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The nearly $2 trillion American Rescue Plan Act has several buckets of funding that can be used to promote trauma-informed and healing-centered projects. PACEs Connection communities can apply for this funding, according to leaders of the Campaign for Trauma-informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP), the National Trauma Campaign, and PACEs Connection. The “Better Normal” webinar on Friday, May 14 at 3 p.m. EST; Noon PST, Dan Press, Jesse Kohler and Marlo Nash of CTIPP will begin by describing...

Chloe Yang, 5/10/21, positiveexperience.org/blog We are thrilled to announce the publication of our journal article, “Transforming Practice with HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences),” in Maternal and Child Health. You can read the paper here on the HOPE website, on our Publications page . This paper was a team effort, led by Dr. Dina Burstein, HOPE Project Director. Other authors include: Chloe Yang, a research assistant working on HOPE; Kay Johnson, President of Johnson Group...

Wrestling Ghosts is the fourth and final film in the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival series. The film can be watched, free of charge, on PACEs Connection from Friday, June 11th through Sunday, June 13th where it will be streamed all weekend. The streaming will be followed by a Zoom discussion with Wrestling Ghosts Director, Ana Joanes, and the co-sponsors of the Transform Trauma with ACEs Science Film Festival (CTIPP, PACEs Connection, & the Relentless School Nurse) on...

By Bernard J. Wolfson, California Healthline, May 3, 2021 If you are uninsured because health coverage seemed too expensive the last time you looked, it’s time to look again. A new federal law could make it a whole lot cheaper to buy your own insurance if you don’t get coverage through an employer or a government insurance program such as Medicare or Medicaid. The law, the American Rescue Plan, provides billions of federal dollars to reduce premiums for people who buy their coverage through...

Por Jacqueline Garcia, Cal Matters, 6 Mayo 2021 Cuando TikTok comenzó a ganar popularidad, Jesús Morales, como muchos otros jóvenes, decidió crear contenido original para publicar en la plataforma de redes sociales. Lo que no esperaba es que en muy poco tiempo se convertiría en influencer y ángel de la guarda para muchos vendedores ambulantes en California. El joven de 24 años dijo que después de ser despedido de su trabajo al comienzo de la pandemia en 2020, decidió usar su tiempo libre...

By Thomas Courtney, EdSource, May 3, 2021 If you asked me two years ago which student owned a guinea pig named Max or eight dogs, I am certain I could not have told you. But now I can. It’s strange to be in a position where we see so much of our students’ lives through a computer screen, and yet also feel so disconnected from the students and the families we serve. Now, as schools and their communities seek to re-establish these relationships, state and district leaders are considering how...

By Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2021 When Dr. Nadine Burke Harris received her COVID-19 vaccine in Oakland last month, she internally rejoiced. As California’s surgeon general , the state’s top physician, she was glad to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to show others it was safe. But one of the most critical parts of the pandemic’s vaccine rollout — reassuring Black and brown communities that the vaccines available are safe — is an ongoing task. “I think that I myself...

By Jacqueline Garcia, Cal Matters, May 6, 2021 When TikTok started gaining popularity, Jesus Morales, like many other young people, decided to create original content to post on the social media platform. What he did not expect is that in a very short time he would become an influencer and a guardian angel for many street vendors in California. The 24-year-old said that after being fired from his job at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, he decided to use his free time to create funny...

Grantee Highlights: La Maida Project, Sutter County Children & Families Commission, and the Center for Nature and Health at UCSF ACEs Aware grantees play an integral role in the initiative’s mission to reduce toxic stress across California communities. This month, we asked three grantees to share new learning opportunities and local connections that have emerged as a result of their ACEs Aware grant. [ Please click here to read more .]

A recent video , shared on the national news, shows a 16-year-old Florida student being slammed to the ground by a police officer working at her school. It’s one of many such incidents of school-based police violence against students captured in videos around the country. Some of the victims are as young as five years old. About 47% of U.S. schools employ armed police officers , known as school resource officers, who are there to keep students safe. But students who attend these schools...

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence last week! With over 2000 people, 60+ amazing concurrent sessions, 5 crucial plenaries and keynotes, as well as artist performances and special wellness offerings, it was a truly special and meaningful week. We hope that everyone who came enjoyed themselves, learned something new, and got to connect with others in the field! ¡Gracias a todos los que participaron en la Conferencia Nacional...

Join us in this virtual training to learn about a very unique and healing way to care for traumatized children! May 13, 2021 ~ 9:00AM to 12:30PM (PDT) Parenting In Oz! is an experiential, memorable, trauma-informed, parenting curriculum designed to help parents and professionals understand and respond therapeutically to the acting-out behaviors often exhibited by children who have experienced the trauma of neglect, abuse, and loss. More information about this training is available in the the...