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Sonoma County Field Nursing's Liz George and Julianne Ballard have been busy! Together they lead an effort to develop a PHN home visiting model that integrates ACEs science! Their research will soon be published in The Journal of Public Health Nursing ! Here is the abstract: Trauma Informed Public Health Nursing Visits to Parents and Children (publication pending in Public Health Nursing) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) research has demonstrated a strong correlation between a traumatic...

I recently had a conversation with a local organization and a terrific question came up so I 'd love to ask YOU! Once a father is screened for ACES what would be the next step in referrals? Who would you as an agency turn to? Are there local fathers groups or resources that have seen success?

By Genesis Chavez-Caro, The Press Enterprise, September 21, 2021 The Bourns Family Youth Innovation Center screams technology. It has 3-D printers, a sound room, a film-production room and a computer lab as well as a lounge equipped with six televisions ready to stream games from the communal Nintendo Switches and Xboxes. All of this is tucked in an unassuming building in Riverside’s Arlington Park waiting to be used at the grand opening Saturday, Sept. 25. [ Please click here to read more .]

By Manuela Tobias, Cal Matters, September 10, 2021 Es casi seguro que las protecciones de desalojo de California no se extenderán una vez que expiren después del 30 de septiembre, dijo hoy el presidente de la Asamblea de Vivienda del estado. La sesión legislativa termina este viernes, por lo que ese es el último día en que los legisladores podrían aplazar la fecha indicada. Pero el apetito político simplemente no está ahí para actuar, según David Chiu, un demócrata de San Francisco que...

By Keith Burbank, Local News Matters Bay Area, September 20, 2021 Ken Woodmansee, an unhoused man in Alameda County, was one of the first to park his van as part of First Presbyterian Church of Hayward’s park-out program. He had Thanksgiving dinner with Pastor Jake Medcalf and his family, who found Woodmansee to be “a beautiful, kind and fun soul.” Medcalf’s children especially loved Woodmansee and the family would stop to take him where he was going in the Hayward and Castro Valley area. [...

By Diana Lambert, EdSource, September 20, 2021 I n California, home to the largest number of Afghan refugees in the country, school officials are preparing for an influx of refugee students who fled Afghanistan with their families after the Taliban seized power in the country last month. Schools are especially busy in Sacramento and Fremont, two of the largest Afghan communities in the state. Over 40% of the nation’s Afghan refugees have resettled in the Sacramento region in recent years,...

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Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey have known each other for more than 30 years. Both are deeply interested in childhood trauma and healing. But it was following a 60 Minutes segment Winfrey did in 2018 on childhood trauma, for which she interviewed Perry, that the two decided to take their work together to the next level. They tapped Oprah’s star power and worldwide reach and Perry’s deep expertise in brain science to collaborate on a book project, the recently released,...

In a recent nightmare, 8-year-old Jovina dreamt that her father got COVID-19. He was getting sicker, but she and her mother weren’t able to get there in time. “There,” in her father’s case, is a cell at the California Correctional Center (CCC) in Susanville, California, nearly 300 miles from where she lives in San Jose. In Jovina’s mind are a swarm of worries about her father’s welfare, her mother Benee Vejar reports. If an earthquake shakes the Bay Area, Jovina says, “What if the building...

By Mary Ann Dewan, San José Spotlight, September 20, 2021 The last 18 plus months have been challenging for students, families and all school personnel due to pandemic-related circumstances. There was a crisis of youth mental health looming and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the number of people having thoughts of suicide and experiencing depression has nearly doubled as compared to the years before the pandemic.

By Jeremy Loudenbeck, The Imprint, September 15, 2021 Citing the need for “repair and healing,” members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand therapeutic approaches to juvenile detention Wednesday, calling on department officials to create plans for mentorships with formerly incarcerated adults, restorative justice programs and more time outdoors. The unanimously approved plan presented by Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl also directs county officials to...

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