Surgeon General’s ACEs Aware Initiative Announces Grant Awardees

This week, the Office of the California Surgeon General announced the awarding of $14.3 million in grants to 100 organizations throughout the state to support the ACEs Aware initiative. Funding for the grants was previously authorized in the FY 2019-20 Budget utilizing Proposition 56 and federal matching funds. The grants focus on provider training, provider engagement, and communications and will fund a range of activities that will inform and educate Medi-Cal providers about the importance of screening for ACEs and responding with trauma-informed care.

31 provider training grants were awarded to help educate Medi-Cal providers about the importance of incorporating ACE screening into their clinical practice, 83 provider engagement grants were awarded to supplement and promote ACEs Aware activities, and 36 communications grants were awarded to supplement ACEs Aware activities by reaching organization members and other key audiences. Notably, several local health departments were among the awardees:

• Butte County Department of Public Health: Provider Engagement
• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: Provider Engagement
• Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services – Public Health: Provider Training and Communications
• Kings County Department of Public Health: Provider Training, Provider Engagement, and Communications
• Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency: Communications
• Riverside County Department of Public Health: Provider Training and Provider Engagement
• Santa Cruz County Department of Public Health: Provider Engagement
• Trinity County Department of Public Health: Provider Engagement
• Tulare County Health and Human Services Agency: Communications

Additional information, including a full list of awardees, is available here.