Network of Care
The Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative (PeRC) and Resilient Santa Barbara County, with the state ACEs Aware initiative, have partnered to form the Santa Barbara County Network of Care.
ACEs Aware defines a Network of Care as “a group of interdisciplinary health, education, and human service professionals, community members, and organizations that support adults, children, and families by providing access to evidence-based “buffering” resources and supports that help to prevent, treat, and heal the harmful consequences of toxic stress.”
Planting Prosperity Mini Grants
The Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative is currently accepting applications for Planting Prosperity Mini Grants. These mini grants seek to increase awareness and participation in services that can prevent or mitigate the effects of toxic stress. This grant opportunity is specifically for community organizations actively engaged in supporting pregnant individuals and who possess demonstrated experience in outreach and educational initiatives within their communities.
Grant recipients should conduct outreach and education strategies focused on reaching pregnant individuals and their families at the following clinics (may have a broader reach as well):
- Carpinteria Health Care Center
- Cottage Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic
- Santa Barbara Health Care Center
- Sansum Clinic
To learn more about the grants and how to apply, download the full Funding Announcement and application.
Vision
Families and children are healthy, resilient, and thriving in their communities.
Mission
To establish support systems that nurture and protect children and families, with paths to resilience and a network of care to prevent, identify, and address Adverse Childhood Experiences.
Goals
- Form a leadership and accountability structure through an engaged, inclusive, trust-based Network of Care Leadership Committee.
- Share ACEs Aware resources and organize culturally competent trauma-informed training opportunities across community partners.
- Expand PeRC by supporting more pediatric providers in screening for ACEs in Santa Barbara County and integrating trauma-informed community partners of Resilient Santa Barbara County.
- Implement a referral platform for service providers, clinics, and patients/families to coordinate care and share data.
- Educate the broader community to increase awareness about ACEs and collect feedback for learning.
- Maintain equitable practices to address ACEs and provide buffering resources.
The Santa Barbara County Network of Care connects clinics, community organizations, and patients and their families to screening for ACEs and supports to buffer the impacts of toxic stress. Patients and families who have ACEs are connected to a family advocate and, as needed, therapy and other buffering services from community organizations.
Network of Care Leadership Committee
The Network of Care Leadership Committee is comprised of parents and the following community organizations:
- American Indian Health and Services
- Carpinteria Children’s Project
- CenCal Health
- Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM)
- Children and Family Resource Services
- Community Health Centers of the Central Coast
- Communify
- Cottage Health
- Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)
- Family Service Agency
- Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley
- First 5 Santa Barbara County
- Guadalupe Union School District
- Help Me Grow Santa Barbara County
- KIDS Network Santa Barbara County, Resilient Santa Barbara County
- Legacy Works
- Pacific Pride Foundation
- Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Maternal Child & Adolescent Health
- Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness
- Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services
- Santa Barbara County Public Health Care Centers
- Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
- Santa Maria Swim Club
- Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic
- Wilderness Youth Project
- YouthWell
Buffering Services Partners
Buffering Services integrate additional community-based support within the Network of Care to address ACEs and toxic stress, focusing on the specific needs of each community.
Buffering Services partners integrate additional community-based services within the Network of Care to address ACEs and toxic stress, focusing on the specific needs of each community. Buffering services focus on:
- Preventing ACEs through educating parents and providing supports to families
- Early recognition of ACEs and providing supports to prevent toxic stress
- Early, evidence-based interventions to mitigate the toxic stress response
Buffering Services partners are incorporated into the current PeRC clinic model, offering coordination with the clinic’s resource navigator and therapist. Current partners include:
- AHA!
- Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (CADA)
- Carpinteria Children’s Project
- Children and Family Resource Services
- Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley
- Family Service Agency
- Girls Inc. of Carpinteria
- Harding School Foundation
- Isla Vista Youth Projects
- Lompoc Unified School District
- Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
- People’s Self-Help Housing
- Santa Barbara Alternatives to Violence
- Santa Barbara Education Foundation
- Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
- Santa Maria Swim Club
- Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Wilderness Youth Project
- YouthWell
Learn more about how ACEs Aware defines evidence-based stress busters, as described in the Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health.
