$1 Million Grant to Expand Health Plan Access to Families in Surrounding Communities
The California Department of Health Care Services (CDHCS) announced the selection of 25 teams across California to receive a third round of grants known as ACEs Aware “Preventing and Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences-Associated Health Conditions and Toxic Stress in Clinics through Community Engagement (PRACTICE)” grants that create actionable ways to increase vital primary care resources at the local level.
The East Valley Community Health Center (EVCHC), Tri-City Mental Health, Claremont Graduate University, the Community Translational Research Institute (CTRI) and Cal Poly Pomona will continue their partnership to expand access to families in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
“This project will be important both scientifically and for the people served in communities from the border of LA through western San Bernardino counties,” said Anderson Johnson, CTRI’s president and CEO as well as the founding dean of CGU’s School of Community & Global Health (SCGH).
Johnson says there are “huge gaps and discontinuities. There is little attention to upstream social, cultural, and environmental factors that give rise to health deficits and disparities and almost no meaningful integration with traditional clinical services.”
