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A Blueprint For Reimagining Alameda County's Youth Justice System To Prioritize Healing Over Incarceration [witnessla.com]

By Taylor Walker, Witness LA, October 26, 2020 With an overall juvenile justice budget of $156 million, Alameda County spends approximately $493,000 per year for each kid in its probation-run juvenile detention facilities, says a new report from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Nearly one in three of those young people will be re-convicted after release. Alameda’s probation report for the first quarter of 2020 counts the county’s juvenile hall population at 57 kids, and Camp Sweeney’s...

A Key to Addressing Homelessness [chcf.org]

By Xenia Shih Bion, California Health Care Foundation, November 2, 2020 For the past 15 years, Bay Area resident Sonja Summerville Trotter has cycled in and out of homelessness. As with so many others, there wasn’t one single event or cause that led to her living on the streets. Her life has been complicated by post-traumatic stress disorder from painful experiences that included surviving a rape, and she has been in and out of addiction treatment and jail. In March, Summerville Trotter left...

Showing Up for BIPOC Youth as an Adult Ally [RYSE Center]

Sharing this insightful post from the RYSE Center Facebook page . I have transcribed the text below. Please check out the original post to see these points as a series of images. Provide emotional support-- do not censor their righteous rage, anger and grief, or insist they should feel something they don't. Bear witness and be present. If you cannot do this find adults who can. Actively affirm our young people. Be the first one to say or do something that shows young people we love them, we...

Job posting: Upstream Investments Manager (Sonoma County)

Posted October 23, 2020 Calling all ACEs Champions! Check out this opportunity to weave your understanding of ACEs science into local efforts! Upstream Investments Manager: Program Planning and Evaluation Analyst The ideal candidate will have: Experience implementing program evaluation models that promote evidence-based practice and support outcome-driven program design Strong background in social services research and evaluation Knowledge and experience related to the Sonoma County Upstream...

"ACE's, Family System Strategies, Integrate Choice Theory and Reality Therapy! Effective Treatment, Healing and Hopes Towards Resiliency"

"ACE's, Family System Strategies, Integrate Choice Theory and Reality Therapy! Effective Treatment, Healing and Hopes Towards Resiliency" 11/3/2020 - Distance Training - 5 remaining! Cost is $90.00 and offers 10 CEU's and or a Certificate of Completion Addiction passes through families generationally, and is said to be the gift that goes on giving. The use of Family Strategies is an opportunity for the gift to become that of recovery, the possibility of changing the individual, the immediate...

ACEs Aware Provider Training

This training series for primary care, acute care, and behavioral health providers focuses on “Advancing Trauma-Informed Communities” and improving knowledge and capacity for utilizing community resources in the referral process. The goals of these trainings are to: a) increase provider insight into ACEs prevalence, b) develop screening capacity, c) explore tools to assess your local communities who experience ACEs, and d) identify strategies to facilitate a warm handoff by utilizing...

New Resource: Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic One-Pager (English & Spanish!)

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 have co-created a newly developed resource, “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe...

State to allow visitors inside nursing homes in most California counties (calmatters.org)

Families desperate to visit loved ones in California nursing homes finally may see some relief after state health officials recently released updated guidelines allowing indoor visits in 46 counties, with some caveats. Indoor visits will now be allowed at nursing homes in the 46 counties currently in California’s red, orange and yellow tiers, which have lower levels of virus transmission than the remaining 12 “purple” counties . Visitors must be screened for fever and COVID-19 symptoms, wear...

For Native Americans, voter outreach is by both wi-fi and radio (calmatters.org)

Although California is home to the largest Native American population in the United States, voting has always been problematic. This year, the pandemic — and the state’s decision to mail ballots to every California voter — has created new issues for tribal lands, whose residents often lack traditional mailing addresses. Outreach groups, which were focused initially on encouraging tribal members to fill out their Census forms, have deployed some of the same tactics to get out the vote.

Monty’s Day in Court - Children's Book

I wanted to tell everyone about my new children’s book available in English and Spanish: “Monty’s Day in Court: What To Expect When You Have To Testify In Court”. “Monty’s Day in Court” is the first children’s book written from the perspective of a child who testifies in court against his abuser. Monty’s story serves as a tool for children in learning resilience and as an aid for those on the front lines helping young people through challenging times. To learn more about the book please...

"A Better Normal" Community Discussion: Suicide Awareness and Community Cafes

Join us on Friday November 6, 2020 from noon to 1:00 PST as we come together and join Satya Chandragiri MD, Bonnie O’Hern RN, Denise PNP, & Michael Polacek RN for a discussion around the tender issue of suicide. Together we will discuss ways people and providers can support each other and encourage communities to take action to support one another around suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and the layers of culture and structural barriers to care. A special emphasis will be on...

Social Science Framework Focuses Attention on Policy Initiatives to Reduce Childhood Adversity in California

An important report challenges California policy makers to move well beyond ACEs screening in order to achieve the state's "bold goal" of reducing exposure to childhood trauma. The report employs a broad social science framework to examine the sources of adversity in systemic racism, economic inequality, environmental hazards, and inadequate community resources to support community resilience.

ACEs Connection joins Facebook!

If you have a profile on Facebook, we would love to have you connect with our new Facebook Page for ACEs Connection ! We have recently created a new Facebook page to continue to spread information about trauma-informed and resilience-building practices. We will be sharing articles, resources, and upcoming events. Check us out on all our social media platforms: ACEs Connection on LinkedIn ACEs Connection on YouTube ACEs Connection on Twitter ACEs Connection on Instagram ACEs Connection on...

ACEs Aware in Action October Newsletter [acesaware.org]

ACEs Aware in Action ACEs Aware Trains Nearly 14,000 Health Care Providers in Trauma-Informed Care Nearly 14,000 health care providers have completed the ACEs Aware initiative’s core training program, a key finding included in a data report released on October 15 by the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) and Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). “ Becoming ACEs Aware in California ” trains health care providers to screen patients for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)...

Dropping affirmative action had huge impact on California's public universities [edsource.org]

By Thomas Peele and Daniel J. Willis, EdSource, October 29, 2020 California’s 24-year ban on affirmative action has had a staggering impact on underrepresented students seeking admission to the state’s public universities. On Tuesday, voters will once again consider whether race and gender can be determining factors in college admissions, public-agency hiring and contracting and whether to reverse course in a state where the demographics of its electorate have dramatically changed over the...

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