MDHHS MI Bridges website for refugee assistance and services.
Resource: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/cash/refugee/refugee-assistance-services
Core Knowledge Area: Family Mental Health
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Parenting While Resettling: Office of Global Michigan Refugee Services
Office of Global Michigan website for refugee services.
Resource: https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/about/refugee-services
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Parenting While Resettling: Raising Young Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children’s Services website and resources for parenting in a new country.
Resource: https://brycs.org/clearinghouse/5075/
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Parenting While Resettling: Guidance for Immigrant and Refugee Families: Parenting in a New Country.
Handout for families who are parenting while resettling as an immigrant or refugee.
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Parenting While Resettling: Tips for Parenting
Handout for families on parenting while resettling and after traumatic immigration.
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Parenting While Resettling: ACEs in Child Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Populations
Infographic on page seven summarizes main concerns when parenting as a refugee.
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Foster/Kinship Care: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Protective factors discussion guides from the Child Welfare Information Gateway.
Resource: https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventionmonth/protective-factors-conversation-guides/
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Foster/Kinship Care: The In Utero Experience: Trauma Before Birth
Handout for caregivers on impacts of trauma on infants prior to birth and how trauma manifests in infants.
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Discrimination: Connect to Heal and Grow
Childhood is Sacred Video & Poster. Video discusses how to connect with culture to heal and grow. Poster highlights actions one can take to connect to their culture to heal and grow.
Resource: https://miace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Video_PACE-D2A_UP-County_PSA-Final.mp4
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Section E: Additional ACE Factors-Discrimination: How to Cope with Racial Trauma and Racial Battle Fatigue
Handout for caregivers on strategies for self care and coping with trauma fatigue.