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Northern ACEs Collaborative Champion Convening: Small Towns, Big Initiatives

In July 2024, PHI’s Northern ACEs Collaborative launched the Rural Resilience Innovation Hub and kicked off their new “Small Towns, Big Initiatives” series, designed to provide opportunities for learning and dialogue around the many initiatives focused on children and families occurring across California.

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In July 2024, PHI’s Northern ACEs Collaborative launched NAC’s Rural Resilience Innovation Hub and kicked off a new series, “Small Towns, Big Initiatives,” which seeks to demystify state-level initiatives while weaving connections and setting up partners for success. The event featured sessions and reflections from public health experts, including PHI President and CEO Melissa Stafford Jones, MPH.

 

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Agenda

Welcome & Launch

Framing: A Systems Perspective

CalAIM – PATH, CPI, CITED
Gretchen Schroeder, MPH
Principal, Community Health Consulting, supporting HealthBegins

Rick Rawson, MBA, ACC
Chief Strategist & Co-founder, HC2 Strategies

Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI)
Sohil Sud, MD, MA
Director, CYBHI, California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS)

Safe Spaces Training
Rachel Gilgoff, MD
Child Abuse Pediatrician and Integrative Medicine Specialist

California Community Schools Partnership Program
Rosemary Mitchell, EdD, MSW
Program Director, Regional Technical Assistance Center for Community Schools

Breakout

Reflection & Wrap-up
Melissa Stafford Jones, MPH
President and CEO, Public Health Institute

NAC brings together rural Northern California champions to address trauma and promote resilience in the region through a collaborative approach by building relationships and sharing, learning, examining and generating new ideas. Learn more about NAC on their website.

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