The Valencia County Resiliency Corps is a five year project of the New Mexico Department of Health-Office of Injury Prevention in Collaboration with UNM-Valencia.

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The Valencia County Resiliency Corps is a five
year project of the New Mexico Department of
Health-Office of Injury Prevention in
Collaboration with UNM-Valencia.
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Resiliency The ability to recovery from
challenges and be safe, healthy, and successful.
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Resiliency Corps A community mobilizing project
promoting evidence-based youth injury prevention
strategies and strengthening youth resiliency
factors.
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The NM Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS)
provides important information about resiliency
and the risks high school and middle school
students report facing. Lets look at the
risks.
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Drinking alcohol before age 13 Valencia Co.
28.5 Current drinking Valencia Co. 51.1 Been
offered drugs or sold drugs at school Valencia
Co. 33.5
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Persistent feeling of sadness and hopelessness
Valencia Co. 28.1 Seriously considered
suicide Valencia Co. 16.5 Physical
fight Valencia Co. 40.5 Skipping school because
of safety issues Valencia Co. 7.8
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We see the problems. Child Abuse Alcohol-related
injury Drug overdose Motor vehicle
injury Suicide Physical Assault Homicide
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What are the solutions?
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How do we take action?
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Whats working in New Mexico, the USA, and around
the globe?
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THE RESILIENCY CORPS FOLLOWS A 5-STEP PROCESS 1.
Discover Problems 2. Seek Solutions 3. Gather
Community 4. Launch Strategies 5. Evaluate
Progress
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STEP 1 DISCOVER PROBLEMS Learning which injury
areas are hurting people the most by looking at
data. We can link you up with county-specific
data online.
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STEP 2 SEEK COMPREHENSIVESOLUTIONS Using
culturally appropriate and evidence-supported
approaches to find solutions to injury problems.
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STEP 3 GATHER THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD
CAPACITY Engaging a wide array of community
partners, school staff, and public health
representatives to work toward shared goals.
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STEP 4 LAUNCH PROVEN STRATEGIES Implementing
comprehensive solutions to decrease injury and
increase resiliency factors.
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STEP 5 EVALUATE PROGRESS AND SUCCESS Tracking
activities and efforts to determine progress
toward reaching clearly defined goals.
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HOW THE RESILIENCY CORPS WORKS A commitment to a
5-year initiative A commitment to youth injury
prevention A commitment from a community college
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PHASE ONECreating the Corps Resiliency Corps
meetings bring people together-- strengthen
networks--recruit studentsand keep people
informed online and at monthly informational
meetings.
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PHASE 2 Launching the Course Enroll residents
of all ages in the Youth Safety, Health and
Resiliency 16-week course. 16 online lessons 7
classes with experts
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PHASE 3 Developing Community Projects
Students and Corps members propose, design and
implement Corps projectswith technical
assistance from the Office of Injury Prevention
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PHASE 4 Working Long Term The Resiliency Corps
is a 5-year project that continually reviews new
proposals and guides and evaluates injury
prevention project projects.
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To learn more about the Resiliency Corpsand how
it is progressing in Valencia County Visit
www.rcourse.org Contact UNM Valencia- Dubra
Karnes-Padilla dubra_at_unm.edu
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and get your stylish Corps t-shirt to spread
the revolution in resiliency. www.resiliencycor
ps.org