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By Xenia Shih Bion, Illustration by Ard Su, California Health Care Foundation, May 13, 2021 At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of Asian Health Services (AHS) in Oakland noticed something worrisome. The city’s Chinatown district, where the community health center operates a few clinics, had lost its routine hustle and bustle. “The streets were empty,” said Thu Quach, PhD, chief deputy at AHS. “We were still open, so we saw it — all of our staff members were still going into...
By Gabrielle Canon, The Guardian, May 11, 2021 Tucked under a highway overpass in West Oakland , just beyond a graveyard of charred cars and dumped debris, lies an unexpected refuge. There’s a collection of beautiful, small structures built from foraged materials. There’s a hot shower, a fully stocked kitchen and health clinic. There’s a free “store” offering donated items including clothes and books, and a composting toilet. There are stone and gravel paths lined with flowers and vegetable...
By Richard Morgan, The Washington Post, May 15, 2021 Even with a pandemic raging, Nadine Burke Harris , a pediatrician who is serving as the first state surgeon general of California, set a goal that had nothing to do with the coronavirus : training 20,000 medical professionals in her state in a kind of health assessment known as the ACEs score. ACEs stands for adverse childhood experiences. A person’s score is typically a tally of how many of 10 such traumas — specific kinds of abuse,...
Date and Time: Thursday, May 20 2020 from 12:00 PM EST - 1:00 PM EST Register Here: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_MrB1u-CqTzmDsSIELKfsGA Session Description from the TRANSFORM Research Center: The Translational Research that Adopts New Science For Maltreatment prevention (TRANSFORM) Research Center recognizes that our communities have been struggling with many challenges highlighted over the past year. Across the United States, communities have been suffering from the...
In addition to the launch of our State of CAre provider engagement campaign today , ACEs Aware and California Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, are partnering with the national ACE Resource Network on a consumer education campaign designed to raise awareness and understanding of ACEs and toxic stress. The campaign’s theme, “The Story of Your Number,” is a reference to understanding the story behind one’s ACE score, and how this can support and empower people and families to heal.
Por Caitlin Antonios, Cal Matters, 5 Mayo 2021 A fines de enero, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Monterey envió una carta a los líderes estatales, instándolos a dar prioridad a sus 64.000 trabajadores agrícolas en una de las regiones agrícolas más grandes del país. Un mes después, el gobernador Gavin Newsom visitó una clínica móvil de vacunas en Fresno y prometió decenas de miles de dosis adicionales para los trabajadores agrícolas. A su vez, Chris Valadez, presidente de una...
By Donovan X. Ramsey, Los Angeles Times, May 13, 2021 Jamiah Hargins knows the modest frontyard at the corner of Angeles Vista Boulevard and Olympiad Drive like the back of his hand. A military brat who grew up moving from one country to another, he has traversed the yard’s 970 square feet countless times. He and a small team of volunteers spent a month cultivating the land, installing equipment and planting sloping rows of vegetables, including bok choy, Tuscan kale, rainbow chard, red...
Join California's leading experts during May -- Mental Health Awareness Month -- featuring the ACEs program About this event Please join us for a special Live@5 Forum on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health Awareness Month Presented by California Alliance of Child & Family Services and the Catalyst Center Livestreamed on YouTube and Facebook. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On this show we’re focusing on the California Surgeon General’s statewide effort to cut...
SACRAMENTO – May 13, 2021 – The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) today launched the “ State of CAre ” health care provider engagement campaign to expand the reach and impact of the ACEs Aware initiative . The campaign slogan is, “Our State of CAre is ACEs Aware.” The campaign uses digital and print media to raise awareness about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the long-term health effects they can have on children and...
Billboards! Social media! PSAs! Celebrities!...The largest and only national public awareness campaign ever to come out of the adverse childhood experiences movement launches May 13 with Numb er Story. The campaign was created by the ACE Resource Network , which was funded through Anonymous, an organization that helps "funders achieve more impact and experience greater fulfillment through their philanthropy", according to its website. Its funder is, well, anonymous. We do know that it is an...
Understanding the story behind one’s score can empower and support people and families, which is what NumberStory.org -- and “The Story of Your Number” campaign -- is designed to do.
Join us for the next A Better Normal community discussion series where we envision and create a trauma-informed society together. Wed, May 26, 2021, 12pm PDT >>Register Here<< We will be learning from Sarah Marikos and Joy Thomas of the ACE Resource Network about the wide impact their Number Story campaign is having through the use of strategic partnerships. This intervention helps individuals understand their ACE numbers and connects them with the resources and tools to heal.
Network with peers in rural communities to identify and explore strategies to engage isolated families in programs and services that promote resiliency and prevent child abuse and neglect. Learn how to incorporating trauma informed practices into program policies and services can build trust and enhance participation for children and families. Take time to examine your own service philosophy, and brainstorm ways to improve service provision and ultimately outcomes for the families you serve.
Please join us as we host Jaclyn Gray, from First 5 San Bernardino County's Tribal Home Visiting Program and Marcelina Shackleford, Prevention Educator from the San Bernardino Indian Health, Inc. at the Native American Family Resource Center, as they share the history of Native American families in the child welfare system and culturally sensitive practices to engage Native American families. American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation and live captions will be made available to anyone who...