Building Bridges!
Wexford has a long-time commitment to building bridges of understanding within, across and amongst communities, by providing examples of current project, evidence-based perograms, resources and tools to create and maintain Peaceful Schools and Communities​
Peace Projects:
Current Wexford Collaborations
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LA vs Hate
LA vs Hate is an anti-hate system initiative established by the L.A. County Commission on Human Relations at the 2018 request of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors noting a marked increase in hate violence.
The system provides for preventing and responding to hate, as well as serices to support healing from the trauma of hate, through a network of community-based partners; in L.A. County.
Wexford has been engaged with LA vs Hate ans its partners in:
1) developing and monitoring services provided by the network partners, for 30 new and existing projects; and,
2) a diversion program to provide misdemeanor and felony offenders with anti-bias training and mental health counseling.
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Improving Mental Health
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SAMHSA
​The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation and to improve the lives of individuals living with mental and substance use disorders, and their families.
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SAMHSA Nental Health Services:
https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health
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Trauma-Informed resources:
https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/trauma-violence
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Los Angeles County Office of Education
Information on school-based mental health Project Creative AWARE and suicide prevention project SPORT.​
Reduce Bullying and
Other Hate Incidents in Schools
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Reporting Hate Incidents
Database
School Safety, Culture, & Climate
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