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By Jocelyn Guyer, Alice Lam, and Madeleine Toups, JD Supra, March 1, 2021 California’s long-standing efforts to promote child development and kindergarten readiness have brought greater focus to the vital role of child health in realizing the full strength of these critical state investments. As a large and diverse state, with 5 million children enrolled in Medi Cal – including 64 percent of all children under the age of 5 - policy and practice innovations originating in California that...

By Nicole Chavez and Stella Chan, CNN, February 25, 2021 Lawmakers in California this week allocated $1.4 million in state funds to help Asian Americans report hate incidents after a string of recent violent attacks in the state. "The rise in hate incidents against Asian Americans during the pandemic is alarming. But, we can't solve a problem without knowing how big it is," said Assemblymember Phil Ting of San Francisco and chair of the state's budget committee. The funds will support the...

By Laurence Du Sault, The Mercury News, February 22, 2021 Borrowing from a Santa Clara County program he proposed, state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced legislation to provide $1,000 monthly cash payments for California’s foster care youth as they leave the child welfare system. “I can’t think of a more urgent time to roll out this kind of assistance,” Cortese said during an online press conference Monday. “Especially as they enter the adult world during an economic decline caused by...

Por Redacción Bogotá, 5 Febrero 2021 La profesional de la salud asegura que las vacunas aprobadas han demostrado en estudios clínicos su alta eficacia contra el COVID-19, ya que estimulan el sistema inmune para crear anticuerpos que combaten a este coronavirus. “Yo no me vacuno” es una de las frases que ha comenzado a ser usada en las redes sociales. Videos, e incluso grupos en Facebook, agrupan personas bajo esta premisa. Parte de los argumentos utilizados es que las vacunas contra el...

By Annie Sciacca, East Bay Times, March 3, 2021 When someone has a mental health crisis in Oakland, chances are good in the near future that police officers won’t be showing up to try to calm them down. The City Council this week unanimously signaled that it wants the fire department to handle mental health crises and other non-crime calls by sending out paramedics and counselors. Although residents of Oakland and other cities have long discussed the benefit of dispatching special teams of...

By Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2021 California plans to adopt a coronavirus vaccine system that will allocate 40% of vaccine supply to its lowest-income residents, state officials said Wednesday. The changes, which are expected to take effect in the next two weeks, will not affect who is currently eligible to get vaccinated, which is health care workers, people who are 65 and older, education and child care workers, food and agriculture workers, and emergency services...

On behalf of ACEs Connection , the CTIPP (The Campaign for Trauma -Informed Policy & Practice), and the Relentless School Nurse , we want to invite you to the streaming of parts 4 and 5 of the Whole People documentary series on the weekend o f M arch 12th through March 14th, 2021. We will stream both parts on ACEs Connection in the Transforming Trauma with ACEs Sciences Film Festival community. The documentary viewing will be followed by a discussion with special guest, Father Paul...

By Elissa Chudwin, The Press Democrat, March 2, 2021 Several regions of Sonoma County, including the majority of Santa Rosa, do not have enough access to child care, according to an interactive map published by the Center for American Progress. The interactive map highlights places across the United States with child care deserts ― areas where demand exceeds the space available in state-licensed child care programs. In Sonoma County, parts of Santa Rosa, Sonoma Valley and west county have...

In partnership with SCOE, First 5 has been working on the ACEs Aware Communication grant to outreach to families, community providers and doctors. We utilized our Help Me Grow program (managed through SCOE) as the home base for our ACEs outreach. Per Julie Gallelo, Executive Director First 5 Sacramento, they were able to leverage the grant funding with First 5 media funds to increase our county digital reach, impressions, TV streaming and geo-fencing (targeting phones at specific locations...

From Children's Defens Fund - California, March 2021 We hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and well. We are kicking off our legislative advocacy campaign to pass AB 1117 (Wicks) and secure our budget request. We will be starting our bi-weekly check-in calls on Fridays from 2-3 pm for those who want to be in the loop with all things Healthy Start, and we will provide a space to share legislative and program ideas to support children and families. If you would like to receive a...

New data reports are now available that detail the number of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screenings conducted in California between January 1 and June 30, 2020, and the number of providers who have completed the “ Becoming ACEs Aware in California ” core online training. Since launching the ACEs Aware initiative in December 2019, more than 15,500 providers have taken the training. About 9,100 Medi-Cal providers in California have attested to completing the training and are receiving...

KALW , an NPR member station in San Francisco, has led classes in audio production inside San Quentin State Prison since 2012, and Solano Prison since 2018. Since then, KALW has aired over 80 stories produced inside the walls. Radio producers from KALW visit the prisons to teach classes in audio production, and to help edit the stories. Audio engineers at KALW do some final polishing before it goes out to the world. KALW’s classes in prisons are supported by the California Arts Council's...