The woman, a victim of an assault, sat in the courtrooms witness chair and started to talk. As she told a judge what happened and how it affected her giving whats called a victim impact statement the woman started...
Upcoming screenings of Paper Tigers documentary which is getting rave reviews. “ Pape r Tigers is emotional, but not sappy. The dedication and passion of the teachers and staff at Lincoln shines, and the school’s...
The Mill Valley Film Festival will be screening the documentary, Paper Tigers , twice: -- Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 5:50 pm in the Cinearts Sequoia Theater in Mill Valley. -- Friday, Oct. 16, at 3 pm at the Lark Theater in Larkspur. Click here for tickets....
For those of you in or around Sacramento, please join us at an upcoming community conference! Beyond Trauma: Building a Resilient Sacramento October 16-17, 2015 www.ResilientSac.org Join us for two informative and inspirational...
Nearly one in three adults over 65 in Humboldt County live in an economic no-man’s land, unable to afford basic needs but often ineligible for government assistance, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research....
Trainings have been completed and the Nevada County Public Health Department has begun the Moving Beyond Depression program, working in partnership with local home visitation programs. This evidence-based program is a proven...
Jeremiah was a 17-year-old in south San Francisco with just three weeks until his high school graduation. For him, graduating would be a triumphant punctuation mark. For the past three years up until this April, Californias...
T he parents of Ronin Shimizu, the 12-year-old boy who committed suicide last year after reports of pervasive bullying, have settled with the Folsom Cordova Unified School District for $1 million. District officials said the settlement of a...
(Calif.) Legislation set for a final Senate floor vote sometime in the next week would significantly recast the public school systems safety net for foster youth by, among other things, creating regional support networks overseen by...
The Center for Youth Wellness released a new report “Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California’s Response to ACEs”. This report is a follow up to the November 2014 Children Can Thrive Summit. Based on the ideas shared by participants at the Children Can Thrive summit, the report sets forth the beginnings of a multi-sector, multi-strategy approach to respond effectively to the impacts of ACEs in California. The report is attached to...
When students show up for an appointment at the Elsie Allen Health Center , which is located on the Elsie Allen High School campus in Santa Rosa, CA, one of the first things they do is take an ACE survey. Instead of answering the...
When students show up for an appointment at the Elsie Allen Health Center, which is located on the Elsie Allen High School campus in Santa Rosa, CA, one of the first things they do is take an ACE survey. Instead of answering the 10-question survey developed for the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study), they respond to 16 questions. That’s because the questionnaire was designed by the clinic staff to address the kinds of experiences – such as...
The Center for Youth Wellness (CYW) was started only three short years ago with one big dreamto ensure all children have a fair shot to grow up with health and well being. At CYW, we recognize that Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can lead...
If youve got some time on you r hands and a yearning for school district data, check out a new tool announced Monday by the California Department of Education that tracks how well districts and schools have done from 2012 to 2014 in three ...