KUSI Newsroom, December 8, 2020.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The United Way of San Diego County announced Tuesday it received a grant of nearly $450,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health intended to give families more economic resources and support to improve childhood experiences.
The nonprofit was one of 23 across the nation to receive the funding. The organization will use the money from the Office of Minority Health to form a three-year partnership with community organizations in San Diego County, aiming to measure for the first time how giving families more resources prevents adverse childhood experiences — also called ACEs.
The $449,898 grant, funded entirely by OMH, will support United Way’s “Building Resilience: Evaluating the Impact of Economic Supports on ACEs Risk” project, which focuses on preventing ACEs by bolstering emotional intelligence and economic stability in parents.
These factors, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are most likely to reduce abuse, exposure to violence, family dysfunction, substance abuse and poverty — some of the most prevalent ACEs that can predispose children to serious physical and mental health complications later in life.
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