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From Patch, February 26, 2020 On Tuesday, February 25, the Board of Supervisors approved the lease for a new 75-bed Navigation Center at 888 Post Street. Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin sponsored the legislation to create the Navigation Center to serve Transitional Age Youth (ages 18-24) experiencing homelessness. 888 Post Street will become the City's first Navigation Center for young people ages 18-24. The Navigation Center model provides low-barrier shelter so young...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=PfiWJQEMlF8&feature=youtu.be Dr. Beth Cohen, "Providing Direct Services to Children and Families During a Crisis: Navigating Psychosocial Impacts" This webinar is geared towards service providers during COVID-19, but the webinar is beneficial for anyone wanting to understand theirs and other peoples emotions, feelings, and behaviors due to triggers from COVID-19 through a trauma-informed lens.

By Cara Anthony, Kaiser Health News, June 18, 2020 Speak in short sentences. Be clear. Direct but not rude. Stay calm, even if you’re shaking inside. Never put your hands in your pockets. Make sure people can always see your hands. Try not to hunch your shoulders. Listen to their directions. Darnell Hill, a pastor and a mental health caseworker, offers black teenagers these emotional and physical coping strategies every time a black person is fatally shot by a police officer. That’s when...

A patient came into the Goleta location of the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics pleading with people at the front desk to speak to Mayra Garcia, a wellness navigator at the clinic, despite not having an appointment. The clinic is part of a network of four clinics in the Santa Barbara region of California that serve mainly patients on Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, or patients who are uninsured. Mayra Garcia “She was crying. Her husband had been deported. She couldn’t pay the rent,...

PRESS RELEASE: ACE Overcomers Launches “Building Healthy Life Skills” Project We are excited to announce that ACE OVERCOMERS has been named Central Valley Opportunity Fund GRANTEE in collaboration with UC Merced & MERCED MISSION! Read more about this exciting partnership in the Press Release on our website: ACEOVERCOMERS.ORG .