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The Administration for Children and Families and the Department of Health & Human Services are engaging with the Treasury Department and the White House to help enroll eligible families in the Child Tax Credit, with a particular focus on families that may not usually file taxes. To do that, the ACF and HHS are offering the opportunity to participate in a 1 hour training to help you and your teams learn more about the Child Tax Credit and how you can help those in your community enroll.

REGISTER HERE: https://ycoe.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_FO7yn1FhSD- fsyZlICGVvg Resilient Yolo is educating people in Yolo County, CA, about adverse childhood experience (ACEs). Our intent is that everyone in Yolo County integrates trauma-informed and resilience-building practices into their work, family, community and individual lives. Our quarterly workshop series will explore how we can advance this mission. Join us for the following sessions (subject to change): ** November 5:...

September 22 Webinar "The Science of ACEs and Toxic Stress, (Part 3)" 1.0 Continuing Medical Education / Maintenance of Certification Credit Available* Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12 - 1 p.m. Register Here Join us on September 22 at 12 p.m. for the final in a series of webinars that explore the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. Dr. Rachel Gilgoff, Pediatric Integrative Medicine Fellow at the Stanford School of Medicine, will dive into how providers can...

By Linda Darling-Hammond, EdSource, September 1, 2021 California is launched on a new in-person school year just as the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 is sweeping across the country. Delta has certainly complicated the well-laid plans of our school leaders, as it required expanded testing and some quarantines but, in contrast to many other states, the path to opening schools in this state has shown promising results thus far — thanks to the focused efforts of principals,...

Por Alejandra Ramos Barreda, CNN Español, 6 Agosto, 2021 Los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos enfrentan varios obstáculos cuando se trata de obtener atención médica. Sin embargo, existen algunas excepciones disponibles para las personas indocumentadas. Según la organización Kaiser Family Foundation , entre las causas por las que los inmigrantes no cuentan con cobertura médica, están los recientes cambios en las políticas de inmigración, el impacto de la pandemia de covid-19 y las restricciones...

By Melissa Montalvo, Cal Matters, September 2, 2021 Leaders from a newly formed revitalization task force joined California State Parks representatives last week in announcing a partnership to honor a piece of California Black history in the Central Valley. Randall Cooper, chief executive officer of the Global Economic Impact Group, which will lead revitalization effort, said the once-prosperous community of Allensworth was devastated by a series of racist decisions and policies and never...

It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that I have accepted the position at PACEsConnection as their full time Trauma-Informed Education Consultant. I have been with PACEsConnection since 2018 in the role of Community Facilitator, supporting cross-sector resilience initiatives in Southern California, managing the PACEs in Education site, and tending to education related topics as time allowed. The dream has always been, even before I started working here in an official role, to have...

PACEs Connection members are encouraged to join as many communities as they are interested in. Keep scrolling to find our list of geographic communities to join your local, state, or country community! Interest Based: PACEs Connection Community Champions, Facilitators, and Managers (for Community Managers only) PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities (for coop affiliates only) 16 Strong Project ACEs Connection for Birth Workers ACEs in the Criminal Justice System ACEs in Youth Justice...

By Sara Kassabian, The Oaklandside, August 27, 2021 Every night, Guadalupe Muñoz lays awake listening to her 7-year-old daughter Carla breathe. If she hears a whistling in Carla’s chest, she knows an asthma attack is imminent. Muñoz, who works in housekeeping at a local hotel, lives in a two-bedroom apartment with her two daughters in Oakland’s Seminary neighborhood. In an interview conducted in Spanish, Muñoz said she is certain it is her home that is causing her youngest daughter to suffer...

By Elaine Batchlor, The Atlantic, September 1, 2021 Months of cajoling and pressure haven’t worked. Neither has bringing home the COVID-19 vaccine and offering to administer it myself. I got my own vaccine as soon as I could—as did my husband and sons—with little to no side effects. Yet my mother, a 93-year-old Black woman, still won’t get vaccinated. Her excuses vary. One day she’ll insist, “I don’t know what’s in it,” even though I’ve explained it to her in detail. Another day: “I already...

It might seem odd that President Theodore Roosevelt, who was described as “aggressive,” ”over-engined” and had a talent for delivering insults, would be hailed as a proponent of nurturing relationships. But that’s exactly how Dr. Andrew Garner referenced him in describing a paradigm shift in policy by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). “They don’t care what you know until they know that you care,’” said Garner, referring to a quote often attributed to Roosevelt. Garner , who is a...

When thinking about the start of yet another unpredictable and unprecedented school year, the word that keeps repeating itself in my head is “grace.” The dictionary defines grace as “a disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency.” Kindness, compassion, lenience, and mercy. Grace for the educators and all student support staff, grace for our administrators. Grace for our youth, grace for our families, grace for the school board members and policy makers. Our own...