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<ns0:Title> Relative to Stronger Starts for Children Day. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>This measure would declare May 10, 2025, as Stronger Starts for Children Day in California.</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, For the last 25 years, First 5 California’s focus has been to help children 0 to five years of age receive the best start in life by advancing trauma-informed, healing-centered, and culturally responsive care systems; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In partnership with 58 county commissions in California, First 5 California’s goal is that within one generation, all children will have access to safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments to achieve healthy development; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Stronger Starts is a First 5 California campaign launched on June 1, 2023, that aims to educate California parents about the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress response (TSR) in young children; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, ACEs are severe adversities experienced by children when prenatal through 18 years of age, ranging from household dysfunction through systemic issues, such as abuse, neglect, loss of a parent, lack of food or shelter, racism, bullying, witnessing violence, or other harsh experiences that can result in childhood trauma; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Toxic stress response is what occurs in children when they are affected by ACEs and has a long-term impact on their health and wellness, including high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, anxiety, depression, and developmental delays; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, ACEs and toxic stress severely impact a child’s development when prenatal through five years old, when 90 percent of the brain is developing and one million neural pathways are forming every second; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, In California, nearly two million children are impacted by ACEs, putting them at risk for health, behavioral, and learning problems; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Young children who are continuously exposed to ACEs without adequate buffering protections, particularly during the critical periods of early development, can develop a biological effect, known as toxic stress response; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, According to a recent survey, a remarkable 87 to 93 percent of caregivers intend to take action to manage toxic stress in themselves and their children, a vital precursor to long-term behavior change upon receiving information via the Stronger Starts campaign; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, ACEs and toxic stress can be prevented by creating and sustaining safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments (SSNREs) for children; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The State of California could save upwards of $1.5 billion in annual health costs if more parents and caregivers were made aware of ACEs and TSR in children; now, therefore, be it </html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring,</html:i>
That the Legislature declares May 10, 2025, as Stronger Starts for Children Day in California and commits itself to the advancement of health and well-being for all children and families through First 5 California’s Stronger Starts campaign; and be it further
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That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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