ACEs Collaborative

In 2020 APSAC, in collaboration with Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA), Center for Innovation and Resources, Inc (CIR), and CAPSAC was awarded a $200,000 grant from the office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to participate in California’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Aware initiative. The Collaborators formed the CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY to promote the ACEs Aware initiatives among Medi-Cal providers in 6 California regions. When the grant expired, the collaborative kept going, added new members, to include Zero Abuse Project, Sacred Spaces, Esperanza United, the NY Foundling, and AAP CA-1, and is now known as ACES Health Champions Network (AHCN).