This resource provides practical, actionable strategies for health and human service organizations to strengthen sustainability during funding uncertainty. It highlights approaches for leveraging community assets, building partnerships, diversifying funding sources, and maximizing existing...
This policy brief examines regional inequities in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), community conditions, and access to resources across Illinois, with particular attention to immigrant communities. It highlights how place-based inequities shape health and well-being and offers policy...
This toolkit provides a compilation of resources to help health professionals understand how trauma and the Social Determinants of Health intersect to shape the health and well-being of youth. It offers various tools for delivering trauma-informed, healing-centered approaches and addressing the...
Health and social service providers can improve health outcomes by linking patients to community resources. Resource referrals help address social needs and boost well-being but can be confusing, time-consuming, and intimidating due to barriers like bureaucracy, language, waitlists, and...
This resource guide was created to help Illinois families find support for everyday needs, such as food, housing, health care, and more. Families, providers, and advocates may use the guide to find statewide resources and tips on how to get started. Available in English and Spanish. ACEs-Resource...
This report presents findings from a scan of resource databases across Illinois and interviews with community members and service providers. It examines how youth and families navigate health and social services and highlights strengths, gaps, and opportunities to improve access to resources and...
The Healing-Centered Illinois Task Force, established through SB 646 in January 2024, has released a landmark recommendations report outlining a blueprint to advance trauma-informed and healing-centered policies and practices statewide. The Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative at Health &...
Join the Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative in commemorating Illinois’ sixth annual Trauma-Informed Awareness Day. Join us on May 23, 2024, as we reflect on this year’s theme, Building a Healing-Centered Future: Uniting For Transformative Action.
Join Courage to Love In Action — a collaborative working to improve the health and well-being of families through restorative justice — and the Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative as we watch and discuss Birthing Justice. This powerful film explores the experiences and challenges Black women,...
The Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative proudly joins partners, advocates, policymakers, and community members across Illinois in commemorating the fifth annual Trauma-Informed Awareness Day! Join us for Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton’s keynote presentation and interactive discussions...
Join the Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative in commemorating Illinois’ sixth annual Trauma-Informed Awareness Day. Join us on May 23, 2024, as we reflect on this year’s theme, Building a Healing-Centered Future: Uniting For Transformative...