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On May 10, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Office of the California Surgeon General, and UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN) released “ACEs Aware Progress Report: 2019-2023” to provide an overview of the progress and impact of the initiative’s first four years. In addition to highlighting the progress made in training health care teams and scaling initiatives to screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the report includes forewords from California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos and former Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.
Highlights from the report:
- Since the ACEs Aware initiative began in 2019, more than 2.3 million ACE screens have been conducted of more than 1.5 million Medi-Cal members.
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More than 35,000 individuals have completed the Becoming ACEs Aware in California training, and nearly half of them are providers who are now certified to receive a $29 reimbursement from Medi-Cal for each eligible ACE screen they conduct.
- $65 million has been invested in clinics and communities across the state to support local and regional approaches to preventing, identifying, and responding to ACEs and toxic stress.
- Evaluations by RAND indicate that ACE screening has a positive impact on providers, their clinics, and their patients.
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Early findings in Los Angeles County suggest that ACE screening and response initiatives are advancing DHCS’ statewide goals to improve quality of care and reduce health disparities for the most vulnerable Californians. (Read the ACEs Aware Case Study -- Improving Health Care Access and Quality in LA County: The ACEs-LA Network of Care Case Study)
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Visit the digital Executive Summary of the progress report to read more highlights and to access the full report. | |
ACEs Aware May 2024 Data Report: 1.7 Million Medi-Cal Members Screened for ACEs | | |
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The ACEs Aware initiative released a new annual data report that details the number of ACE screenings conducted for children and adults in California and the number of individuals who completed the “Becoming ACEs Aware in California” training.
The ACEs Aware Screening, Training, and Certification Progress: May 2024 Update highlights data from the initiative’s launch in December 2019 through February 2024.
Between December 2019 and February 2024, 37,230 individuals completed the training, 17,920 of whom are Medi-Cal clinicians who became ACEs Aware-certified.
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Medi-Cal clinicians conducted nearly 2.7 million, ACE screenings of approximately 1.7 million unique Medi-Cal members across California between January 2020 and June 2023, based on Medi-Cal claims data. ACE screenings continue to increase, demonstrating the value of ACE screening to clinicians.
Download the full report and accompanying fact sheet:
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ACEs Aware in California May 2024 Data Update | |
ACEs Aware Screening, Training, and Certification Progress: May 2024 Update | |
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New ACEs Aware Course:
Prevention of Burnout for Health Care Teams
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In this new ACEs Aware course, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the causes and manifestations of burnout among health care professionals, along with evidence-based strategies to effectively prevent and manage burnout. They will learn about self-care and stress-mitigation strategies they can use to promote personal resilience, as well as strategies that health care organizations can use to prevent burnout.
This course will explore organizational and systemic factors that influence the well-being of team members that may contribute to burnout in health care settings, such as workload, work-life balance, and organizational culture. The course will also describe how burnout can be addressed as part of the implementation of ACE screening and trauma-informed care activities.
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In Case You Missed It: May Was a Busy Month for ACEs Awareness Initiatives in California
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The month of May was a productive month for California initiatives to address the impacts of early adversity and toxic stress.
On May 11, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed the first-ever ACEs Awareness Day. The proclamation read in part: “On ACEs Awareness Day, we uplift the need to increase understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their potential long-term negative health impacts and spread the word on evidence-based healing strategies for all Californians.”
Read the proclamation.
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On May 1, the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) launched Live Beyond, a campaign to increase awareness and understanding of ACEs, toxic stress, and their potential impacts. As the first statewide ACEs campaign with a primary audience of youth and young adults, the campaign will also provide science-based, healing-centered resources for all Californians. Learn more.
Want to learn more about the Live Beyond campaign? Watch the recorded webinar from CA-OSG, which provides an overview of the campaign’s goals, its youth-informed development, resources, and more to share with your respective organization or community.
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UCAAN Trainees Outreach Program | |
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The UCLA-UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network (UCAAN) aims to ensure that all physicians in California are aware of the impacts of ACEs and toxic stress on patients and are trained to provide care through a trauma-informed lens.
