It’s officially tax season and The Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Division at the California Department of Public Health developed a social media toolkit to increase awareness of the California Earned Income Tax Credits. These tax credits are an economic and public health intervention that are shown to significantly improve health outcomes in five years or less . Please share this information with community partners, participants, and anyone else who may benefit from this...

“Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs) Data Report: California Health Information Survey (CHIS), 2021.” is a new resource developed by the California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) ’s , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative and the All Children Thrive, California project. The purpose of this resource is to report statewide prevalence of ACEs,...

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) has an opening for a Health Program Specialist I (HPS I) that will assist with the Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative and All Children Thrive (ACT-CA), California projects. To view the full job posting and the duty statement, click here . The final filing date is February 9, 2024 . This position offers the incumbent (possibly you!) the chance to make a real difference in Californians’ lives and join a great team in a Branch with a...

Dear California Partners, Practitioners, and Data Users: CalSHARE D ata Hub is live! CalSHARE is designed for state and local practitioners and data users to: Identify hotspots of need and strength across regions Draw comparisons across user-defined geographic areas Support the development of funding proposals Identify data-informed priorities for improving health equity, wellness, and safety across California communities https://calshare.axismaps.io/ California Safety, Health, Resilience...

Here is a look back at the top shared resources in 2023 from the Center on the Developing Child News from the Center on the Developing Child: December 2023 (campaign-archive.com)

“Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences Data Report: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS), 2015-2021: An Overview of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences in California" is a new resource developed by the California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) ’s , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative and the All Children Thrive, California...

“Prevention Data Brief: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance Use Among Teens in California, 2021” is a new resourced developed in partnership by the California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) ’s, Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative ; and with input from the CDPH Substance and Addiction Prevention Branch ; and the California Tobacco Prevention...

In case it is of interest to you, please see the message below from the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention (CDSS/OCAP): Dear Child, Family, and Community Well-Being Partners, The Child Welfare Council (CWC), and the Prevention & Early Intervention (PEI) Committee Co-Chairs, have officially announced the formation of the Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting (MRCS) Task Force, and introduced the MRCS Task Force members —also listed at the end...

In case it is of interest to you, please see the message below from the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention (CDSS/OCAP): If you applied to the Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting Task Force but were not selected (see following announcement), there is still an opportunity to be a part of the shift towards community supporting efforts! The OCAP is thrilled to announce that the Online Mandated Reporter Training will be undergoing a redesign to align...

The Child Abuse Prevention Center (CAP Center) is seeking a Technical Assistance (TA) Senior Program Manager. The CAP Center Strategies TA Senior Program Manager is responsible for the leadership, operation, effectiveness, and sustainability of the statewide Strategies TA program. To learn more about this opportunity, click here . Please share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested. This position will remain open until filled by the best possible candidate.

In case it is of interest to you or your networks, please see information below from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) Program and VALOR regarding an upcoming web conference: Creating Protective Environments Web Conference (Part One and Two) September 6th and 7th, 2023 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm PT Audience: Open to all California Preventionists Description: This training will identify specific community, organizational, and societal level change...

The Child Abuse Prevention Center is hiring for two program leadership positions, and we not only want to reach a candidate pool that reflects the diversity of our communities, but in particular, individuals whose professional experience and personal missions have been centered in racial and gender equity and the well-being of California’s most marginalized families and children. Both positions are hybrid based in Sacramento and can be found here: https://www.thecapcenter.org/careers/ .

The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative has released and updated “California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide (e-Guide).” The e-Guide was developed for all those who are serving Californians and interested in collaborating or connecting with local coalitions, boards, and other organized bodies who are working...

The California Department of Technology is seeking feedback from Californians in response to the State’s Digital Equity and Mobile Survey. The Digital Equity Survey is intended to identify the digital equity barriers and needs of California’s residents. The survey can be taken online or via mobile phone. It is accessible in 14 different languages and includes audio functionality for limited English proficiency and limited literacy residents. Below are links to the survey and an outreach...

In case it is of interest to you, please see the information below from Public Health Advocates. If you have questions regarding this opportunity, please contact Public Health Advocates. Public Health Advocates is excited to share that they are hiring! All Children Thrive, California (ACT), is searching for a Policy Campaign Coach. To learn more about this opportunity, click here. Please consider sharing this new resource with your networks and thank you for your partnership.

The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) is very excited to share an opportunity to join the Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month Professional Webinar series featuring the theme: Shifting from Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting . In the series, each session will feature a guest speaker(s) discussing important topics focusing on the shift from mandated reporting to community supporting. Don't forget to register to ensure you don't miss out on these rich and transformative...

The California Department of Technology (CDT) is creating our state’s digital equity plan and needs input from government agencies, nonprofits, experts, practitioners, funders, researchers, community organizers and California residents from every corner of the state. Once complete, the plan will support programs to help give Californians the access they need. Join the Health Outcome Area Working Group meeting to help close the digital divide in your community. Working groups will help...

The BulletPoints Project has launched its free, on-demand continuing education cours e, “ Preventing Firearm Injury: What Clinicians Can Do .” The Preventing Firearm Injury continuing education course teac hes medical and mental health care providers how to identify patients who are at increased risk for firearm injury, to engage in conversations about firearm injury prevention with patients, and to intervene appropriately for the level and type of risk. The course focuses on several...

Thursday, July 28th, 2022 at 10:30 am - 12:00 pm PST, ValorUS is hosting a web conference on Financial Security and Violence Prevention. This web conference is designed for staff who have basic knowledge of sexual violence and intimate partner violence and are interested in learning about the connections between interpersonal violence and financial security. This training will support an exploration of participants' relationship with money, how this shows up in life and work, and ways to...

During Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month the Office of Child Abuse Prevention encourages counties to participate in events to increase awareness of child abuse and neglect statewide. One such event is Children’s Memorial Flag Day on April 22, 2022. The OCAP’s vision is for each county to host a Children’s Memorial Flag Day event and to conduct a flag raising ceremony to honor the young lives lost due to senseless violence in the past year. In addition to a statewide raising of the...

A free series of training on child/adolescent traumatic grief in response to experience of COVID-19 related deaths are now available to register. As the US Surgeon General VADM Murthy recently noted, there have been at least 140,000 children in the US who lost a parent or caregiver-- BEFORE the winter surge began. Another subset have lost both parents/caregivers and yet other friends and other family members(grandparents, etc.). These trainings from the SAMHSA/NCTSN Learning Center have free...

The CDPH Injury and Violence Prevention Branch ’s California Violent Death Reporting System (CalVDRS) Project has released four new injury data briefs and an infographic on suicide, homicide, firearm-related deaths, and violent deaths involving multiple victims using data from 2018. These briefs summarize vital statistics data as well as supplemental data from coroner/medical examiner and law enforcement reports to identify trends and circumstances in violent deaths in California. These...

The CDPH Injury and Violence Prevention Branch , on behalf of the CDPH Violence Prevention Initiative , has released a new report on household firearm storage titled “ California Household Firearm Storage Practices, 2017-2019 .” Using survey data from the 2017-2019 California Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the report shows that one in five California adults reported a household firearm. Of those who reported a household firearm, one in ten also reported storing it...

English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...

The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Newsletter highlighted Black Americans and what's next for health equity: "Black Americans have faced an increased risk of being hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 compared to White Americans. This disproportionate burden placed a spotlight on the ongoing impact of systemic racism and long-standing inequities on the health of Black Americans. Multiple forms of economic discrimination mean that Black Americans are more likely to be...

The Essentials for Childhood Initiative would like to share a new resources titled, “Creating Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for Children.” This new resource is intended to elevate primary prevention strategies that support creating Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments (SSNR&Es) for children and highlight 2019 data from the Awareness, Commitment, and Norms Survey provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This document was...

Currently, there are no standard asthma management guidelines that account for the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on asthma, leaving underserved communities particularly vulnerable to increased risk and severity. Children for whom ACEs and asthma co-occur may ultimately require different prevention and intervention strategies due to their toxic stress-related physiology. As more pediatric clinics become aware of the role of ACEs on health outcomes, the field...

On April 29, 2021, the California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative held a webinar entitled, “Family Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic Data.” The purpose of this webinar was to share findings from wave 1 of the Family Experiences During COVID-19 Pandemic Questionnaire that was administered in November 2020. Drs. Robert Sege from the HOPE Project at Tufts Medical Center and Lori Turk-Bicakci from the KidsData program at PRB provided an overview of the questionnaire, summarized...

Join the Children’s Bureau on Tuesday April 27, 2021 at 2-3:30 p.m., as they recognize National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Meet the new Children’s Bureau Associate Commissioner Aysha Schomburg and hear her vision for the Children’s Bureau’s prevention agenda. This will include a dialogue with practitioners at the national, state, and local level about how we can concretely bring a race equity lens to our prevention work. For more information and to register, please follow this link.

The Essentials for Childhood Initiative is pleased to share the Building Synergy and Connections Across the Essentials for Childhood Initiative Convening Summary and Presentation Slides. The Convening Summary contains a detailed overview of the information shared and the feedback provided by the participants during the convening. You will find these documents attached below. The EfC Initiative team appreciates the speakers and coalition chairs that served as panelists and the attendees who...

WestEd recently created three infographics related to workforce issues and access following screening of young children that were developed by the California State Screening Collaborative , with funding from California Department of Public Health and California Department of Developmental Services, Early Start . Please consider reviewing and sharing with your networks. The infographics are attached below.

The Parent Partner Advisory Committee , in collaboration with the California State Department of Social Services, is proud to invite Peer Partners (including youth advocates) with lived experience in children and family serving public organizations (including child welfare, behavioral health, education, mental health and probation) to regional Peer Partner Hubs. Peer Partner Hubs will provide a safe space to share and learn from each other, to come together in support of each other, to...

On January 20, 2021 the California Department of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the C alifornia Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention (CDSS/OCAP)’s , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative hosted a webinar entitled, “Creating Compelling Messaging with ACEs Data”. This webinar featured presentations from Shaddai Martinez Cuestas, MPH, Strategic Communications Specialist at Berkeley Media Studies Group ; Donielle Prince, Ph.D,...

The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP), Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative are excited to share a recently updated resource titled “California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide.” This e-Guide was developed for all those who are serving Californians and interested in collaborating or connecting with local coalitions, boards, and other organized...

The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP ) oversees California’s three Citizen Review Panels (CRPs). Each one focuses on a specific topic: child and family services, the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and critical incidents. The responsibilities of the CRPs involve evaluating child welfare policies, practices, and procedures, assessing systemic barriers, and making recommendations to improve and remove barriers. The CRPs can make recommendations that will improve the lives of...

A newly developed document titled “Adverse Childhood Experiences Data Report: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2011-2017: An Overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences in California” has just been released and can be found following link and attached to this blog post. The purpose of this resource is to report state and county prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in California; describe ACEs-related geographic and demographic disparities; and to offer details...

By Andrea Grenadier, National Association of County and City Health Officials, September 27, 2020 With support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs) or other community entities through a Request for Application (RFA) process. This opportunity is for the implementation of evidence-based approaches through comprehensive community efforts to prevent and mitigate the harms of Adverse...

The United States Department of Health & Human Services’ Children’s Bureau has developed the 2019 Prevention Resource Guide to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. Download a free copy of the 2019 Prevention Resource Guide by utilizing the link below! ...