July 2021

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...

Exposure to ACEs can set up transmission of health risks across generations by altering gene expression (epigenetics) in parents to be, which can affect the development and health of their children, and future generations to come. Join in on the CA Surgeon General's bold mission to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation. Click the attachment below to view a short infographic on Epigenetics. Follow our Instagram for more updates: @acesaware_vc Or check out our website: ...

By Natalia Rodriguez Medina and Tom Kisken, Democrat & Chronicle, July 12, 2021 Through 27 years of marriage, Amalia and Félix Santiago have taken care of each other. The devotion, in their eyes, is a duty. It is what they vowed. When Félix Santiago, 84, started showing signs of dementia two years ago, his wife took notice. He could not remember the names of movies a half-hour after watching them. He forgot his address and his phone number. "When you see the person you love going through...