Minnesota Protective Resilience Resources

There are many resources available to learn about protective factors and their impact on health, understand the prevalence of protective factors in Minnesota communities, and to promote resilience.

Learn about protective factors, resilience, and their impact on health:

• Protective Factors to Promote Well-being
• Protective Factors Approaches in Child Welfare (PDF)
• From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development
• The Four Building Blocks of HOPE

Understand the prevalence of protective factors in Minnesota communities:

• ACEs Dashboard
• Minnesota Student Survey

See how others are building resilience and protective factors:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Help Youth at Risk for ACEs
• Resilience: Build skills to endure hardship
• Feeling Good MN Bounce Back Project