In our April Newsletter, we are honoring Child Abuse Prevention Month. We have been collaborating with our partners at the American Academy of Pediatrics-California Chapter 3 and San Diego’s YMCA Youth & Family Services to spread awareness and reframe the conversation around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) during this special month. We highlight our latest Network of Care convening and even share a resource from…
We are featuring many highlights, events and resources in our ACEs Aware March Newsletter. We are very excited to feature our newest Knowledge to Action Brief on the Social Determinants of Health and in relation to ACEs. In addition, our partners at the YMCA Youth and Family Services has also developed a helpful ebook, in English and Spanish, for parents…
During our third round of Network of Care convenings, the regional network participants from North County, East County, and Central San Diego came together to review lessons learned, to dive deeper into challenges with referrals, and next steps and opportunities. Stay tuned for more resources as well as a final report and recommendations for going forward, beyond screening. Resource Highlight…
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…
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…