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By Michelle Esrick, Cracked Up Movie, April 2020 — A letter from Director Michelle Esrick — Dear friends, My heart goes out to everyone during this extremely challenging and unprecedented time. We are all experiencing what a traumatic event this is for everyone around the world -- from the reports we all hear on the news, to stories from family and friends, and for me personally being hospitalized with Covid-19. Many trauma survivors, including myself, are experiencing higher levels of...

The Center for the Study of Social Policy is doing some amazing work on defining and building capacity for resilience in communities. I've attached their Protective Factors framework as a resource for our group. 

Medical students around the country participated in a national die-in event as part of the WhiteCoats4BlackLives movement.

We invite you to join us for an exciting evening with Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH for the George G. Snively Lectureship with the University of California, Davis Department of Family and Community Medicine. Moving Upstream: Improving Care and the Social Determinants of Health In this lecture, Dr. Manchanda will focus on an approach to improve care by addressing individual social needs while educating health care professionals about opportunities to improve community level social and structural...

A great time was had by all who participated in the Brain Architecture Game ( https://dev.thebrainarchitecturegame.com/about-the-game/ ) during the Nov 12th Resilient Sac ACEs Connection meeting. We want to welcome new members form Sacramento Streets Team to the group. They were able to send five members from their organization to integrate information about ACEs and Toxic Stress, along with their consequences, into their work around homelessness. To learn more about Streets Outreach...

By Mike Duffy, ABC 10, February 5, 2020 There is a growing problem on the streets of California, and it could be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country. Seniors are increasingly finding themselves homeless, priced out of highly competitive housing and rental markets. After working for years, many are living on fixed incomes that simply cannot compete with the rise in the cost of living. Without adequate familial and community support, some of these individuals are finding...

Good afternoon - super exciting task! I missed the last meeting, are minutes available? Just want some clarification on what types of resources and information you need! I have tons, and a compiled list of links... and would love to share! I look forward to contributing! Peace, Crystal

Today I was on a ACEs Connection Community Manager development meeting with Karen Clemmer, ACEs Connection Staff. One of the items for discussion was knowing how ACEs and Resilience align with the community health needs assessments (CHNA), developed every three years by health care organization and required by the federal government. Have you every seen a Community Health Needs Assessment? They are a wealth of information. In Sacramento County Dignity Health, Sutter Health and UCD have...

Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is excited to share A Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention with the ACEs Connection community. The Road Map , a policy paper supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, draws upon our work at FUTURES as well as research and study on best practices for preventing violence. It presents four evidenced-based prevention and intervention strategies to prevent and end domestic violence in California:...

To read more of Gurajpal Sangha's article, please click here. In a few months, Sacramento County will launch its guaranteed income program. The pilot program looks to assist about 200 low-income families in the county. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Family First Sacramento pilot program on Tuesday. Families will receive a basic income of $725 every month for a year. Michelle Callejas, director of the Department of Child, Family and Adult Services with...