Sharon Hirsch (Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina) and Erica Palmer-Smith (NC Child) provided an overview of public policy efforts to prevent and address trauma through community organization agendas, initiatives, priorities and policy goals.

They were followed by NC Department of Health and Human Services leaders, including Dr. Charlene Wong, Ingrid Bou-Saada, Saarah Waleed and Amy Eaton, who discussed policy concerns and opportunities across the new NC DHHS Division of Child and Family Well-Being. The Division’s priorities and focus are grounded in whole-person health, equity, and local systems of care, and prioritize primary trauma prevention and trauma-informed systems.

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00:00 "Preventing Childhood Adversity through Policy" presented by Sharon Hirsch, president & CEO, Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina

24:45 "Effective Policies to Prevent & Address Childhood Trauma" Erica Palmer-Smith, executive director, NC Child

39:30 Panel: "Department of Health and Human Services Initiatives to Support
Trauma-Informed Practices and Policies" with Charlene Wong, MD, assistant secretary for children and families at NCDHHS, executive director, NC Integrated Care for Kids, associate professor of pediatrics and public policy at Duke University, Ingrid Bou-Saada, Department of Public Health, NC DHHS, Saarah Waleed, MS, LCMHC, Department of Mental Health, NC DHHS, and Amy Eaton, MS, Children's Health and Development Coordinator, DSS, NC DHHS

1:42:20 Kara Kai Sanders, Lived Experience, "The Centrality of Community Voice in Advocacy"