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NO.
ENDORSING ACES TASK FORCE CIRCLE OF SUPPORT BLUEPRINT
WHEREAS, the aim of the ACES Task Force is to prevent and reduce adverse
childhood experiences (ACES) prenatally to age 5, the most critical period for brain
development, to improve health, safety and school readiness; and
WHEREAS, research findings, across all demographics, show that children who
live with adversities suffer much higher rates of chronic health conditions, child abuse
and neglect, lower educational and adult success and lower life expectancy across their
lives; and
WHEREAS, when families are raising young children through challenging times or
serious adversities, life can quickly become overwhelming and affect their child's
potential; and
WHEREAS, the ACEs Task Force and more than 60 Tarrant area leaders
developed Circles of Support Prenatal to 5: A Tarrant County Blueprint for Raising
Safe, Healthy and School -Ready Children by combining decades of ACEs research,
national recommendations, and local expertise. Circles of Support values family voice
and provides leaders, service providers and neighbors with a starting place for how to
best partner with families through hardship and trauma toward stability, healing and a
bright future; and
WHEREAS, the Circles of Support Prenatal to 5 Blueprint highlights 25
priority actions to support families through difficult times in order to prevent or reduce
trauma and protect well-being.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT the Circles of Support Prenatal to 5
Blueprint be endorsed in support of every family's hope that our children grow and
succeed to their fullest potential in a community of compassion, equity, cultural
acceptance, and trust.
Adopted this day of
ATTEST:
C
Mary Kayser, City Secretary
2019.