HomeMy WebLinkAbout21-388 RESOLUTION NO. 21-388
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 1, 2021, AS
"FLORIDA TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE DAY" IN ST.LUCIE COUNTY,FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Trauma is any experience or event, real or perceived,that results in lasting adverse
effects and impacts an individual's ability and their mental, physical, social,
emotional, or spiritual well-being, leaving them stuck in survival mode.
2. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) include emotional abuse, sexual abuse,
physical abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, substance misuse, domestic
violence, incarceration, divorce, and mental illness.
3. Half of the children in our country have experienced at least one ACE. Therefore,
roughly 35 million children are victims of trauma before the age of 18. Based on
a 2020 report from the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, 62.5% of high
school students in St Lucie County reported having at least one ACE. Individuals
who have experienced four (4) or more ACES by adulthood have eleven (11) times
the rates of drug abuses, and fourteen (14) times the rates of suicide attempts.
4. Resilience moves beyond coping with the challenges of trauma,to finding purpose
amid adversity that fuels an individual to thrive and create pathways for others to
heal. Normalizing conversations on the pervasive nature of trauma, restores
power to those in our community who have only been seen through the lens of
that single story. They are more than their trauma.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida that this Board does hereby proclaim November 1, 2021, as "Florida, Trauma-
Informed Care Day" in St. Lucie County, Florida, and recognizes the need to increase awareness
within the general community of the importance of building secure attachments with children
and youth to strengthen neuropathways for strong socio and emotional learning to prevent acute
stress, promote literacy, and increase access to quality and culturally responsive mental health
services that are attuned to the needs of the diverse populations within St. Lucie County.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this / 11 day of Ce-� Y 2021.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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DEPUTY CLERK .�„`. ,—- o CHAIR
APPROVES F &,CORRECTNESS:
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