holds Event for Foster Parents & Adoptive Parents to Connect – Lakeland Public Television, December 2018
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Video: Community Conversation Held as Part of Self-Healing Communities Project – Lakeland Public Television, November 2018
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Article: …An innovative community, collaborative project is tackling childhood trauma. – Brainerd Dispatch, November 2018
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Article: Crow Wing County works to build Self-Healing Community – Brainerd Dispatch, July 2018
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Article: Crow Wing County: Tackling Problems in a New Way – Brainerd Dispatch, June 2018
RESEARCH & BACKGROUND FOR
SELF-HEALING COMMUNITY
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Infographic: Adverse Childhood Experiences – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Resources: Adverse Childhood Experiences Collection – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Article: To Heal a Community, Build Capacity – RWJF Blog, July 2016
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Report: Self-Healing Communities: a Transformational Process Model for Improving Intergenerational Health – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, June 2016
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Video: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime – Nadine Burke Harris, September 2014
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Report: Adverse Childhood Experiences: National & State-Level Prevalence – ChildTrends, July 2014
