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by Lake County Office of Education April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month Join us in celebrating and supporting Lake County Children. FREE | FOOD | FUN | GAMES 1 0:00 am - Opening Ceremonies 10:15 am - Advocacy Walk - walk from Library Park to Natural High and back 11:00 am - Tribal Dancers at Library Park 11:30 am - Clear Lake Clikkers (clogging) The Lake County Library will be there for storytime. Taylor White will be leading Zumba. And so much more! PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR T-SHIRT SIZE...

A product of the Essentials for Childhood Initiative (EfC), the Child Adversity and Well-Being Dashboards contain indicators of child adversity, health and well-being utilizing data available on kidsdata.org . For more information about the dashboards, please refer to the California Data Dashboards page. The Lake County Data Dashboard contains select indicators of child adversity and well-being. The dashboard is a product of the Shared Data and Outcomes Workgroup of the California Essentials...

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Konocti Senior Support Inc. invites community members to meet the senior peer counselors who provide free counseling services to homebound Lake County Seniors. Come and enjoy a free cup of coffee at Lower Lake Coffee Co., 16199 Main St, Lower Lake, on Monday, April 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. to learn more about this wonderful volunteer opportunity. If you want to learn new skills, meet new people, and experience the rewards of engaging in a meaningful activity, then come meet...

Michael Pritchard came to visit us in Lake County on December 8, 2018 for two shows about 90 minutes each. The 2 pm show was directed to children, parents and teachers. Most who showed up didn’t know what to expect, they knew he is a comedian and that he talks to kids about bullying, but they weren’t really sure what they were going to get from him. What Michael gave was his heart. While he sat and made funny noises stemming from his Star Wars character voice overs, children laughed, and...

Michael Pritchard came to visit us in Lake County on December 8, 2018 for two shows about 90 minutes each. The 2 pm show was directed to children, parents and teachers. Most who showed up didn’t know what to expect, they knew he is a comedian and that he talks to kids about bullying, but they weren’t really sure what they were going to get from him. What Michael gave was his heart. While he sat and made funny noises stemming from his Star Wars character voice overs, children laughed, and...

By Michelle Blackwell, August 22, 2019, for Fort Bragg Advocate News Sixty-three pills for each of us. Sixty-three powerful, addictive doses of opioid – oxycodone, hydrocodone, oxycontin – per year, every year, between 2006 and 2012, for every man, woman and child in Mendocino County. That is the number of opioids dispensed in the county over that six-year period – 38,751,915 doses total – according to a massive release of data from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Centers for Disease...

Thursday, January 31st, 6:30-8:30pm at The El Dorado County Office of Education, Building B, Room 2, Placerville Join us to watch Resilience, the documentary film that explains the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. After the film we will discuss and share ways to build resiliency in ourselves and the children in our lives. This event is brought to you by Foster and Kinship Care Education of The El Dorado Center at Folsom...

By Jenn Lukens April 17, 2019 It was late July 2018 when the Mendocino Complex wildfire broke out in rural Lake County, California. It burned more than 450,000 acres and destroyed 280 structures before it was contained. Ana Santana managed to fill some storage bins with sentimental items – her kids’ blankets, pictures, and art projects – before fleeing her home. Santana is the facilitator of the Lake County Children’s Council and Program Director for Healthy Start Youth and Family Services ,...

Sitting under redwood trees and listening to great music with a community of people was how I experienced RockSoberFest 2019. The three day event, in the small town of Boonville in Northern California was organized to provide a safe space for people in recovery to have fun with friends and family. “Our goal is to provide a great weekend of fun, fellowship, friends, family while enjoying music. A grass-roots organization trying to create a place where performers who are clean and sober can...

Our dedicated Bereavement Services staff and local talented subject matter experts are offering a four part workshop series starting February 2 for human service professionals and community members – An In-depth Exploration of Death, Grief, and Loss. Please review the attached flyer for more information or contact Jo Moore or Kathleen Bradley. Thank you for providing amazing services for Lake County families! Janine Smith-Citron Director of Development Hospice Services of Lake County 1862...

The first session of the Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & IRL (In Real Life) was a success. Over 100 ACEs Connection members tuned in despite some issues with registration. I have embedded the video in this post. You have also find the video on the ACEs Connection site here . If you have any questions about the series, please contact Ingrid Cockhren , TN & Midwest Community Facilitator.

While the impact of maltreatment on a child and their family is devastating, child maltreatment also has serious effects far beyond those for the victim. Maltreatment results in ongoing costs to taxpayers, institutions, businesses, and society at large. Local communities bear the brunt of these costs in the form of medical, educational, and judicial costs, though more tragic signs are seen in homelessness, addiction, and teen pregnancy. To create a concrete understanding of the widespread...

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I want to share this important documentary from Humboldt County with you and encourage you to make the time to watch it and share it with others in your organizations and spheres of influence. It is 52 minutes long, but well worth your time. The associate producer of the video, James Faulk - one of the central interviewees of the film - attended First 5 Humboldt's Town Hall on Adverse Childhood Experiences where the connection between early childhood adversity, mental health struggles,...

While some of us may be thinking about St Patrick’s Day or even Easter, others are developing plans to recognize Child Abuse Prevention month in April . Communities across Northern California, including Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Lake Counties are dreaming up some amazing ways to recognize Child Abuse Prevention month - see the list below for ideas and inspiration! Are you developing plans to recognize Child Abuse prevention month? Yes? Please share! If you need ideas, check out...

Enrollment is open for Part III of the 4 Part Series: Introducing and Applying a Comprehensive Framework for Understanding Young Children’s Behavior - Thursday, February 20, 2020, Check-in at 12:30pm, Convening from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at Lake County Office of Education, 1152 South Main St., Lakeport, CA. Remote sites: Alturas, Eureka, Redding, Mt. Shasta, Ukiah and online. Prior enrollment in other sections of this series is not necessary. This session will focus on a framework that...

ACEs Connection will begin highlighting ACEs and Resilience initiatives by county. We're starting this effort off by listing the recent ACEs Aware grantees by county.

Woodland Community College event will highlight on-campus resources Sharing - Woodland Community College would like to cordially invite you, your students, and their families to our first ever Bienvenida online event ! The event will be held online on Thursday, September 24th from 12-1 P.M. (please see attachments for details). If you all are able to attend and if you would please share this information widely in our community, we would be so happy to have you and your students in...

By Carolyn Jones, September 29, 2020, Lake County Record Bee. Schools can serve as a hub for an entire community after a disaster, experts say For some students, the fire is only the beginning. The nightmares, the grief and an all-consuming dread can persist for months or even years. That’s what teachers and school employees have observed among students in California’s fire-ravaged areas, especially Sonoma and Butte counties, where deadly wildfires have struck repeatedly in recent years.

By Elizabeth Larson, Lake County News, August 29, 2021 A Lake County resident now studying at Mendocino College has been elected to a state board that will give him the opportunity to advocate for community college students. Leonardo Rodriguez of Kelseyville, who turned 20 in June, was elected on Aug. 12 to the California Community College Trustees Board as its student member for the 2021-22 academic year. Born in Mexico, Rodriguez’s family came to the United States when he was 5 years old.

To prepare for the year ahead, we have a few very special announcements we’re excited to share. First, we’d like to take a moment to acknowledge the 700+ community champions, facilitators, managers, and advocates in our COOP and Growing Resilient Communities program for your commitment.