Tagged With "Jobs for Teens"
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The Developing Brain & Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Thanks to an explosion in scientific research now possible with imaging technologies, such as fMRI and SPECT, experts can actually see how the brain develops. This helps explain why exposure to adverse childhood experiences can so deeply influence and change a child's brain and thus their physical and emotional health and quality of life across their lifetime. The above time-lapse study was conducted over 10 years. The darker colors represent brain maturity (brain development). I have added...
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The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California
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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The Righteous Anger of the Parkland Shooting’s Teen Survivors [theatlantic.com]
Something was different about the mass shooting this week in Parkland, Florida, in which 14 students and three adults were killed. It was not only the death toll. The mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High became the deadliest high-school shooting in American history ( edging out Columbine, which killed 13 in 1999). What made Parkland different were the people who stepped forward to describe it. High-school students—the survivors of the calamity themselves—became the voice of the...
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Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health by Mental Health America
To view the document, click on the following link: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health
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Trauma Sensitivity at the Sacramento Library Made National News
“I would notice how popular teen books on these topics were, but how rare actual questions about them from teen library patrons were,” Azevedo said. “Most of the topics would be embarrassing to ask about, but some of them could...
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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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County Health Rankings & Roadmaps [countyhealthrankings.org]
The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work, and play. They provide a starting point for change in communities. There are a bunch of tools on this page, so please check it out! I have attached the ranking for Sacramento County to this post. To learn more, go to http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/
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Crocker Art Museum's Sutter Teen Waived Admission Program
Crocker Art Museum, with the help of a grant from Sutter Health Valley Operating Unit Community Benefits, has established The Sutter Teen Waived Admission Program. The program grants free Museum admission to teens living in Sacramento’s underserved communities. The intent of the Sutter Teen Waived Admission Program is to create greater access to the Museum and to art education experiences that can inspire and encourage youth who are facing adverse childhood experiences. “Our students, for...
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CSSP: On resilience building
The Center for the Study of Social Policy is doing some amazing work on defining and building capacity for resilience in communities. I've attached their Protective Factors framework as a resource for our group.
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Dating Matters® Initiative
Check out their video at :https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ti7VvTOy9sM
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For California Firefighters, How 'Mindfulness' Can Ease the Deadly Stress of Their Jobs [sacbee.com]
By Cathie Anderson, The Sacramento Bee, November 12, 2019 About three and a half years ago, paramedic Susan Farren underwent major surgery for kidney cancer, and as she lay in the recovery room, one of her doctors told her that he had treated quite a few first responders with organ cancers. The comment stuck with her. “I went home and started researching it after getting out of the hospital,” Farren said, “and for the next year and a half, that’s what I did every single day. I researched...
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Mobile Clinic Treats Homeless Youth, Often For First Time
Some of the 400 patients who visit the teen health van each year have never seen a doctor. Great sounding program in San Jose - something like this for Sacramento? Listen to the KQED article HERE
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Mobile Health Clinic Services in Sacramento
Turns out, the San Juan Unified School District here in Sacramento is served by a mobile health van, called Health on Wheels (HOW) Van, part of a Wellness Without Walls initiative of Elica Health Centers. Elica's goal is to provide medical services to hard to reach populations, and provides these services to MediCal clients, as well as to uninsured patients at no cost.
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Mutual Housing Federal Work Study Job Opportunity
Hello Community Partners, Mutual Housing California is looking to fulfill some federal work study positions for our communities in the Sacramento area. If you know of potential students that attend California State University Sacramento (CSUS) and is eligible to receive federal work study, please direct their resume over to me: george@mutualhousing.com Please see attached the job description…. Thank you. George Xiong Resident Programs Manager Mutual Housing California Building Communities...
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New ACEs data on Kidsdata.org
On behalf of California Essentials for Childhood, I am very excited to announce the release of a new Child Adversity and Resilience data topic on Kidsdata.org! This has been a collaborative effort between the CA Essentials for Childhood Initiative's Shared Data and Outcomes Work Group and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. I represent ACEs Connection Network on Essentials and am the co-chair of the Shared Data & Outcomes Work Group so I couldn't be more thrilled about...
