Why Is This Important?
Adverse Childhood Experiences and social emotional learning skills are the top factors that influence health outcomes and prosperity across the lifespan. In fact, if a child is exposed to 6 or more ACES, their life expectency is 20 years less than a child with zero. Healthy environments provide the context in which people thrive and nurturing environments create access to experiences that enable youth to aquire skills to thrive in society. In order to support youth in becoming resilient and having access to resources to support wellbeing, our approach is to create healthy environments and positive nurturing environments that empower youth to create solutions with leaders.