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This report provides a snapshot of LEA planning during COVID-19. We reviewed Learning Continuity Plans adopted by 48 LEAs across the state. We analyzed these plans not only to determine whether LEAs met legal requirements, but also to find out how these LEAs were planning and investing funds to support all students and especially students with unique needs and students of color, who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. We identify in this report a multitude of promising...

1.0 Continuing Medical Education (CME) / Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Credit Available* Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Noon - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us on June 2 at Noon for the first in a series of webinars that will explore the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress, presented by California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris . This webinar will: Cover the science of how ACEs and toxic stress can impact our biology. Explain how ACE screening can be used to...

Western Youth Services is hosting various Peer-to-Peer and Network of Care Events for May and June 2021.

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By Oriya Cohen and Maya Brennan, Housing Matters, May 8, 2021 Suburban communities across the United States are rapidly diversifying. As suburbia becomes less white, new residents have reshaped its form and use, expanding a particular version of the American dream to include their diverse histories and cultures. Asian Americans have been central to this process, overcoming a long history of exclusionary immigration policies and racially restrictive housing policies to stake their claim in...

By Edward L. Machtinger, Alicia Lieberman, and Marguerita Lightfoot, JAMA Pediatrics, May 10, 2021 To the Editor We read with great interest the article by Baldwin et al, which contributes to a substantial body of research describing the staggering population-level effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on many of the most common causes of adult illness, death, and health disparities. The principal conclusion the authors derive from their elegantly designed study is that a...

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, May 14, 2021 After a year marked by anxiety and isolation for many young people, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a windfall for youth mental health services in California on Friday. In his updates to his proposed 2021-22 budget , Newsom increased funding for school and community counseling programs that will make therapy and other mental health services available to every Californian under age 26, he said. “The (budget revision) proposes a statewide and comprehensive...

Contact Sandra Lupien, Notion, May 2021 The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) is raising awareness of this critical investment by Governor Newsom – necessary to support the health and wellbeing of the nearly 25 million Californians living with ACEs, particularly youth in under-served communities. Help us demonstrate the importance of this investment by using this toolkit to inform Californians, legislators, and stakeholders. [ Please click here for more information and to...

Communications and Outreach Coordinator Children Now is a nonpartisan whole-child research, policy development and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting children’s health, education, and well-being in California. Children Now also leads The Children’s Movement of California, a unique network of more than 4,100 parent, youth, business, labor, civil rights, faith, and community-based organizations, as well as thousands of individuals, working together to make children a top priority in...

Por Jackie Botts, Cal Matters, May 17, 2021 El gobernador Gavin Newsom está lanzando una expansión de banda ancha de tres años y $7 mil millones para que los hogares de California se conecten a Internet de alta velocidad. “Hagamos esto de una vez por todas, para que ninguna administración futura hable del flagelo de la brecha digital”, dijo Newsom el viernes como parte de la ganancia inesperada de $100 mil millones de California. El anuncio se produce después de un año de pandemia que expuso...

It’s shocking: Preschoolers are three times more likely to be expelled than children in elementary, middle and high school, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Boys are four times more likely than girls to be kicked out, and African American children are twice as likely as Latinx and White children. One organization with childcare centers and mental health providers in Kentucky and Ohio began a long journey 15 years ago, when they began hearing about...

By Ali Tadayon, EdSource, May 20, 2021 Giving low-income youth college savings accounts at a young age has emerged as a strategy across California to not only help families build financial assets, but also stoke tangible college aspirations. Such programs have sprung up in Oakland, Los Angeles and several other cities since San Francisco became the first in California in 2011 under then-Mayor Gavin Newsom to give every child entering kindergarten at San Francisco Unified a college savings...