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Robeson County
Partnership for Children
provides programs and
services, like SEEDS 4
SUCCESS shown here, that
increase protective factors
for families and children. In
this program parents learn
knowledge of parenting
and child development, they
foster social connections,
and learn about developing
the social and emotional
competence in children.

(virtually or in person) and provide education and information Robeson County is not alone in this important work. ROAR
about ACEs, resiliency, and how protective factors can help recently joined PACEs Connection as an online community
buffer the negative outcomes of adverse child experiences. Or- open to inviting new members. PACEs Connection is an ever-
ganizations, community groups and businesses can reach out growing social network that connects those across the world
to Robeson County Partnership for Children’s Community En- that are implementing trauma-informed and resilience-building
gagement Manager, Stacie Kinlaw at skinlaw@rcpartnership- practices based on ACEs science. Individuals can join online
4children.org to schedule a program. and instantly gain access to relevant news, trainings, and infor-
mation from a broad network within this unique community.
The major goals of ROAR are to build resilience and aware- ROAR recently adopted a membership agreement that will be
ness of ACEs in schools, families, and community; to create a used to track commitments from individuals and organizations
safe, nurturing physical and emotional environment at home, for our community on PACEs Connection. Check out
at school, and in the community; and to use data to inform col- our online ROAR community in the PACEs Connection net-
lective action. Multiple strategies have been identified for the work here https://www.pacesconnection.com/g/roar-nc.
group including using social media to raise community aware-
ness. We have recently established a Facebook page for the For more information about ROAR – Robeson County Over-
group and we encourage all community members to connect coming Adversity through Resilience, please reach out to Sta-
with this page. We will share important updates related to our cie Kinlaw at [email protected]
progress, but also related education and opportunities. Liking
the ROAR Facebook page is a great way for anybody inter-
ested in knowing more about ACEs and resiliency and how we
can help improve outcomes in our community to connect to
this community movement. The Facebook page can be found
here https://bit.ly/ROARfacebook.

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