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Do you know a high school student who is: Interested in helping your peers learn to manage their anxiety and stress? A team player with strong communication skills? Looking for real-world experience to build your resume? You are in luck! We are looking for diverse teen voices to help adapt our highly regarded adult mental health materials to be accessible and engaging for teens. We need peer leaders, writers, artists, video-creators, and others! Applications due April 14th by 5pm Learn more...

We need your voice to help Sonoma County ACEs Connection! Would you like to deepen your role with our group? ALL voices are important and valued. The goal is to have a core group that form the steering committee to ensure that the vision of SCAC is met, opens the doors for growth, and leverage opportunities to build sustainable relationships. If you are interested please reach out to SCAC Community Manager Elizabeth Smith- elizabeth@projectwholechild.com or call (530)329-5109 SCAC is a...

ACES Connection! You are invited to participate in a workshop for YOU. The Imagine You workshop Monday from 9-10:30 on Zoom will give you several tools for self reflection, a moment of peace, and to use on your own path of wellbeing. You are invited to an Imagine You Workshop: When: Mar 29, 2021 9:00 - 10:30 AM Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/ tZcrfuiopj4vGtN_RQAugA7EQ_ SX9gdeGsq8 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email...

Attached is the link to view the Mortality Report for Sonoma County in 2020. Limited to residents of Sonoma County

Coronavirus fatalities, which climbed gradually in 2020, ended the year as the sixth leading cause of death in Sonoma County, at 210 lives lost by the time the calendar turned. COVID-19 followed cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, stroke and unintentional injury — the top five listed causes of death in the county by total number in 2020, just as in recent years past, according to mortality data released Wednesday by Sonoma County Public Health. But while not included in the rankings by...

By Lindsay Braman, LindsayBraman.com, March 11, 2021 By now, most counselors, pediatricians, teachers, and other people who work with children know about ACES: The “Adverse Childhood Experiences” scale. ACE’s predict , based on measuring the number of traumatic or adverse events experienced, which kids are likely to struggle developmentally and emotionally as they mature. (You can take the ACES quiz here ). New results from a survey based on a study of 6188 adults at Johns Hopkins shows that...

On Tuesday March 30 at 1:00 pm (PST) join 4CA as we look at policy opportunities and challenges in the area of childhood adversity in the context of 2021 and beyond.

The Sonoma County Data Dashboard contains select indicators of child adversity and well-being. The dashboard is a product of the Shared Data and Outcomes Workgroup of the California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative, a CDC-funded child maltreatment prevention project hosted by the California Departments of Public Health and Social Services. These indicators reflect the vision and mission of the EfC initiative to create safe, stable nurturing relationships and environments, and to...

Join Parent Voices from across California for the annual Knowledge edge is Power training. Learn about federal and state to support your family during this time and how you can advocate for more! March 27th from 10am-2pm. To register: http://bit.ly/kipregister Questions: Sandra Lemus- slemus@sonoma4cs.org

This Thursday is the monthly Sonoma County ACEs Connection meeting from 3-4 PM. ALL voices need to be heard and are valued. We have been having quite the turn out across the board from various sectors. Exciting! Please feel free to invite others. If you have something you would like for me to add to the agenda please feel free to reach out. I hope you will join us! Please feel free to invite guests Join Zoom Meeting ID: 91864522660 Password: 557951

Sonoma Connect is the new initiative funded through ACEs Aware to build a network of care to prevent, address and heal ACEs throughout Sonoma County. We are currently hiring two full-time contracted positions - Network Manager and Initiative Support Specialist - to help rapidly grow and support a system that allows people to get the resources they need, when they need it, to be resilient. As part of the backbone staff for the network you will have the opportunity to work with Medi-Cal...

As we approach another Easter without the excitement of community Easter egg hunts, school activities, and all the things that make the holidays special for community and especially our children- their POSITIVE Childhood experiences. Last year I coordinated a Easter Egg Hunt To-Go and have ran with the idea again this year. With the support of almost 20 organizations, it is coming together nicely. Inside the Easter Egg Hunt To-Go bags will be a dozen eggs including one golden egg with a...