By Katherine Minkiewicz, Sonoma West Times & News, January 27, 2021
Amid a pandemic that isolates us and has not been friendly to mental health, the Hanna Institute recently announced that it was awarded a $275,000 grant that will allow the institute to provide a series of free Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) trainings and seminars on trauma-informed practices, screening and mental health for Medi-Cal providers starting Jan. 30 and continuing through the month of June.
The grant funds will also be used to help teach Medi-Cal providers about the importance of screening for ACEs, according to the Hanna Institute, a Sonoma County-based organization that aims to advance nonviolent communication, social justice and trauma recovery by providing trauma-informed care training throughout the county and in Northern California.
“A number of agencies in Sonoma County, including the Hanna Institute, were recipients of the very first round of grant funding from our California Surgeon General’s Office. (The state surgeon general) Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has been a champion of understanding how early childhood adversities and trauma have long-term implications for adult health,” said Erin Hawkins, the co-director of the Hanna Institute. “This grant and the inaugural round of funding — what they are referring to as the ACEs Aware Initiative — was released as a way to provide training to Medi-Cal providers and other agencies that work or have a point of contact with children and families.”
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