Tagged With "Sacramento"
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Why Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work [youthtoday.org]
I am a long-time advocate for how the power of neuroscience can transform the youth-serving profession. When combined with a commitment to putting the needs of youth first and a sizable dose of courageous leadership, the insights and practical guidance provided by brain research can have remarkable results. A prominent example of the transformational application of this “secret recipe” can be found at the Sacramento County (California) Youth Detention Facility (YDF). In 2010, Sacramento...
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WORKSHOP: A Healthier, Happier You!
Mark Your Calendars and Don’t Miss Dr. Susan Biali Haas workshop; A Healthier, Happier You: Manage Stress, Prevent Burnout & Live a Resilient Life! Are you lacking work-life balance, feeling burnt out, suffering from staff turnover and need a positive boost? If this is you, then don’t miss this one-time event! The Office of Child Abuse Prevent is excited to present, a FREE full day workshop , Dr. Susan Biali Haas will share personal experiences and wisdom to get you motivated. Dr. Biali...
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Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference on 2/1/20
Please invite high school students to join the Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference on February 1, 2020 at Sacramento City College. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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6th Annual Boys & Men of Color Summit
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Could first jobs mean better futures for these teens? Mayor hopes so [sacbee.com]
Seventeen, shy and a self-described homebody, Kamryn Skeaton isn’t “college material,” she says. But a few weeks into a new city-sponsored internship at the South Natomas library, she’s starting to think about herself differently. She is a junior at Leroy Green Academy, a quirky teen who loves weightlifting, cooking and all types of mustard. Now, she is also an intern. “I didn’t know I had such a good work ethic until I had this job,” Skeaton said. “I think my grandmother, my Noni, knew all...
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Emergency Child Care for Foster Families [saccounty.net]
By Sacramento County, SacCounty News, January 9, 2020 To recruit more loving families for children in foster care, Sacramento County is making it easier to find and afford childcare services for resource families. The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program’s goal is to increase the number of resource families for children in foster care by helping families find the right child care provider, connecting families to long-term child care subsidies, and by providing vouchers to pay for childcare...
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Emergency Child Care for Foster Families [saccounty.net]
By Sacramento County, SacCounty News, January 9, 2020 To recruit more loving families for children in foster care, Sacramento County is making it easier to find and afford childcare services for resource families. The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program’s goal is to increase the number of resource families for children in foster care by helping families find the right child care provider, connecting families to long-term child care subsidies, and by providing vouchers to pay for childcare...
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PREVENTION: A key solution to reducing ACEs
Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento May 17-18, 2018 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...
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Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families
PREVENTION: a key solution to reducing ACEs. Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento, April 25-26, 2019 Building healthy families is key to reducing ACEs. Even the strongest relationships are strained during the transition to parenthood. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in marital satisfaction — all of which affect baby’s care. Not surprisingly, 67% of new parents experience conflict, disappointment and hurt...
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In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push to Get Police Out of Schools [chronicleofsocialchange.org]
By Susan Abram, The Chronicle of Social Change, January 6, 2020 As a 10th grader at Sacramento’s Luther Burbank High School, Stephanie Lopez remembers when she saw a school resource officer treat her brother like a criminal. Her brother had bumped into the officer and apologized, Lopez said. But the officer proceeded to question him and asked him for his ID. “It was all new to me,” said Lopez, now 17 and a senior, of the aggressive approach the officer used with her brother. “When I was...
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6th Annual Boys & Men of Color Summit: October 31
Don't miss the 6th Annual Boys and Men of Color Summit! Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:00 AM -4:30 PM , located at California State University, Sacramento (Ballroom). Please see flyer below for more details. You can register youth here: https://goo.gl/VPZK4w For additional information on the Boys and Men of Color Summit, please contact Kim Williams, BHC Sacramento HUB Director, at kim@sacbhc.org
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Alternative to Violence Project Training offered at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento
Solving conflict . . . peacefully! Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Sacramento Training Schedule Level I January 15-17, 2016 Level II February 19-21, 2016 Level III March 11-13, 2016 WHAT is AVP? an experiential program with creative and fun exercises helps us better understand how to resolve conflict situations in a more positive, productive manner helps us turn our conflicts into opportunities for growth A series of three...
