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From Children Now, May 2020 The Governor’s May Revise budget proposes to eliminate the Family Urgent Response System (FURS), enacted in 2019 to provide 24/7 trauma-informed support to current and former foster youth and their caregivers through a statewide hotline and county mobile response systems. Eliminating FURS will exacerbate the profound trauma that abused and neglected children have already experienced and cause them long-term harm. [ Please click here to read more .] or see attached.

By Nadia Rojas, Tina Yuen, and Rebecca Johnson, ChangeLab Solutions, May 21, 2020 Throughout this blog series, we have discussed individual policy areas in which local governments can respond to the pandemic, including housing and utilities , paid leave protections , protections for food workers , repealing 911 nuisance laws , and equitable enforcement strategies . However, these policies are just the beginning of what local governments can do to address the complex, wide-ranging problems...

By Jackie Botts, Cal Matters, May 21, 2020 Early estimates indicate that the coronavirus pandemic has stolen jobs from non-citizen workers — including immigrants who have green cards, work visas or are undocumented — in California at higher rates than citizens. And women have suffered greater job loss than men. But it’s the Californians at that intersection, women who aren’t citizens, who have experienced the most devastating job losses, according to a study published Wednesday by UC Merced...

By ACEs Aware, May 20, 2020 Dear Stakeholders: The state of California is facing an unprecedented budget shortfall due to the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 emergency. The state must make difficult budgetary decisions to protect access to vital services and programs, including Medi-Cal. While we are all facing these significant budget changes together, we also know that Californians are experiencing increased levels of stress. That stress, combined with disruptions to accessing...

Waters was worried about the vulnerable situation her workers and producers were finding themselves in. She rushed to establish a subscription CSA, which stands for community supported agriculture, offering weekly food boxes that could be picked up at the shuttered restaurant, filled with goodies from her regular producers like Cannard. This CSA model, where buyers invest in a farm’s annual production upfront in exchange for a regular share of the harvest, is built on long-term relationships...

New Date September 17, 2020 Redding, CA With Keynote Speaker Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, California's First Surgeon General Join the Public Health Institute's Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) and its division Northern ACEs Collaborative (NAC) to welcome Californiaʼs first Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris as a keynote, along with other notable speakers at the first ever North State Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs) Summit. If you had purchased a summit ticket before the date...

On May 13, 2020, the California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative held a webinar entitled, “Health Equity and COVID-19: Opportunities to Improve Child Wellbeing through Policy” and heard from special guest speaker, Dr. Flojaune Cofer, Senior Director of Policy with the All Children Thrive (ACT) California project . This interactive webinar examined what success could look like to address COVID-19 by describing equity concerns arising for children and families that have been...

May 19, 2020 New and updated data describing childhood adversity and resilience are now available on kidsdata.org . The data cover more counties than previously offered and provide greater detail on childhood adversity. Also, in partnership with the Essentials for Childhood Initiative, you can now access data dashboards for every county in California. Adversity and Resilience Data See the latest parent reported data on childhood adversity and resilience in California. Based on the National...

The spread of COVID-19 is impacting everyone, and every corner of life, but it is particularly devastating for children and families that were in crisis before this pandemic, including far too many kids who were not receiving the supports and services they needed before this pandemic began. These programs are now even more essential to ensuring our collective future. Governor Newsom’s May Revise budget proposal outlines dire budget cuts to early childhood, education, health and child...

Perhaps it wasn’t the optimum time to update the network’s vision and values statements: a virtual meeting held in the midst of a global pandemic. But a record number of people—51, compared to the typical 30—tuned in for the May 1 Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health (OCMH) Collective Impact Council, and they gave the new values statement, which highlights inclusivity and collaboration, an enthusiastic thumbs-up. At the virtual table were members from key state departments—Children...

Date: May 19, 2020 Number: NR20-093 Contact: CDPHpress@cdph.ca.gov Please click here to read the full press release. SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 81,795 confirmed cases and 3,334 deaths. Testing in California As testing capacity continues to increase across the state, the California Department of Public Health is working to expand access to COVID-19 testing . Testing should be used for...

Dr. Amy Shekarchi, a pediatrician based in Los Angeles, CA, was helping to lead the rollout of ACEs screening among 50 health care providers at six clinics affiliated with the L.A. County Department of Health Services when the COVID-19 pandemic hit—days before she was set to launch the effort. “We had trained everybody in doing face-to-face [ACEs screening], and when COVID-19 happened we thought, let’s not throw the screening out. Everybody was ready,” says Shekarchi, who is the pediatric...