Safe & Sound is a children’s advocacy organization based in San Francisco with a mission to prevent child abuse and reduce its devastating impact. With the stress and trauma of COIVD-19, California can implement ways to protect kids, strengthen families and build communities. To help communities take action, Safe & Sound has updated its research on The Economics of Child…
The Children’s Bureau’s Thriving Children and Families: Prevention With Purpose Prevention Resource Guide recognizes that there are actions we can take at all levels of the social ecology—as a society, within community systems, and in our organizations, as well as with individual families—to address the root causes of maltreatment and provide meaningful support. The guide also seeks to highlight the many…
Some individuals experience more positive health outcomes than others due to various factors known as the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). The Social Determinants of Health encompass a person’s environment, their individual behaviors, political factors and more. In our latest Knowledge to Action Brief, we discuss the SDOH in depth and how closely they are intertwined with Adverse Childhood Experiences…
The FrameWorks Institute is a research organization that helps mission-driven organizations communicate about social issues to build public will to support progressive change. Julie Sweetland, a Senior Advisor at FrameWorks, recently presented a webinar discussing the newly released brief Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches. With the support of Prevent Child Abuse America and Alliance for Strong Families and Communities,…
Partners in Prevention (PiP) is a San Diego countywide initiative that is stewarded by the YMCA Childcare Resource Services in partnership with Child Welfare Services, SDSU’s Social Policy Institute, Harder and Company Research, and encompasses many cross sector partners and community members. Their vision is to cultivate a connected community that nurtures caring, strong, safe and healthy families through services…
In this month’s newsletter, we are excited to provide the latest update with our second round of Networks of Care convenings amongst pediatricians and community-based organization leaders in San Diego. We also provide great resources detailing what a trauma-informed network of care looks like, child and family well-being during the pandemic, and facts about health from the Center on the…
In this newsletter, we are highlighting the latest update and interview from Dr. Nadine Burke Harris. We also share resources such as The Prevention Landscape Scan, a HOPE article, and upcoming news on San Diego’s Regional Networks of Care. Read the full newsletter here: ACEs January Newsletter 2021
We are excited to announce that we have co-facilitated our first Network of Care convening with our partners at the American Academy of Pediatrics, CA Chapter 2 (AAP-CA3), and we have released our first ACEs Knowledge to Action Brief. For more information and other interesting resources, click here: ACEs November Newsletter 2020
In this newsletter, we provide various ACEs findings regarding how positive childhood experiences affect the chronic depressive disorders diagnosis, how COVID-19 relate to child development, and proper mental health follow-up care for children. We also share the latest report on the ACEs Aware provider training. Read the full newsletter here: ACEs October Newsletter 2020