Tagged With "trauma-informed care"

It’s been all over the news for months: Black women in the United States are dying from complications during their pregnancies or in childbirth at alarming rates, and those deaths are preventable. Less well explored is how systemic racism and historical trauma have been at the core of what’s driven up these rates over several decades. A March 20 conference entitled The Impact of ACEs on Black Maternal Health took an in-depth look into why Black maternal mortality and complications during...

Solano County's CARE Team (Community Action for Racial Equity) is calling for submissions to the Racial Equity Art Gallery. Included in this post: link to the current gallery, and information about how to submit your work.

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...

Among PACEs Connection initiatives around the country, it’s well known that our social network is something like a bustling, giant town square where people share ideas, resources and any number of conversations about how to prevent childhood adversity and promote positive childhood experiences. On May 14, PACEs Connection assembled a virtual town square gathering of PACEs initiatives in California, where we have 58 initiatives sparking action all across the state. Speakers at the gathering,...

English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...

Please join us for upcoming Sacramento and Bay Area Racing ACEs Fall 2021 Series! Please join our expanded Racing ACEs Network and join our upcoming Fall series. You all are among the first invites as you have partnered with RYSE or Trauma Transformed at the nexus of racial justice, ACEs, and/or trauma-informed praxis. We do hope you can join us for this three part series. Please see attached Info Packet for our Fall Bay Area and Sacramento Racing ACEs series--September 1, September 23, and...

He is sprawled out on the sidewalk, motionless, flushed cheeks framed by high cheekbones. He’s slender, probably in his mid-20s, his straight, coal black hair pulled back, and his orange t-shirt twisted up over his stomach. “He’s OD’ing on fentanyl!” shouts a guy holding a skateboard.

For Peter Buckley, program manager for the PACEs initiative, Southern Oregon Success (SORS), the “aha moment” around positive and adverse childhood experiences was more of an “aha month.”

L-R Dr. Mary Cwik, Dr. Tami DeCoteau, Dan Press, Dr. Zach Kaminsky, photo courtesy of Elizabeth Prewitt In 1964, Dan Press was in his first year of law school and was not liking it; he wanted a way out. He applied for a volunteer spot with AmeriCorps VISTA, the domestic version of the Peace Corps, and was intrigued by a position on an Indian reservation. Dan Press “I knew nothing about Indians, but it sounded like a good opportunity,” says Press, who was raised in Flushing, in the Queens...

See attached flyers for a parent & child and parent support classes this December at First 5 Center in Vallejo!

National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI Solano County Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others, friends of people living with mental illness. What You'll Gain from the Class -The group setting of NAMI Family-to-Family provides mutual support and shared positive impact. In the program, you will learn about: • How to manage crises, solve problems, and communicate effectively • Identifying self-care strategies that work for you • Developing the...

Foster-Kinship Care Education invites all parents to learn more about the apps, social media and other technology used to lure youth into the world of human trafficking. Tonight, Feb 8th from 6:30-8:30pm with Nola Brantley as she presents "The Intersection between CSEC and Technology." Register here: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kfuuqrjwrE9cnEAQn8dxPu-sqWSQR3EKu

Virtual Conference | April 5-6, 2022 Our world gets more complex every day. So it's more important than ever to address the traumas that affect our communities. That’s why we’re coming together at the Hanna Institute Summit: to heal our communities. But why should you join us? Here are the top three reasons people attend the Summit: 1) Learn from Experts From best-selling authors Ibram X. Kendi and Resmaa Menakem to Nancy Dome and Dr. Gary Slutkin, national and Bay Area experts will bring...

Toxic Stress can damage the brains and bodies of children, putting them atgreater risk for disease, and other poor life outcomes. Resilience shows whatcommunities are doing to protect children from the effects of toxic stress usingcutting-edge science and field-testing therapies. The Solano County Office of Education invites early learning and care providers tolearn the steps we all can take to build resilience in our families and communitiesso that our children have the skills to thrive,...

You're invited to SCOE’s Foster and Homeless Youth Services Chafee Grant Workshop. This workshop is geared towards high school seniors in foster care and their caregivers and will explain what the Chafee Grant is and how a person qualifies for it, and how the students can apply and reapply for it for the following years. The virtual link to the session is below: What: SCOE Foster and Homeless Youth Services Chafee Grant Workshop When: Mar 31, 2022, 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM Where: Join Zoom Meeting...

One year ago, The California Endowment decided to take our vision for a better California to the next level. As we experienced the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing racial injustices facing communities of color, and the resurgence of civic activism, TCE believed it was our duty to double down on our investments in the work of California’s good troublemakers. These are the community organizers, grassroots leaders and groups who have been doing the deep work of...

DID YOU KNOW? Home visiting programs can connect you to: • Breastfeeding help • Cash aid • Child care and preschool • Health and mental health care services • Help paying for food and housing • Legal services • Parent education and support • Unemployment assistance • And much more! For more information about enrolling in home visiting services, contact BabyFirst Solano: 877-680-BABY (2229) and Solano Public Health

Announcing Foster Kinship Care Education FKCE-Solano College, June 2022 Training calendar has been posted. Registration is available at www.fosterluv.com Topics include: Coparenting, Triple P, Caregiver Support, The Role of the Resource Family, etc.

PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.

PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.

July is a time to celebrate all summer has to offer by building bridges and innovating with community to get to the heart of trauma-informed awareness and resilience building. This month, we’ve added new July dates to the summer 2023 *CRC* curriculum—but that’s only half of the good news. Last year, the CRC began as a pilot program. Now that it's evolved, what better time to bring accelerator participants together in a PACEs Connection CRC community than the summer? We are proud to announce...

To prepare for the year ahead, we have a few very special announcements we’re excited to share. First, we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the 700+ community champions, facilitators, managers, and advocates in our COOP and Growing Resilient Communities program for your commitment.

As we head into our full CRC curriculum this January, we invite current and future CRC Accelerator participants to join us with collective care and self care in mind.

Nationally recognized days of awareness remind us of important civil and human rights movements led by Black and African-American communities and social justice advocates. February puts leadership, education, access, justice, policy, and governance under the spotlight. Through a PACEs science lens, this month is an opportunity to consider trauma-informed transformation through a PACEs science lens as the way forward.

As we’ve recently announced, the CRC Accelerator is taking an indefinite hiatus, but this moment of growth is anything but goodbye. Two years into this unique program, we are aware of the incredible impact access can have on PACEs initiatives and we now have a CRC Fellowship that grows with each CRC graduate.