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The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention (CDSS/OCAP)’s, Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative invites your participation in the “Family Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic Data Webinar” on Thursday, April 29 , 2021 from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM. The purpose of this webinar is to share findings from wave 1 of the Family Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic...

This month, ACEs Aware grantees The Kyer Group Corporation , Community Health Centers of the Central Coast , and American Academy of Pediatrics – Chapter 3 met with Dr. Burke Harris to share their successes promoting ACE screenings, trauma-informed systems, and self-care and resilience through their grant activities.

Now Hiring! ACEs Aware is seeking two candidates to serve as Science/Clinical Advisor s to the ACEs Aware initiative. The advisors will provide and facilitate scientific and clinical expertise, input, and review of initiative activities and work products. This full-time role involves working closely with California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, and requires robust knowledge on ACEs and toxic stress science and research, including the impact of toxic stress on neuro, immune,...

We all want Yolo children and youth to be safe, but it’s sometimes hard to know how to prevent child abuse and neglect. Strong Families Yolo is a new website that encourages everyone to play a part in caring for Yolo children and strengthening Yolo families. Whatever our role in the community – friend, educator, business owner, parent, person of faith – there are ways we can support children and families in Yolo County. The website also has resources for parents and youth. There are...

By Heather Tirado Gilligan, California Health Care Foundation, March 29, 2021 Rosario Correa, a mother of three in Sacramento, works the night shift at a fast-food restaurant. She gets home at 2 a.m. and wakes up five and a half hours later to get her kids ready for online school. Much of her income goes to the childcare she needs when she’s working. Correa told Sacramento Bee reporter Kim Bojórquez, “ I hardly sleep. It’s been very difficult. ” Women and people of color like Correa have...

By Robert Price, Bakersfield.com, March 27, 2021 You might say Shawanna Vaughn got off to a bad start. Born in a California state women’s rehabilitation prison to a drug-addicted mother and assigned to the state foster care system as a toddler, her destiny must have seemed preordained. Books with first chapters like hers usually don’t end well. For a time, the arc of her young life had a hopeful trajectory. Her foster care experience in Bakersfield was fulfilling and positive, thanks mostly...

Join 4CA on Tuesday March 30 at 1pm PST for the first of 3 webinars in 2021 to examine trauma informed policy in California and beyond.

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be really good at dealing with challenges and then others will struggle and shut down with the same challenge? What is the difference between them? It's RESILIENCE ! So is that something that you are just born with or do you think we can learn to be resilient? Come listen to Christian Moore, best selling author of The Resilience Breakthrough, a world famous expert on FEAR and FAILURE, as he answers this question and shares his secret to how you...

Por Jackie Botts, Cal Matters, March 24, 2021 Atendiendo las llamadas de defensores y legisladores, el gobernador Gavin Newsom está inyectando hasta $24 millones en su programa, frecuentemente promocionado pero poco utilizado, para ayudar a los trabajadores agrícolas a aislarse durante la pandemia, ofreciendo nueva asistencia financiera y flexibilidad. Sin embargo, no está claro cuánto se gastará realmente. Newsom anunció el innovador programa Vivienda para la Cosecha el verano pasado para...

By Eli Saslow, Chron, March 21, 2021 Rich Pimentel had already tried searching in a trailer park and a migrant camp when he started driving toward the third and final address listed in the student's school file. He followed his GPS to a neighborhood on the edge of the desert, an oasis of palm trees and swimming pools protected by a steel gate. "Wow," Pimentel said as he rolled down his window and pulled up to a call box. "Finally a happy ending. Maybe this kid's actually OK." He punched in...

By Louis Freedberg, EdSource, March 23, 2021 A fter a year in which they operated almost entirely online, California’s community colleges are likely to offer more in-person instruction and activities this fall, while many classes will still be offered remotely. That is the message that Eloy Ortiz Oakley, the chancellor of the state’s 116 community college system, delivered to its Board of Governors at its meeting Monday. The colleges together serve over 2 million full- or part-time students,...

By Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, March 23, 2021 Oakland plans to start a guaranteed income program this spring for 600 residents — one of the largest such programs in the country, city officials said — as Bay Area leaders search for solutions to rising poverty and inequality in the wake of the pandemic. Through the pilot program, residents will receive $500 a month for at least 18 months with no strings attached, Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a Tuesday news conference. Checks could be...