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It’s officially tax season and The Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Division at the California Department of Public Health developed a social media toolkit to increase awareness of the California Earned Income Tax Credits. These tax credits are an economic and public health intervention that are shown to significantly improve health outcomes in five years or less . Please share this information with community partners, participants, and anyone else who may benefit from this...

“Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) Data Report: California Health Information Survey (CHIS), 2021.” is a new resource developed by 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) ’s , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative and the All Children Thrive, California project. The purpose of this resource is to report statewide prevalence of ACEs,...

By Laura Gallant 4/1/24, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ This year, the HOPE National Resource Center hosted its Annual Week of HOPE from March 18-22, 2024. During the Week of HOPE, we hosted events and shared new resources that honor and promote the widespread use of positive childhood experiences including: Anti-racism training and a new model The first-ever HOPE Awards ceremony, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Sneak preview of HOPE’s upcoming children’s book,...

Your organization can stlll sign up as a contributing partner for the #WeHealUS May Mental Health & Trauma Awareness campaign! All past and new partners can register on our website: https://www.wehealus.org/contributing-partner-sign-up Join us at our informational partner meetings where we discuss opportunities and collab with other networks! Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 2nd at 11 AM CT. Click the link here to register: ...

By Daniel Choi, 3/27/24, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ Last week, the HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) wrapped up its Fourth Annual HOPE Summit – the HOPE Transformation. We had over 400 attendees from around the United States and the world including Australia, Chile, and the Netherlands. We deeply appreciate everyone’s support and shared passion for creating a healthier and happier world for all children and families through the HOPE framework and positive childhood experiences...

I’m happy to share my new: TIDAL facilitation lens Synopsis of the TIDAL facilitation lens Overview: To facilitate, loosely, is to bring something about, and do so as smoothly and effectively as possible. And whatever I’m doing, from beginning to end, I want to have a TIDAL facilitation lens: Trauma-informed Insidious trauma sources Diversity – Individuality Accessibility Life Things I might facilitate: Trainings, presentations, meetings, moderating, consulting, so on. What I want to keep in...

Adobe Stock/ Good Studio To read more of Elaine Smookler's article, please click here. After everyone has gone home and you are left with just you, life—which at this moment might feel like it is clearly already against you—could also feel like it has booby-trapped the way forward with the gulp of yet another “Oh no, not that!” As if you haven’t been through enough, you might suddenly find yourself staring into a searing interrogator’s light reminding you that the rest of life is now on...

Hi. Sharing my recent 20 minute A three-step skill set for self-care ( https://youtu.be/w_P31VSQQvA ) Description: This video provides an overview of a three-step skill set for self-care, of one’s body, behaviors, thoughts, and emotions. And then, there is an additional segment with some possible approaches for thoughts, mindfulness, grounding, and resetting/relaxing. Purpose: Done to support the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network’s annual Trauma Informed Care conference...

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.

What gives me hope is that we have agency in this. We can make eye contact or provide physical touch, if those are appropriate and feel comfortable; we can be kind, we can bring intention to building connection – it all has ripple effects. And we can put.down.our.phones.!

The latest Surviving Spirit Newsletter - Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health is out - It can be read online via this & you can also subscribe - https://www.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2024-03-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_March_2024.pdf or this- http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20240321202532/ The Surviving Spirit Newsletter March 2024 Newsletter Contents : 1] Can Music Heal Trauma? Exploring the Therapeutic Powers of Sound by...

“While it is helpful to know which populations need additional support to address ACEs and build resilience among children, it is even more important to know why higher risk conditions exist and to address root causes of inequities that increase the risk of ACEs.” (Camacho, S; Henderson, S.C. 2022). Over the past three decades, research on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) has gained widespread recognition, catalyzing policies and programs, and mobilizing knowledge focused on applying a...