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APA Sacramento Valley Speaker Series: Making Communities Stronger Through Housing Affordability – Focus on ADUs
DATE: Friday, September 27 TIME: 8.30-10.30am LOCATION: West Sacramento Community Center 1075 West Capitol Ave, West Sacramento Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are an innovative, affordable, and effective option for adding much-needed housing in California. How can communities encourage the development of ADUs? The American Institute of Architects California has developed a website to assist homeowners. Come learn about the new website, discuss real life challenges, and discover how local...
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Capital Learning Convening: Engaging the Youth on 4/7
DATE: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 TIME: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm in Sacramento Youth involvement can benefit organizations and their programs as well as the youth themselves. Programs that are developed in partnership with youth are more likely to be effective at engaging the population and, therefore, to have a greater impact. The Learning Community will discuss types of youth participation, successful youth engagement programs, and tips and tools to effectively engaged youth. ...
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Resilient Sacramento Joined by Local and State Representatives to Discuss Addressing ACEs in Our Community
For our October 2017 meeting, we had the honor of hosting two guests: California State Assemblymember McCarty and Sacramento County Supervisor Serna. Assemblymember McCarty and Supervisor Serna are both allies of ACEs work. They joined our Resilient Sacramento meeting to share their ACEs-related efforts and to learn from the expertise of our community partners. We, Resilient Sacramento, had several primary goals for the meeting. First, we wanted to give our partners an opportunity to share...
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Sacramento Community Profile
Please see attached for the community profile foe Sacramento from the 4CA Legislative Action Day 7/11/17.
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Save the Date: July 11, 4CA Policymaker Education Day in Sacramento
Save the Date: Tuesday, July 11 4CA Policymaker Education Day on Childhood Adversity, Sacramento The California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) invites you to Sacramento for Policymaker Education Day. Our lawmakers need to hear from you about how adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma affect your community and what they can do to help. Join with allies from across California to engage your elected officials on this important issue. Who: 4CA Policymaker Education Day...
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Seniors on the Streets: Growing Number of Older People in Sacramento are Experiencing Homelessness [abc10.com]
By Mike Duffy, ABC 10, February 5, 2020 There is a growing problem on the streets of California, and it could be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country. Seniors are increasingly finding themselves homeless, priced out of highly competitive housing and rental markets. After working for years, many are living on fixed incomes that simply cannot compete with the rise in the cost of living. Without adequate familial and community support, some of these individuals are finding...
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SMYVP at Sacramento State Multicultural Education Conference - 2016
Daniel Cisneros, Administrator of the Sacramento Minority Youth Violence Prevention Collective at the Health Education Council presented a workshop at the 22nd Annual Multicultural Education Conference at Sacramento State. The presentation included a detailed presentation on the ACES Study, trauma and the impact on minority youth of color. There were over 40 participants in the training, with standing and sitting room only. The training also outlined other situations that are traumatic and...
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Speaking and training services from a first-hand, tenaciously resilient experience
My name is Rebekah Couch and I am a former teen mother of five children, the youngest child being my only clean & sober pregnancy allowed to remain in my care. I am a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and was afflicted with untreated mental health issues as an adolescent. My destructive journey began with self-medicating and illegal activities in Jr. High and a daily cocaine addiction by the age of fifteen that eventually advanced to methamphetamine abuse. My addiction and criminal...
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Statute of limitations on sexual assault limits justice (Sacramento Bee)
California’s rape and sexual battery laws have a 10-year statute of limitations, and minors have until they are 28 to report the assaults. That time is ridiculously short. The statute of limitations on sexual assaults should be eliminated. BY LACEY WAYMIRE, Special to The Bee Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article58256338.html#storylink=cpy
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12th annual human trafficking conference
Hosted by My Sister's House, the conference; "Human Trafficking in Businesses" will be on January 17, 2020 at California State University, Sacramento. This conference is open to law enforcement, victim advocates, services providers, educators, community leaders, and concerned citizens. Registration is now available and I encourage everyone to register and attend! General registration: $45 Student Registration: $20 Register Here: https://humantraffickinginbusinesses.bpt.me Early registration...
