ACEs Connection

This online community shares the latest research, best practices, and ideas related to addressing adverse childhood experiences.

Creating a Culture of Sustainability in Helping Professions

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7 Benefits of a Statewide System Approach to Community Health Work

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HealthConnect Fellows: Engaging authentically in systems change

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7 insights gained through a nonprofit merger

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Six Elements to Consider with Community Conversations

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Making the Case: Communications Tactics that Work

Advocacy
7/26/22
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4 ways to measure system-change progress

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5 reasons why youth should lead systems-change work

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Iowa youth aging out of foster care: How are they doing?

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7 lessons learned from Sesame Street partnership

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A closer look at mental health in schools during the pandemic

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Preparing yourself to center the voices of those impacted by issues

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Leading system change, even in times of uncertainty

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5 barriers pregnant women in poverty face in getting the care they need

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How my advocacy work became personal

Advocacy
1/6/20
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We all can do better for Iowa’s children and families

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Connecting systems, connecting families

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Transforming practices to prevent trauma before birth

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A small, thoughtful group isn't the only thing

Grassroots
10/16/19
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If we're going to reduce trauma and family stress, we have to start at the very beginning

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Latinx youth mental health: Resiliency and its limitations

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What does opportunity look like for Iowa children (and are we doing the right things help them thrive)?

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Together, inching closer to a tipping point on children's issues

Advocacy
5/22/18
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What do youth who are homeless need? And how far am I willing to go to help?

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Report

The Economic Realities of Communities of Color in Iowa

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Report

Economic Burden of Health Inequities in the U.S.

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Report

2023 County Health Rankings National Findings Report

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Article

Graphic on Equality vs. Equity

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Article

Q&A: REED partners share the power in holding space for rest, healing, collective learning

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Report

2021 Community Health Needs Assessment

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White Paper

The Link Between Stillbirth & Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Firsthand Accounts from American Women

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Website

Communicating about Health Equity

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White Paper

Strengths of Latinx Immigrants Despite Legal Violence

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Article

Why building community power is vital for philanthropy

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Report

Surgeon General's Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health

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Report

A Caring, Connected Community: How Greater Des Moines nonprofits met our needs during the pandemic

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Report

The Intersection of Racial Injustice and Youth Health in Central Iowa

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Report

Champions for Change: A Collective Commitment to Children's Health

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Report

Why aren't kids a policy priority?

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Article

Study: Impact of neighborhood disadvantage on a child’s brain

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The United States Prosperity Index 2021

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Website

Make It Okay messaging in multiple languages

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Article

8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits

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Article

Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy to Shift Power Back to Communities

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Guide

Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

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Frameworks Institute: Changing the conversation on social issues

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Framing best practices with Topos Partnership

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Systems Change & Deep Equity

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Iowa Coalition for Collective Change

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Iowa Public Health Association

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Report

Cultivating Change: How the HealthConnect Fellowship lifted a network of advocates to improve children's health in central Iowa

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Report

Shifting the Lens: How The ACE Study sparked action to collectively improve our community's health

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National Academy of Medicine

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Grant Makers in Health

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Guide

Results-Based Accountability Implementation Guide

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Healthy People 2030

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White Paper

Understanding the Upstream Social Determinants of Health

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Report

Addressing Patients' Social Needs: An Emerging Business Case for Provider Investment

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Report

Innovations in Health Equity and Health Philanthropy

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Centers for Disease Control

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White Paper

Prenatal Strategies to Support Families

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Report

United Way Community Impact Report

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Report

1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative 2020 Report

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Report

2020 One Economy: The Blueprint for Action

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Report

Human Trafficking Awareness for Youth

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Report

Mental and Sexual Health Education for Youth

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Policy Brief

Strengthening Medicaid

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Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

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CAMHI4Kids Children's Mental Health System

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Policy Brief

Transforming Iowa's Foster Care System to Support Kinship Caregiving

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Website

Community Catalyst System of Advocacy

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Report

The Water of Systems Change

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