Trauma Informed Wellness, Resilience & Character Development Program
Onsite Resources, Supports, and Activities
Every day, Village residents, Program Partners and volunteers come together to provide children with opportunities to learn, play, exercise, and build healing relationships. The Village program builds resilience, trust, emotional intelligence, respect and community values. Our wholistic community approach to providing family support, senior services and community connection has built place, permanence and purpose for our residents. Village Programming Includes:
- Academic Tutoring
- Crisis Intervention & Family Coaching
- Educational Exploration & Advancement
- Career Readiness & Advancement Resources
- Financial Literacy Workshops
- Homeownership Program
- Trauma- Informed Training
- Psychoeducational & Support Groups
- Arts, Wellness & Enrichment Activities
- Communal Celebrations
- Onsite Sports Activities
New Life Village is a Trauma Informed Community
ACE Study: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Experiences in childhood matter. Research has shown that childhood stress and trauma impact health well into adulthood. Your biography becomes your biology. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are events like physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect. The original Ace Study by Kaiser Permanente and the CDC is one of the largest studies investigating the health and social effects of negative childhood experiences. 83% of children at New Life Village had a score of at least 6 ACEs.
People with six or more ACEs have an averaged reduced life expectancy of 20 years compared to those with no ACEs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the lifetime economic costs associated with just one year of child maltreatment at $124 billion.