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May Community Meeting for Sacramento ACEs Connection
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Re: 12th annual human trafficking conference
Hi Kathryn, Do you know anything about this. There’s no outline of content anywhere. If it’s good, it may be something the region would like to send people to. I’m thinking I’ll attend as well; there is no CSEC/trafficking training that the agency has at this point. Becky
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Re: 12th annual human trafficking conference
Thanks Bonnie for posting this information. It will be helpful to many. Wendie
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Re: Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families
Thanks Carolyn On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 5:57 PM ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:
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Re: Why Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work [youthtoday.org]
This is a great article! Is this the work that Shaunda presented about (unfortunately I missed her presentation). Go Sac Co - a model to be highlighted!
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'A travesty.' Sacramento mayor, City Council blasted for tax spending plan for police [sacbee.com]
By Theresa Clift, The Sacramento Bee, June 16, 2020 The leader of a citizen commission tasked with helping the Sacramento City Council decide how to spend tens of millions of dollars in new sales tax money is claiming the commission has been excluded from the process. And she wants nearly $50 million in tax dollars headed to the police department budget to be shifted instead toward economic development, affordable housing and homelessness initiatives. Flojaune Cofer, chairwoman of the...
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Greater Sacramento Community Network Information Session on 10/23
Information session at 9:00AM on Friday, October 23rd Want to know more about the Greater Sacramento Community Network ? Increase the health and well-being of their clients/patients by facilitating connections with network partners. Collaborate with other organizations serving the same clients to ensure those clients’ needs are met. Save staff time by making the referral and follow-up processes more efficient. Demonstrate impact by tracking the referrals and outcomes of services delivered.
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Re: Greater Sacramento Community Network Information Session on 10/23
Can these meetings be specified somewhere in the description as to whether they are for those already in-network vs those interested in joining the network? I put a meeting on my calendar last week and when I attended, it happened to be an intro session and we are already in-network. Thank you.
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Alternatives to 911 for Mental Health Response
The County of Sacramento is seeking community input on alternatives to calling 911 in a behavioral health crisis. Behavioral Health Services is hosting two virtual community engagement sessions via Zoom for Alternatives to 911 for Mental Health Response per Supervisor Kennedy’s guidance directing staff to propose alternatives. Our intent is to be inclusive. Here is the link for details: https://dhs.saccounty.net/BHS/Pages/Alternatives-to-911.aspx Register for the event today from 12-2pm...
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Re: Alternatives to 911 for Mental Health Response
I don't know. MH First is a local group in Sacramento that has been providing services for mental health crises on the weekends. It is an all volunteer group. So we (Decarcerate Sacramento and our allies) have been pushing for the city and board of supervisors to fund this program. Both the county and city have looked at CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon as a model, but we continue to push that we have folks doing this work right here in our community and we should try to build from what they have...
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Re: Alternatives to 911 for Mental Health Response
Robyn have they looked at the program that has been set up in Modesto to meet mental health crisis? I know it has been very successful. Wendie
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Help Spread the Word to Our Residents
Harder+Company Community Research is currently working with four hospital systems in the Sacramento region - Sutter Health, Dignity Health, UC Davis Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente - on a landscape assessment of trauma-informed approaches. The goal of the assessment is to hear directly from providers and residents on opportunities to further efforts to create trauma-informed and healing-centered communities in the Greater Sacramento area. This is where Resilient Sacramento Community...
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You are invited- Healing Network Recognition and Restoration workshop
Trauma-transformed is hosting a series of virtual sessions for supporting and promoting Healing Networks in the Monterey/San Benito; Sacramento; and San Bernardino/Riverside/Inland Empire regions. The sessions are open to those who support the community in the focus regions and are designed to recognize, reclaim, and lift up our inherent and collective blessings and resilience. The first session “Recognition and Restoration” is being held on March 25 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm for those in the...
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Youth Detention Facility finds culture of kindness more effective than punishment
A corner of the Multi-Sensory De-escalation Room, All MSDR photos courtesy of Valerie Clark When a young person enters the de-escalation room in the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility , they’ll find dimmed lights, bottles of lavender, orange and other essential oils, an audio menu featuring the rush of ocean waves and other calming sounds, along with squeeze balls, TheraPutty, jigsaw puzzles, and an exercise ball to bounce on. TheraPutty, squeeze balls and more Sometimes, with a...