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In case it is of interest to you or your networks, please see information below from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program and VALOR regarding an upcoming web conference: Creating Protective Environments Web Conference (Part One and Two) September 6th and 7th, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm PT Audience: Open to all California Preventionists Description: This training will identify specific community, organizational, and societal level change...

America's culture of child abuse and neglect negatively impacts every aspect of American life. During April 2022, co-hosts Ingrid Cockhren and Mathew Portell examined America's history of child abuse and neglect and outlined how this history connects to our current child abuse crisis. This week they share an encore episode of the Part 2 of the series. According to Cockhren, "This episode is dedicated to illuminating the systemic nature of child abuse and neglect in America." Cockhren and...

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can affect health outcomes throughout life and across generations. Sexual and reproductive health care teams have a unique opportunity to partner with patients to provide support and improve outcomes. Recognizing the impact of ACEs and cumulative adversity on reproductive and perinatal health, ACEs Aware is launching a three-part webinar series, led by Sara Johnson, MD , an OB/GYN and adviser to the ACEs Aware initiative. The series will provide the...

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 - http://ml.survivingspirit.com/dada/mail.cgi/archive/newsletter/20230724161930/ or this - http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2023-07-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_July_2023.pdf “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran Contents List :...

The face of the current health and behavioral health workforce fails to mirror the workforce it cares for. The recent SCOTUS decision will only further negate cross-sector efforts to attract, admit, train and, sustain the inclusive workforce patients need. What must happen to mitigate this massive gap in care?

Dear PACEs Community Members, In 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, DCF launched the Office of Resilience to lead our work in responding to and raising awareness around Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs). Since then, the office has continued to make progress supporting healing-engaged communities through local partnerships with law enforcement, educators, public officials, and non-profit organizations, with the intention to build up the capacity for...

By Alex Gailey and Tori Rubloff, Photo: FG Trade/Getty Images; Illustration: Hunter Newton/Bankrate, Bankrate, July 24, 2023 Eric Broussard-Bueno, a 47-year-old property manager in Lake Charles, Louisiana, knows financial anxiety all too well. In 2007, Broussard-Bueno left his 9 to 5 government job to become a part-time caregiver for his mom, who was on a double lung transplant list. He said he walked away from a stable job with a “great salary and retirement benefits” because he believed...

Participants arrive at the Generation Equality Forum organised by UN Women in Paris, France, June 2021. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images By Kaamil Ahmed, The Guardian, June 12, 2023 Bias against women is as entrenched as it was a decade ago and gender equality progress has gone into reverse, according to a UN report . Nine out of 10 people of all genders have a bias against women, found the Gender Social Norms Index, a figure unchanged from data collected more than a decade ago.

A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Under a new law, foster children in California will have their tuition covered if they attend a state or community college. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images By Christopher Galvin, The Messenger News, July 12, 2023 Children and teens in foster care across California will be able to attend state and community colleges free of charge under legislation signed into law this week. Through the new...

Melissa Perez was shot to death by three San Antonio police officers at her home on June 23. By Colbi Edmonds, Photo: from article, The New York Times, July 22, 2023 The San Antonio Police Department, like the police in other cities, has a Mental Health Unit available around the clock to respond to calls that require trained, empathetic responses and support for people in distress. None of the mental health officers on duty were dispatched before Melissa Perez was shot and killed in her home...

[Columbus, Ohio, May 15, 2023] – Chefalo Consulting, a leading provider of trauma-informed change solutions, and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC), Ohio’s prison system dedicated to reducing recidivism and crime in Ohio, have successfully launched trauma-informed training for agency staff across the state.

La Maida Project (LMP) is hosting two upcoming experiential workshops aimed to create a trauma-responsive and ACEs-aware culture in all the communities and settings where you engage. We are inviting the PACEs community to sign up free of charge using the promo code PACEsTogether . LMP is working to address the mental health crisis by healing our connection to self, community, purpose, and the natural world. Our experiential education workshops emphasize the participant's felt experience in...