It was seed funding and it was enough to bring the Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) into the world. The Bayview clinic, supported in part by the hospital, would keep doing what it did—regular checkups for kids in the community and ACE screening. Once a patient screened positive for ACEs, the CYW clinical team would provide the multidisciplinary services focused on treating toxic stress—mental health, mindfulness, home visits, nutritional counseling, all the stuff our research told us could make a difference.
