Tag: Trauma-Informed Care
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Childhood Trauma Can Have Long-Lasting Health Effects
By Kenny Goldberg Exposure to trauma and chronic adversity in early childhood can have serious effects on health, behavioral and social outcomes. That’s according to a new report from the non-profit Center for Youth Wellness. The report is based on surveys of more than 27,000 adults by the California Department of Public Health. The report…
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Council Supports Initiative to Fight Gangs
Members of the Community Assistance Support Team go door-to-door at the Casa Sierra apartment complex in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of San Diego. They check in on residents for months after they’ve witnessed a gang shooting to ensure they have the services they need to move forward rather than becoming wrapped up in the gang…
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County Responds to Growing Links Between Childhood Trauma and Health
By Megan Burks San Diego County Health and Human Services Director Nick Macchione sent a letter to his department last week detailing a sweep of training and programmatic tweaks to get his entire staff, and the services they offer, trauma-informed. Put simply, he wants the people who provide food stamp, unemployment, mental health, Medi-Cal and…
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‘Get Help, Not Guns’: Teen Producers PSA
As the nation cobbles together legislation to prevent tragedies like the Newtown shooting, youth in California are weighing in. Students throughout the state contributed to a video produced and circulated by The California Endowment that “demands a plan” to bring more social and mental health services to schools in an effort to solve gun violence.…
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‘Everywhere There’s Violence, There’s Kids’: Healing 44th Street
Residents on 44th Street continue to meet following the shooting deaths of Rickquese McCoy and Stephen McClendon on June 30. They’ve moved from Rickquese’s grandfather’s courtyard to a space at the nearby elementary school. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks After a double homicide took his grandson’s life last summer, Ricky McCoy Sr.…