The Bounce Coalition is excited to announce a partnership with Louisville Metro’s Department of Health and Wellness to bring a trauma-informed care approach to several of the department's partner organizations. Throughout the next year, Bounce will provide training and technical assistance to Nativity Academy at St. Boniface, West End School, and several other partner organizations. This collaboration provides opportunities for cross-organizational sharing of best practices that will be integral to become self-sustaining, trauma-informed organizations – serving children and families in their communities in healing-centered and trauma-informed ways. This support will include creating capacity within each organizations to continue to implement [...]

Thanks to funding provided by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, the Bounce Coalition has spent over two years working in collaboration with the Russell County School District (RCSD) and the Lake Cumberland District Health Department (LCDHD) to bring trauma-informed care to the region. While the work is continuing, we would like to lift up and celebrate the great work that is being done in Russell County and the surrounding communities to ensure all children can grow up in a safe and supportive environment. Over the past two years, Bounce has collaborated with RCSD and LCDHD to provide a number [...]

In 2019, the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence (JHFE) awarded the Bounce Coalition a grant to provide training and support to three of Louisville’s adolescent residential services over a two-year period. Since then, Bounce has partnered with Seven Counties’ Bellewood and Brooklawn, Boys and Girls Haven, St. Joseph Children’s Home, and the on-campus Jefferson County Public Schools serving these agencies to become self-sustaining, trauma-informed organizations – serving children and families through healing-centered, trauma-informed policies and practices. Throughout the past year and a half, Bounce has provided a number of training and technical assistance opportunities to the partner agencies in an [...]

When the gavel sounded on the 2019 legislative session, advocates across the state celebrated the passage of Senate Bill 1, the School Safety and Resiliency Act. This bipartisan effort brought together lawmakers, behavioral health experts, and school administrators to ensure all students can learn in a safe and supportive school environment. While the bill encompassed multiple areas of school safety, including requiring procedures and oversight to strengthen school security if a threat occurs, it also required all public schools adopt a trauma-informed approach. Trauma is an emotional response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Trauma can be acute, [...]

This article originally appeared on marc.healthfederation.org September 17, 2020 ​Student suspension rates dropped. Teacher retention rose. Membership in the PTA swelled from zero to more than 200. More kids said in a survey that there was at least one adult at school whom they could talk to if they had a problem. ​The data—a comparison of the Bounce Coalition’s pilot school and one with similar demographics—told the Kentucky resilience-boosting group that they were on the right track. ​The Bounce Coalition formed in 2014; the catalyst was a grant from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, calling for community-driven, cross-agency approaches [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mara Powell, Kentucky Youth Advocates mpowell@kyyouth.org Bounce Coalition to partner with YMCA of Greater Louisville and Boys & Girls Club of Kentuckiana for Trauma-Informed Care Supports Over 600 staff from YMCA of Greater Louisville and Boys and Girls Club of Kentuckiana to participate in program Louisville, KY (October 06, 2020) – The Bounce Coalition and C.E. and S. Foundation have partnered in work to provide training and support to two of Louisville’s out-of-school time and early childcare providers throughout the next year. Bounce will partner with YMCA of Greater Louisville’s Infant, Toddler and Preschool Program and [...]