October 2023

Strength Through Unity: Nurturing Trauma-informed Resilience in Families Displaced by Violence Through the CRC & the PACEs Movement

Kahshanna Evans (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/30/234:31 AM

Beyond Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), our members seek to deeply understand strengths-based insights embedded in the remaining ACEs quadrant: Adverse Community Environments, Adverse Climate Experiences, and Atrocious Cultural Experiences.

What does popcorn have to do with math? (gatesnotes.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/23/233:44 PM

To read more of Bill Gates' article, please click here. Do you know how to calculate the volume of a prism? What about a pyramid? And what does either have to do with movie theater popcorn? Back in April, I spent the day at Chula Vista Middle School in Southern California learning what these questions have to do with graduating from college. I was there to meet with school and district leaders and join an eighth-grade math class taught by a remarkable teacher named Amilcar Fernandez, who...

SDTIGT: San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team

San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Member Meeting Minutes 10-06-23

Stephen Carroll · 10/19/2311:27 AM

Hi All, Thank you to all who attended our last SDTIGT Member Meeting on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 12:30-2pm. Attached you will find the meeting notes, as well as the handouts from our guest speakers from Center for Community Solutions. Please save the date for our next meeting on December 1, 2023.

Early Relational Health Innovators Partner In Program Supported by PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities Members in Twelve California Counties

Carey Sipp · 10/4/237:37 AM

Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principal author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...

San Diego County Board of Supervisors

County supervisors announce child care pilot program to expand access (fox5news.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/3/237:26 AM

Image: A mother entering the kindergarten yard with her preschool-aged child. To read more of Danielle Dawson's article, please click here. San Diego County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Nora Vargas announced a new proposal for a child care pilot program on Monday that is aimed at increasing access to the vital service and supporting existing providers. The program, which is scheduled for a vote on Tuesday, would direct the county to develop a strategy to meet local child care...

San Diego County Blue Envelope Program (sdsheriff.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 10/3/237:18 AM

To read more of the San Diego Sheriff's program, please click here. San Diego County is proud to offer the Blue Envelope Program. The program is designed to promote inclusivity and serve as an enhanced communication awareness tool between law enforcement and community members diagnosed with a condition or disability such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, dementia, anxiety, or other conditions that might require additional accommodations or awareness during a law enforcement interaction. The...

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