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The ACEs Aware initiative released its September 2025 quarterly data report, which highlights continued progress in screening Medi-Cal members for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and expanding provider training statewide.
The ACEs Aware initiative released a new annual data report that details the number of Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) screenings conducted for children and adults in California and the number of individuals who completed the Becoming ACEs Aware in California training.
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…The ACEs Aware initiative released the February 2025 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.
The ACEs Aware initiative released the November 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.
The ACEs Aware initiative released the September 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.
The ACEs Aware initiative released a new annual data report that details the number of Adverse Childhood Experience (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 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…
ACEs Aware launched a new Manage Stress section of the website alongside an online training to help health care teams use Stress Buster tips and strategies when working with patients.