Our Cities

Community Stories

Young leaders in Fresno who have joined together to form a Youth Design Team, are using multimedia and their powerful voices to create digital stories about childhood and youth trauma and highlighting their vision to create greater mental health supports and wellness throughout their city.

In Stockton, a group of adults and youth, who originally came together to create a healthier Stockton, joined the ACT movement in 2020 and are well on their journey to addressing childhood and youth trauma by focusing on strengthening economic supports for children and families and creating protective environments as core strategies.

There is no better time to ACT.

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Role of Cities

Cities play a critical role of being a cultural hub of innovation and implementation. The benefits of joining ACT include the ability to engage, grow, and accelerate communities from what is possible, to realizing their vision for children to thrive.

Community Engagement Awardees

We are pleased to announce the following community engagement awardees for ACT:

Antioch – Family Justice Center
Bakersfield – Visión y Compromiso (VyC)
Boyle Heights – Social Model Recovery Systems
Coachella – Raices Cultura
Fresno – The Children’s Movement of Fresno (United Way of Fresno and Madera)
Lakeport – Hope Rising Lake County
Maywood – YMCA
Redwood Valley Rancheria – Weaving Wellness and Diversity
Modesto – Tuolumne River Trust
Oxnard – Reality Improv Connection, Inc BRITE Program
Pomona – Pomona Community Foundation
Sacramento – Youth Forward
Santa Ana – Charitable Ventures A fiscal sponsor for Santa Ana Early Learning Imitative
Santa Paula – Kids and Families
Stockton –
Ukiah (Northern Circle) –
Vallejo – Children’s Network
Yuba County – Camptonville Community Partnership

City Participation

Cities can join ACT in the following ways:

Affiliate City: Cities can participate in group learning and support.

Pilot City: Cities can receive individualized coaching, technical assistance and funding.

Vanguard City: Cities who are further along in their transformation journey can receive the same support as Pilot Cities while also serving as mentors to the other cities within the Learning Community.

Participating Cities

We are excited to introduce the following participating cities:

Antioch, Bakersfield, Boyle Heights, Coachella, Fresno, Lakeport, Maywood, Redwood Valley Rancheria and Reservations, Modesto, Oxnard, Pomona, Sacramento, Santa Ana, Santa Paula, Stockton, Ukiah (Northern Circle), Vallejo, Yuba County.