For medical educators, integrating ACEs and trauma-informed care training into their curriculum offers numerous benefits. It enriches the educational experience for trainees and ensures that future health care professionals are better equipped to provide compassionate, comprehensive care to their patients.
We offer a range of resources, including online trainings, in-person workshops, and personalized clinical implementation support, to help educators seamlessly integrate ACEs training into their programs. We also offer funding to support trainees in implementing clinical ACE screening and response initiatives.
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The UCAAN Trainees Outreach Program is can answer any questions about training offerings, funding opportunities, and resources. Please contact us at questions@acesaware.org. | |
ACEs Aware at the ACOG Clinical and Scientific Meeting | | |
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Last month, the ACEs Aware team attended the 2024 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting in San Francisco. As always, it was wonderful to meet our partners and California health care providers who are committed to providing exceptional care and improving health outcomes for all.
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News, Events, Resources, and Research | | |
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California Launches Youth-Focused Statewide Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Campaign
May 2024 | Business Wire
Press release announcing the launch of the Live Beyond campaign, focused on increasing awareness and understanding of ACEs, toxic stress, and their potential impacts.
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Adults Who Had Difficult Childhoods Are Not Receiving Sufficient Mental Health Care
May 2024 | UCLA
While 20% of California adults said they had four or more ACEs, nearly 40% of that group reported an unmet mental health need in the last year, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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ACEs Aware Featured on Why Women Radio Show
Shannon Thyne, UCAAN Co-Principal Investigator, and Laura Figueroa-Phillips, Medical Director of the Strong and Healthy and Resilient Kids (SHARK) program in Los Angeles County, appeared on the Why Women radio show with Dr. Renee Fraser on May 6. The show aired on KABC-Radio 790 in Los Angeles and is available for streaming. Drs. Thyne and Figueroa-Phillips discussed ACEs, toxic stress, and stress mitigation strategies, and talked about the work they do for the ACEs Aware initiative and the ACEs-LA network of care.
Listen to the show→
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Upcoming ACEs Aware Webinars
June 20, 12 – 1 pm
Clinical Pilot Series: Addressing The Health Impact of ACEs and Toxic Stress in California Farmworker Communities
Elena Josway
Yuriria López
Anuradha, Rao, M.D.
Veronica Del Carmen Treviño-Sosa
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This webinar will be simulcast in English and Spanish.
ACEs Aware Webinars on Demand
We provide continuing education credit for our live webinars as well as for the on-demand versions that are posted a few weeks after the live sessions. Visit the ACEs Aware Learning Center to access past webinar trainings.
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Live Beyond Campaign
Live Beyond
Official website for the Live Beyond ACEs and Toxic Stress campaign.
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What You Can Do to Support the Mental Health Of LGBTQI+ Loved Ones
NAMI California
Families, friends, and allies play a critical role and can take actions to be supportive. Here are some suggestions on what you can do to support the mental health of LGBTQI+ loved ones and community members.
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LGBT Adults’ Experiences with Discrimination and Health Care Disparities: Findings from the KFF Survey of Racism, Discrimination, and Health
April 2024 | KFF
This report focuses on LGBT adults’ experiences with discrimination in their daily lives and in health care settings in addition to experiences with severe mental health crises, homelessness, well-being and stress, and experiences accessing mental health care.
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Examining the Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among Justice-Involved Youth in the U.S.: The Importance of Accounting for Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Gendered Racial/Ethnic Groups
March 2024 | ScienceDirect
The study finds that justice-involved youth experience higher rates of adversity than the general public. The results also emphasize the importance of accounting for race/ethnicity and gender simultaneously to identify the unique experiences of ACEs among justice-involved youth.
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Antiracist Training Programs for Mental Health Professionals: A Scoping Review
March 2024 | ScienceDirect
This review showed that trainings on antiracist competencies contribute to decreasing biases, negative stereotypes, and racial microaggressions, and can support better therapeutic alliance with patients.
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