; and (iii) using the best available evidence to take action and implement strategies that support mental health prevention and recovery efforts. (2) The term community means people, groups, and organizations that reside in or work within a specific geographic area, such as a city, neighborhood, subdivision, or urban, suburban, or rural locale. (3) The term community trauma means a traumatic event or events that are shared by a community and that have lasting adverse effects on the health and well-being of the community. (4) The term protective factors means strengths, skills, resources, and characteristics that— (A) are associated with a lower likelihood of negative outcomes of adversities; or (B) reduce the impact on people of toxic stresses or a traumatic experience. (5) The term mental wellness means a state of well-being in which an individual experiences positive emotional functioning, pursues self-defined goals, establishes and maintains meaningful relationships, and feels a sense of meaning and purpose. At the individual level, well-being is based on fundamental social, cognitive, and emotional skills that help individuals react, cope, and adapt in healthy ways to stress, uncertainty, adversity, trauma, and change. At the community level, well-being is influenced by the social, economic, educational, and environmental factors and conditions that either enhance or diminish well-being within the community. (6) The term psychosocial problem refers to social and environmental structures and processes that adversely effect and influence an individual's mental state. (7) The term resilience means that people develop cognitive, psychological, emotional capabilities and social connections that enable them to calm their body, mind, emotions, and behaviors during toxic stresses or traumatic experiences in ways that enable them to— (A) respond without negative consequences for themselves or others