Community Resilience Project
Status
Active Programming
Cross-Sector Involvement
Philanthropy, Government, Mental Health, Faith, Non-Profit, Early Childhood Care & Education, Public Education, Pediatric Healthcare, Small Business
BYEF Goals
Goal 1: To raise awareness on the impact of trauma from child to adult to community
Goal 2: To promote cross-sector collaborations to reduce community trauma and retraumatization in community-serving organizations
Goal 3: To provide financial support to advocate for local, state, and federal trauma-informed policies
About cRP
The Community Resilience Project (formerly Charlotte Resilience Project) is a campaign designed to create awareness of the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), trauma, and toxic stress. Informed by the Building Community Resilience framework, NC Resilient Community Initiative, and the PACES Connection, the Community Resilience Project will use a data-informed, family-centered, racial equity-focused, and asset-based approach to advocate for and organize cross-sector collaboration that will result in a system that builds both individual and community resilience.
Collaborative Projects
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In partnership with Atrium Health, Myers Park Pediatrics, and the Winer Family Foundation, we are working to develop a residency program curriculum that teaches pediatricians how to foster relational health care, which is the ability to form and maintain safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs). Pediatricians will learn to support the caregiver-child relationship, the context in which there can be recovery from trauma, and the restoration of resilience.
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In partnership with local charter schools and pre-schools, we are working with school leadership teams to implement trauma-informed approaches within the classroom and increase parent engagement and volunteerism to promote academic progress, support social and emotional development, and foster safety of all students, families, and staff.
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The Black Youth Mental Wellness Team is a community-based project partnering with Black communities, UNC Charlotte, and NC A&T State University to center their voices and lived experiences to support the development of interventions to support Black youth mental wellness. The team is holding focus groups beginning in February via zoom with Black youth, ages 14-17, and parents/caregivers of Black youth, ages 14-17, living in Mecklenburg County.
In these focus groups, the team will engage youth and parents/caregivers in conversations and listen to them as they share their unique experiences with access to services and supports and how we can collectively create culturally responsive mental wellness practices with the CA-LINC intervention. The team will implement feedback from the focus groups to culturally adapt mental wellness interventions and programs that center on Black youth and families.
Lead By Dr. Sonyia Richardson
What We Need
Pediatricians Volunteers to join our committee
Community Partners to join our Family Engagement Network
Donate to one or more of the following:
Trauma-informed Training for Educators, Caregivers, & Volunteers
Health & Wellness Coaching Sessions for Community Members
Family engagement activities ($250/family/event)
Resilient Classroom Tools & Materials