Blog

News, events, and important information from the ACEs Aware initiative

Get Updates from ACEs Aware >

Family Hug

Introducing the Stress Busters Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations

We’re pleased to announce a new toolkit designed to help community-based organizations (CBOs) leverage Stress Busters, which are seven evidence-based strategies for managing day-to-day stress and countering toxic stress from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

If you’re part of a CBO team, this toolkit equips you with information, skills, and resources to help clients prevent and heal toxic stress. It also helps you strengthen and develop organizational programming and services aligned with an equitable and trauma-informed approach.

With this toolkit, you and your organization will be able to:

understand the…

February 2024 Quarterly Data Report: More than 1.5 Million Medi-Cal Members Have Been Screened for ACEs

The ACEs Aware initiative released the February 2024 quarterly data report detailing the number of ACE screenings conducted for Medi-Cal members (children and adults) and the number of individuals who completed the “Becoming ACEs Aware in California” online training.

Between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2023, Medi-Cal clinicians conducted more than 2,326,360 ACE screenings of 1,529,390 unique Medi-Cal members.  Between December 4, 2019, and October 31, 2023, more than 35,360 individuals completed the Becoming ACEs Aware in California training, including approximately 17,100 Medi-Cal clinicians who are ACEs Aware-certified and…