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SACRAMENTO – California would spend more than $2 billion on permanent housing to help the nation’s largest homeless population, under a proposal outlined by state senators on Monday. The housing bond would be enough to construct more than 10,000 housing units when it’s combined with other federal and local money, estimated Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles. The bond would be repaid with money from Proposition 63, the 2004 ballot measure that added a 1...

Since her nomination for the Visionary of the Year award in 2015, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris has remained steadfast in her goal to broaden the conversation about the link between childhood trauma and health. In a world where many still believe mental and behavioral health is disconnected from physical health, Burke-Harris’ continues to make a compelling case for how the two are synchronous.  “The definition of trauma is changing. Trauma used to be mental and behavioral...

...The governor’s Department of Finance is charged with calculating the state savings from Proposition 47. The governor will likely provide an initial estimate of the savings for the current budget year as part of his proposed budget, with a final calculation due by July 31. The independent, nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office has already weighed in, projecting annual state savings in the range of $100 million to $200 million, but the governor will have the last word on the...

Watch this CNN video  with an update about the trauma informed schools lawsuit with the Compton Unified School District. Re-posted from Los Angeles County ACEs Connection Group from LA Trauma-Informed Task Force member,  K-Rahn Vallatine, Live Above The Hype.

This post has links to a quick welcome tour through ACEsConnection, a link to a How-To Directory where you can find easy steps to post a blog and many other cools things, a link to FAQs about ACEs Science 101, and an overview of the ACEs Connection Network, which includes ACEsConnection.com and our sister news site for the general public, ACEsTooHigh.com.

Hi all- With the beautiful new changes to our site, please take a moment to review the updated "How-Tos" below . If you can't find what you need or are having issues with the site please let me know. ( Gail ) JOIN How-To: Join ACEs Connection How-To: Join ACEs Connection Groups INVITE How-To: Invite Others to Join ACEs Connection How-To: Invite Others to Join an ACEs Connection Group SIGN IN & UPDATE PROFILE How-To: Sign In to ACEs Connection How-To: Update Your...

A new law signed by California Governor Jerry Brown this year will require group homes meet treatment standards for foster children with histories of mental illness, sexual abuse or significant trauma. Homes that can not meet those standards will not be allowed to operate and children who do not need those services will not be allowed to stay in those homes. Democratic Assemblyman Mark Stone wrote the law and says it's part of an effort to get kids out of group homes and into family...

Unaccompanied minors fleeing violence in Central America are still arriving to live with family members or guardians in communities across California, while they wait for their court dates to find out if they can stay in this country. In fact, the numbers of children being detained at the U.S.-Mexico border has more than doubled in October and November  compared with a year ago. In California, Los Angeles County has the largest number of these kids, and Alameda County is...

A new program in Tuolumne County aims to help youth who are having a mental health crisis. The program, presented by the YES Partnership, is called Youth Mental Health First Aid, and the first training course was held last week in Sonora.  Another training session is planned for February and is free thanks to a grant from the Sonora Area Foundation and Mental Health Services Act funding through Tuolumne County Behavioral Health Department.  Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed...

“ Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”― James Baldwin What’s the point of measuring poverty? Presumably, we measure it so that we can figure out ways to end it. Unfortunately, the poverty measures most programs use to aid the poor are blunt instruments; they don’t identify the nuanced levers that might actually help families in different situations. Meanwhile, better measures remain unused and unconsidered in...

This is a tragic story of two children's deaths in Redding. What's very interesting is that a representative of the child abuse prevention center in Monterey provided this comment: “These children had some pretty serious adverse childhood experiences—dad was in prison, mom had been killed, they even moved into a family relative’s home, they were mobile. There were things to look at that looked like the family could use some support.,” she said. To read the entire...

You've probably noticed the new look of ACEsConnection.com, including the groups. The California ACEs in Action group looks better, too, we think. It's not as crowded as it was -- cleaner, brighter...healthier-looking, if that can be said about a social network! And now our network's group is easy to use on any device -- mobile, table, laptop or desktop.  We'll be adding a few more resources: more news about how trauma-informed, resilience-building practices based on ACEs...