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Overview of the 2016 Project on Behavioral Health Services For Children and Youth in California [dhcs.ca.gov]
Thank you to Jane Adcock and Arden Tucker from the California Behavioral Health Planning Council (CBHPC) for attending our Resilient Sacramento meeting and for providing information on the Overview of the 2016 Project on Behavioral Health Services For Children and Youth in California. To access the report, click here .
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Policing the Teen Brain: A Training by Strategies for Youth
Register for this important, and FREE training, but hurry, the training dates are coming up in just two weeks. See flyer below; also attached.
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Funding opportunities for programming focused on healing ACEs
Funding opportunities for programming focused on healing ACEs
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Measure U-Funded "Pop-Up" Program Strives to Lessen Teen Violence With Safe Spaces, Job Opportunities [capradio.org]
By Sammy Caiola, CapRadio, February 12, 2020 A repurposed elementary school in South Sacramento served as a hang-out space for dozens of middle and high schoolers on Saturday morning. They danced, checked in with neighborhood leaders and played life-sized table games such as Jenga and Connect Four. Around the room, nonprofit groups and private employers sat at tables to discuss job opportunities. These “community pop-ups”, as organizers call them, offer low-income teens a place to spend time...
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ANOTHER CHOICE, ANOTHER CHANCE ANNOUNCING AUDITIONS FOR “TRIGGER”
Another Choice, Another Chance announces auditions for the play “TRIGGER” written and directed by DeAngelo Mack and cast. The cast of 8 is comprised of 4 female teen/young adults, 3 male teen/young adults and 1 adult male THE PLAY TRIGGER will touch on the historical and generation trauma that young people of color face while growing up in unserved and underserved communities. It will address the link between adverse childhood experiences and chronic health and social disparities that we all...
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Sacramento Native American Health Center Presentation by Jeanine Gaines (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
On June 11th, Jeanine Gaines from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation presented to the Resilient Sacramento ACEs Connection meeting discussing the intersection of ACEs and historical trauma of first nation people. My intention was to upload the information for everyone to review right away but I found myself so emotionally moved that it took a full moon meditation to be able to free my feelings and write about my experience during and after the presentation. I consider myself well read concerning...
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Self-Healing Communities [RWJF.org]
A comprehensive model of building community capacity in Washington helped make dramatic reductions in rates of health issues and social problems. The Issue In the early 1990’s, Washington state set up a program to tackle issues like domestic violence, school dropouts, youth substance abuse, and others that impact families and children. These are issues that typically had been addressed separately, but the team in Washington focused on addressing them collectively. Key Findings Over 10 to 15...
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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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Re: 03.13.2018 Introduction to Best Practices
The related tools have also been uploaded and are also attached here.
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Re: Resources in Sacramento County
Good afternoon - super exciting task! I missed the last meeting, are minutes available? Just want some clarification on what types of resources and information you need! I have tons, and a compiled list of links... and would love to share! I look forward to contributing! Peace, Crystal
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 3:00pm: When Drinking Causes Secondhand Harm to Others – Secondhand Drinking -- It's a Problem
Greetings! We would like to invite you to our next presentation on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at 3:00pm. When Drinking Causes Secondhand Harm to Others – Secondhand Drinking -- It's a Problem Lisa Frederickson, https://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/ , will share current research explaining how the brain wires, maps and develops and the "inputs" that can dramatically change those processes and thus a child/teen/adult's life. These inputs include alcohol or other drug use disorders, ACEs,...
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Knowing the Health Needs of the Sacramento Region: Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
Today I was on a ACEs Connection Community Manager development meeting with Karen Clemmer, ACEs Connection Staff. One of the items for discussion was knowing how ACEs and Resilience align with the community health needs assessments (CHNA), developed every three years by health care organization and required by the federal government. Have you every seen a Community Health Needs Assessment? They are a wealth of information. In Sacramento County Dignity Health, Sutter Health and UCD have...
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Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention
Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is excited to share A Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention with the ACEs Connection community. The Road Map , a policy paper supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, draws upon our work at FUTURES as well as research and study on best practices for preventing violence. It presents four evidenced-based prevention and intervention strategies to prevent and end domestic violence in California:...
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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...
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Job position: CACP Coordinator with Yolo County Children's Alliance
See attached job description.