The goal of the Trauma Informed Supervision Planning and Development Initiative is to create long-term sustainability for trauma-informed supervision within Polk County DHS and JCS through the development of a training structure and evaluation strategy.
The ACEs Prenatal Collaboration seeks to support the planning and development of coordinated prenatal strategies in central Iowa. The project will engage key research and implementation partners to establish content, design and evaluation for the primary strategies of childbirth education and community support coordination.
ACEs 360 leadership will expand organizational capacity to coordinate social emotional learning activities, ensuring alignment with existing and planned strategies of the coalition and related networks as well as support the broader coalition work necessary to advance the movement. Activities include: Expand outreach in central Iowa and beyond to engage new partners in ACEs and trauma informed movement and more deeply engage existing partners, Drive web-based content development to support network communication and learning, Increase dissemination of high quality Iowa-based research and practice change.
Polk County DHS Child Welfare continues to face significant stress through high caseloads and high turnover. The project will support the contract of a national expert to provide technical assistance to Polk County DHS supervisors and managers to identify and implement strategies to mitigate vicarious trauma and secondary traumatic stress and to support a trauma-informed environment. Efforts will begin with collaboration with the Polk County DHS Retention Team. This project coordinates with the technical assistance efforts of Polk County Juvenile Detention.
Support to update Iowa ACEs report.
Iowa ACEs 360 provides research, tools, and a network to empower you—and our entire state—to take informed actions that help all individuals heal from trauma and thrive for generations to come. Working as a coalition, we research the problem, test new solutions, identify best practices, and advocate for system changes to address incredibly complex challenges related to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
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