Tagged With "Prevention Strategies in Child Welfare"
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Anyone using MHSA or other funds in innovative ways to address ACEs or trauma?
Question: Please share examples of innovative uses of existing funding to address ACEs and trauma. For example, Mental Health Services Act has a funding category called "Innovative Projects" which might be a way to fund ACEs and trauma related efforts. Are you aware of any CA communities that have found ways to utilize MHSA or other funds in unexpected ways - that have the potential of addressing trauma and ACEs? See below and attached for more background re MHSA. Background: The CA...
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CA AB 989: Bill to combat Institutionalized Child Abuse in Public Education
AB 989 was announced today. As a survivor and now activist- this bill is a "boots on the ground" oversight program to act as first responders, case managers and provide procedural guidance to victims and their families of Educator Sexual Misconduct and prevent child endangerment by the common practice of cover-up. We will be going to committee in Sacramento within the next month but if anyone is interested in further information or curious about supporting the legisation- please contact me...
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Echo Conference Highlights
Echo Parenting & Education Changing the Paradigm Conference 2016 “See it, believe it, act on it!” That was the exhortation at the end of the Building Trauma-Informed Schools & Communities conference last week. Around 250 people gathered to share experiences, best practices, questions and dreams as Echo hosted the first ever national conference on trauma-informed schools. We were fortunate to have many extraordinary thought leaders, including Dr. Ross Greene “Lost at School” and “The...
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Help our public radio station with a story: How did separation from your parents as a child impact you?
KQED is the National Public Radio affiliate in San Francisco, CA. We’d like to hear from adults (18+) who were separated from their parents when they were children. Perhaps the separation was due to economic reasons, war and conflict, incarceration, foster care, or something else. How did that period of separation impact you in the long-run? How has it impacted your connection to others and how you build relationships? If you're a parent, how does it influence how you parent? We’re...
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Re: Call for Presenters: Early Education Conference
Hi Sasha, Thank you for posting about "Time to Connect". Please consider posting on our home page calendar. The link with the steps to do so are; https://www.pacesconnection.com/...ost-a-calendar-event Please also consider posting on our ACEs in Child Care community. https://www.pacesconnection.com/g/aces-in-childcare What an exceptional opportunity for your attendees to learn more about the research, engage with others parents/teachers, and build their practical application learning through...
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SB 428 - Letters of support to Assembly Health Committee - Due June 30
Friends: We are requesting support letters into Assembly Health for SB 428. As a reminder, SB 428 would require health plans to cover trauma screenings. SB 428 is set to be heard in Assembly Health on July 6 th . Please submit your letter by June 30 th NOON. I’ve attached a sample letter and a fact sheet. Instructions on where to submit the letter are included in the sample support letter. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you! Yvonne Choong
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Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment Tool
Please fill out this Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment Tool Survey form to help us continue building out a database of the various assessment tools available for organizations . Inspired by May's CTIPP CAN call, we know there are a number of tools that assess where an organization is on the journey to become trauma informed and healing responsive. In partnership with CTIPP, the Child and Family team at UMass Medical School are trying to gather a list of these organizational...