About Us
WHO IS RESILIENT MARIN?
Resilient Marin was started by parents and professionals concerned about the impact of childhood trauma on our youth and our community. Childhood trauma occurs in many ways – abuse, neglect, parental substance use, loss of a parent, divorce, separation due to immigration, and other experiences.
UNRESOLVED TRAUMA EFFECTS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
When a child experiences repeated or extreme trauma it can affect them for the rest of their lives, leading to school failure, substance use, involvement in the justice system, and other negative outcomes.
EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE KEY: RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS
We want trauma to be identified and addressed as early in a child’s life as possible, increasing their chances to thrive in our community. This means educating the community, schools, health care providers, and others working with youth about signs of trauma and how to address it.
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC: PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THRIVE
There are trauma-informed care as well as emotional resilience-building practices backed by neuroscience and evidence-based research developed for many settings that are effective. We want to partner with schools and other systems to implement these practices.
VISION
MISSION
Marin County is a resilient community working together to understand, prevent, and address childhood trauma.
Resilient Marin educates the community and collaborates with agencies serving youth to ensure that childhood trauma is understood, identified, and prioritized to prevent re-traumatization and reduce the impacts of unaddressed trauma.
STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES
PACEs
Increase community awareness about Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) and their impact on mental health, substance use, school performance, physical health, and justice system involvement.
Collaboration
Collaborate with agencies serving youth and young adults – schools, clinics, juvenile justice, faith-based communities, and other county and community agencies – to expand trauma informed care and resiliency practices across systems.
Acknowledge Our Peers
Acknowledge those who champion trauma-informed work and resilience-building to further motivate and continue the work.
Intergenerational Trauma
Increase community awareness about the impact of intergenerational trauma and how we can disrupt it.
Advocacy
Collaborate with agencies serving youth and young adults – schools, clinics, juvenile justice, faith-based communities, and other county and community agencies – to expand trauma informed care and resiliency practices across systems.