End the Culture of Violence and Trauma: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Wants Your Ideas

The Juvenile Law Center, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has released a report Trauma and Resilience that illustrates how systems and services can help children and families overcome the trauma they encounter.

The rates of trauma are especially high for youth in juvenile justice and child welfare systems. This report not only addresses how to support these children, but also how these systems can expand to recognize that a child is not defined solely by the trauma they have experienced, and provide proactive approaches that strengthen and build resilience.

The report’s authors and Foundation staff are hosting an online discussion to learn about ideas, organizations, models and research around this topic that could inform the Foundation’s funding strategies in the future.

Please join in on the conversation and contribute your perspective.