Resources for Communities
Find additional information on resources to prevent child abuse, to build self-healing communities, to understand trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
Trauma Informed Resources
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) take many forms—physical abuse, incarceration of a parent, substance abuse in the family—and create trauma that harms kids well into adulthood.
Protective Factors Resources
Protective factors—like building a network of natural supports—can help keep families strong and recover from trauma.
Self-Healing Communities Resources
FamilyWise takes a holistic approach to healing communities. Rather than address issues like domestic violence, youth substance, and other family challenges separately, the idea behind self-healing communities is to tackle them collectively, knowing they are often connected.
Natural Supports
Families who are supported by a network of friends and community members are more likely to break out of cycles of abuse, trauma, and poverty.
The Family Wellbeing Index
Our annual Family Wellbeing Indexes explore risk and protective factors that contribute to family and community wellbeing.