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Education Matters: Learning From School Shootings [yourcentralvalley.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/17/198:26 PM

By Dom McAndrew, YourCentralValley.com, September 10, 2019 Since the Columbine tragedy in 1999, there have been more than 220 school shootings, killing 144 people and injuring more than 300, according to research by the Washington Post. After the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools held it’s second safety meeting in Downtown Fresno, educators and law enforcement discovered that school shootings can be prevented. “You pray that it doesn’t happen but you do in some cases take a not if but...

Volunteer 'Cuddlers' Offer Comfort to Newborn Babies at Valley Children's Hospital [yourcentralvalley.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/16/199:46 PM

By Kristen Mitchell, YourCentralValley.com, September 15, 2019 Not every newborn gets to go home from the hospital right away. Those needing extra care at Valley Children’s Hospital also get extra love from cuddlers through a volunteer program. Their job is to hold and cuddle with newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit when their parents can’t be there. One of the roughly 70 cuddlers is Donna Garcia. She snuggles with babies twice a week. [ Please click here to read more .]

Latina Mothers Experienced Jump in Preterm Births After 2016 Election [publichealth.berkeley.edu]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/16/191:54 PM

By Public Affairs UC Berkeley, July 23, 2019 Latina mothers living in the United States experienced a significant jump in preterm births in the nine months following the Nov. 8, 2016, election, according to a study by researchers at UC Berkeley and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The analysis, based on U.S. government data on more than 33 million live births in the country, found an excess of 2,337 preterm births to U.S. Latina mothers, compared to projections about...

How A Prenatal 'Bootcamp' For New Dads Helps The Whole Family [npr.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/16/194:00 AM

By Juli Fraga, National Public Radio, September 8, 2019 "Before I became a dad, the thought of struggling to soothe my crying baby terrified me," says Yaka Oyo, 37, a new father who lives in New York City. Like many first-time parents, Oyo worried he would misread his newborn baby's cues. "I pictured myself pleading with my baby saying, 'What do you want?' " Oyo's anxieties are common to many first-time mothers and fathers. One reason parents-to-be sign up for prenatal classes is to have...

"Building Violence Free Schools & Communities " ONE DAY CONFERENCE!

Amanda Guajardo · 9/14/199:28 AM

Tulare County CAPC is proud to provide this ONE DAY conference on "Building Violence Free Schools & Communities" featuring 3 nationally know speakers with first hand experience and expertise in the field of violence prevention. Dr. Melissa Reeves (Columbine, CO shooting) Scarlett Lewis (Parent of a child lost in Sandy Hook shooting) and Clayton Douglas (former student who planned a shooting) will provide us with critical knowledge and skills in violence prevention. **** FLYER AND...

Tulare County Passes $1.4B Budget. How Will it be Spent? Public Safety and Healthcare Top Priorities [visaliatimesdelta.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) · 9/13/194:00 AM

By Joshua Yeager, Visalia Times-Delta, September 10, 2019 Tulare County leaders approved a $1.38 billion budget that significantly increases spending on public safety, infrastructure and county employee healthcare plans. "The adopted $1.38 billion budget demonstrates Tulare County's sound financial position due to the Board's fiscal policies to maintain feasible and sustainable operations while providing mandated and essential services," said Chief Administrative Officer Jason Britt. The...

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