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Berkeley Program puts Students Seeking Housing in the Homes of Older Adults [berkeleyside.com]

By Robin Estrin, Berkeleyside, December 2, 2019 Marcia Garcia, 29, moved to the Bay Area in August, admitted to UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy for a master’s degree. Searching for housing, she quickly learned that options were scarce—and expensive. But thanks to a new program that pairs up graduate students and University retirees with room to spare, she found something affordable: a first-floor bedroom with its own entrance, in a house owned by Cal alumna Linda Artel. “I like...
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We must invest in our youth

Pat Taylor ·
#MyAmericanDream
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Social distance puts squeeze on multigenerational homes [sfchronicle.com]

By Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 2020 Gerardo Peña can’t pay this month’s $2,700 rent for Right-Way Shoe Repair on College Avenue in Oakland, a store he’s owned for 16 years. He also can’t pay the $2,300 he owes for Shoe Clinic, the sister repair shop less than 2 miles away on Piedmont Avenue. He’s owned that store for seven years. “I know he’s stressed out,” Leslie Peña said about her father. “I think everybody is.” [ Please click here to read more .]
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Staying Home: Not an Option Available to All [chcf.org]

By Xenia Shih Bion, California Health Care Foundation, April 27, 2020 Stay home and save lives, governors have been telling residents since California’s Gavin Newsom led the way on March 19. But sheltering in place is a luxury that many Americans cannot afford, Claire Cain Miller, Sarah Kliff, and Margot Sanger-Katz wrote in the New York Times . “Service industry workers, like those in restaurants, retail, childcare, and the gig economy are much less likely to have paid sick days, the...
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SB 1152 is law! Dignity in Discharge Law: What You Need to Know

Amelia Barile Simon ·
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) CPEHN was proud to sponsor Senate Bill (SB) 1152 in 2017-2018. Thank you to author Senator Ed Hernandez and to all of our community partners who helped lobby for this bill. CPEHN stands committed to seeing a successful implementation of the law surrounding this important issue. Read below to find out more about the changes we will see this year. Beginning January 1, 2019, all hospitals in California must develop a plan for safely discharging...
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Tell State Leaders: Do More for California's Babies

Gail Yen ·
Check out this exciting opportunity to support babies and strengthen families! Please join hundreds of other organizations in signing on to this letter urging our state leaders to fund critical home visiting supports for babies and families living in poverty. Children’s earliest brain development is the foundation for their lifelong health and success. Yet too often families, especially those who are struggling to make ends meet, don’t have the support they need during the stressful time of...
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Google to provide computers, internet to California students studying from home [sfchronicle.com]

By Alexei Koseff, San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 2020 Google will provide thousands of computers and free internet access to help California students finish the school year online, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. The company plans to donate 4,000 Chromebooks and make broadband internet available to 100,000 households through the end of the school year. Newsom said at a news conference that “Google stepped up in a big way,” but that more support was needed from the private sector to...
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Preventing Violence in Our Homes [preventioninstitute.org]

Ruben Cantu ·
By Prevention Institute, April 2020 Children, youth, and families are experiencing intensified stresses and new traumas as our country and the entire world work to contain the novel coronavirus and save lives. With more and more families experiencing unemployment, housing insecurity, and hunger—and many people restricted to their homes and limited in their social interactions, risks for violence and abuse in the home are likely to be on the rise. In this web conference, speakers will talk...
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Prevention: Bringing Baby Home Training of Faciliators

Carolyn Curtis ·
A friend of mine recently referred her grandchild and his pregnant wife to a Bringing Baby Home class, because she noticed that the wife had a horrible background of abuse and at times had difficulty functioning. What the grandmother noticed with this couple was a change in the family dynamics. the couple knows how to get along, the father is engaged in parenting, and the baby thriving. This is really starting at the root of the problem. 20 years ago, Drs. John and Julie Gottman worked with...
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Prevention--Teaching people how to build healthy families

Carolyn Curtis ·
Building healthy families is key to reducing ACEs. A friend of mine recently referred her grandchild and his pregnant wife to a Bringing Baby Home class, because she noticed that the wife had a background of abuse and at times had difficulty functioning. What the grandmother noticed with this couple was a change in the family dynamics following taking a Bringing Baby Home class. The couple learned how to get along, the father is more engaged in parenting, and the baby thriving. This is...
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Government-Funded Day Care Helps Keep Seniors Out of Nursing Homes and Hospitals [californiahealthline.org]

By Lori Basheda, California Healthline, December 20, 2019 Two mornings a week, a van arrives at the Escondido, Calif., home of Mario Perez and takes him to a new senior center in this northern San Diego County town, where he eats a hot lunch, plays cards and gets physical therapy to help restore the balance he lost after breaking both legs in a fall. If he wants, he can shower, get his hair cut or have his teeth cleaned. Those twice-weekly visits are the highlights of the week for Perez, a...
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Re: Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect (PCAN) [Webinar]

Shaun-Adrian Chofla ·
Can you doublecheck the time of this webinar? Above it indicates PT, but the registration form seems to be ET.
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Re: Prevention: Bringing Baby Home Training of Faciliators

Carolyn Curtis ·
I am sorry I posted the wrong dates for the training: May 17-18, 2018 in Sacramento. Thank you Carolyn
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Re: Preventing Violence in Our Homes [preventioninstitute.org]

Julie Hatzell ·
Unfortunately this was posted after the webinar.... it was on the 14th.... do you know if there is a recording avail.? Julie Hatzell Trauma Specialist/Educator Domestic Violence Advocate Plumas Rural Services 711 Main Street Quincy, CA 95971 530 927-5873 On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 5:09 PM ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:
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Re: Preventing Violence in Our Homes [preventioninstitute.org]

Gail Kennedy ·
HI Julie- Thanks for pointing that out! Here is the link to the recording: http://www.preventconnect.org/...on-care-and-justice/
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EMPOWERING INDEPENDENCE: A GUIDE FOR FOSTER PARENTS ON LEAVING YOUTH HOME ALONE

Jessi Maurice ·
https://aghope.org/en/blog/empowering-independence-a-guide-for-foster-parents-on-leaving-youth-home-alone-2024-5
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