The Sacramento Board of Supervisors declare May 22nd as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience Awareness and Action Day to emphasize the importance of understanding, preventing and treating childhood trauma in order to improve the health and future prosperity of our entire community. The Sacramento County Probation Department understands this and has embraced the essential elements of a trauma informed juvenile justice system. Our Juvenile Operation Divisions (Youth Detention Facility, Juvenile Court, Juvenile Placement, and Juvenile Field Services) has focused our efforts on becoming a trauma informed agency.
Hearing the Voices of Youth Involved in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice
Report from Mental Health California and Kaiser Permanente highlights the impacts of trauma on system-involved youth along with key suggestions for system improvements from a youth lived-experience perspective.
Land Reparations & Indigenous Solidarity Toolkit
This is a brief guide for Resource Generation members and other folks with access to land to support in education and resource sharing around land reparations. We hope these resources can support us in taking collective action towards land repatriation to Indigenous people in the ongoing struggle against colonization. This is not a comprehensive guide, but rather a starting point. This guide was compiled by the RG Land Reparations Group in 2018.
California County Crisis Continuum Asset Map
Explore programs and services in the crisis care continuum throughout California.
Policy Options for Community-Defined Evidence Practices (CDEPs)
Even in the face of structural racism and oppression, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities continue to enrich the character of California through their culture, history, values, and teachings. What steps can California Legislation take to meaningfully address the impact of structural racism on access and quality of behavioral health care for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities? Read recommendations from CPEHN.