Reducing Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACEs are adverse childhood experiences that harm children’s developing brains so profoundly that the effects show up decades later; they cause much of chronic disease, most mental illness, and are at the root of most violence.
Brain science shows that, in the absence of protective factors, toxic stress damages children’s developing brains. People with high ACE scores are more likely to be violent, to have more marriages, more broken bones, more drug prescriptions, more depression, and more autoimmune diseases. People with an ACE score of 6 or higher are at risk of their lifespan being shortened by 20 years. With help from caring adults, children also recover from this tolerable stress.
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Healing The Hood
HEALING THE HOOD PROGRAM
1,947 youth participated in Kings & Queens Rise, Healing the Hood, Passport to Adulthood, College & Sports Academy.
MAN supported 275 families who children attend school in the San Juan Unified School District.
MAN supported 2,952 parents, caregivers and children through their activities at the community centers.
Black Infant Health
Services to Black women to eliminate the disproportionate rate of infant mortality in Sacramento County.
Mutual Assistance Network recognizes the importance of providing positive mentors to help young people navigate school and safe extracurricular activities.