Local Coalitions & Collaboratives
The ACEs Action Alliance is a multi-sector collaborative of individuals and public and private organizations that work together to promote a trauma-informed, resilient Clark County. They align efforts to educate and raise awareness about the impact of trauma and toxic stress, assess needs and progress, and promote individual, family and community resilience.
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Connect Battle Ground's purpose is to expand the Caring Adult Network: Recruit, Train and Support Caring Adults to partner with kids in existing contexts until healthy cross-generational connection is measurable as "the way we do it" in Battle Ground. Their vision is a community of caring adults and kids partnered to transform lives by connecting Battle Ground, and their target population is youth from school age to 26 in the Battle Ground School District area.
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Faith-Based Coffee meetings bridge faith communities, schools, mentoring programs, and social service agencies together to share, learn and discuss how they can support the community and partner to meet the needs of children and families.
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SW Washington Family Youth Support Partner Round Table is a community-based group of youth, families, professionals and community members from Clark and Skamania counties who are passionate about making needed changes in the system of care that serves youth and families with complex mental health needs. Youth and families are equal partners at the table. FYSPRT shares experience and insight to create a higher quality and more accessible system for families who are utilizing these community resources.
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The Healthy Living Collaborative of SW Washington (HLC) focuses on promoting health equity by crafting upstream solutions that support community-based initiatives to improve health and wellness and strengthen families, neighborhoods, and systems. Engaging with professionals from multiple sectors, the core of their work is the belief that 1) we best serve our most vulnerable communities if we work together and 2) our work must be done with communities, not to or for them.
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Prevent Coalition is a local substance abuse prevention coalition working for a healthy, thriving, and drug-free Clark County, Washington. Since 2007, the Prevent Coalition has been implementing a federal Drug Free Communities Support Grant awarded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Unite Washougal is made up of involved citizens from all sectors working together to support youth, encourage families, enrich community, and guide healthy choices, using data-driven strategies. They represent Washougal Business, youth, public library, school district, law enforcement, faith-based organizations, city government, parents and community members.
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