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A new K2A has been developed that covers the need to build “Wellness Systems” throughout continued prevention efforts. The Social Policy Institute's Child Welfare/Wellness Systems team has been involved with Ventura County as well as San Diego County for several years on a journey that has contributed to both counties reimagining their Child Welfare Services work. Read the full K2A here for more. Attached, please find the Knowledge to Action two-pager.

Our speaker for the August PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities meeting will share ways of building community connections we may not have thought of before – starting with trust in the earliest and most important relationships – as well as some challenging news, exciting resources, and timely inspiration. Cooperative of Communities members and members of their communities are invited to join us tomorrow, August 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. PT, Noon CT, and 1 p.m. ET when we welcome Deborah...

Sesame Place San Diego’s free admission for kids begins © Provided by KSWB-TV San Diego To read more of Domenick Candelieri's article, please click here, Sesame Place San Diego’s free admission for kids begins (msn.com) CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Children can now splash it up for free at Sesame Place San Diego in a limited-time deal. The free admission, which started Tuesday and goes through Oct. 29, is valid for kids ages 3 to 9 when accompanied by an adult with a paid ticket, Sesame Place San...

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals across 15 specialties and 21 procedures and conditions. © Shutterstock To read more of Kristina Houck's article, please click here, These San Diego Hospitals Are Among Best In Nation: U.S. News (msn.com) SAN DIEGO, CA — Several hospitals in San Diego County are among the best hospitals in the country, according to Best Hospitals rankings from U.S. News & World Report. The 34th edition of the rankings recognizes the top 484 regional hospitals,...

Photo: Shutterstock To read more of Bill Browning's article, please click here . When Amy Vance and Martha Martin checked out nearly all of the books from the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library, they had a nefarious plan. The incompetent duo emailed the administrator that they would not return the “inappropriate” books. The duo thought they had the upper hand with the plan to hold the books hostage , but instead, their plan backfired spectacularly. They inadvertently...

Apart from San Diego, Parris Island is the only other marine recruiting depot in the US. Photograph: Stephen B Morton/AP To read more of the Associated Press article, please click here, Missing California teen found inside Marine Corps barracks in San Diego | California | The Guardian Two weeks after a 14-year-old girl’s grandmother reported that she had run away in early June, the teenager was found in an unusual location: inside the barracks at a California Marine Corps base north of San...

To read more of Chuck Westerheide's article, please click here. The County of San Diego today released a report on June 28th that highlights data related to gun violence in San Diego County and outlines recommendations to reduce this violence. The Gun Violence Community Needs Assessment Final Report, authored by Health Assessment and Research for Communities (HARC), includes findings from more than 18 months of work with community and government leaders. As stated in the report, between...

Cars approach the San Ysidro Port of Entry from Tijuana, May 18, 2023. (Zoë Meyers/inewsource) To read more of Sofía Mejías-Pascoe 's article, please click here. Authorities seized nearly 3,000 pounds of fentanyl in San Diego County between March and May, marking a 300% increase from the same time last year in an “unprecedented two-month fentanyl-enforcement surge” along the southwest border, officials announced last month. That means San Diego County, called an “epicenter” for fentanyl...

July is a time to celebrate all summer has to offer by building bridges and innovating with community to get to the heart of trauma-informed awareness and resilience building. This month, we’ve added new July dates to the summer 2023 *CRC* curriculum—but that’s only half of the good news. Last year, the CRC began as a pilot program. Now that it's evolved, what better time to bring accelerator participants together in a PACEs Connection CRC community than the summer? We are proud to announce...

City announces opening of first safe sleeping lot for homeless © Provided by KSWB-TV San Diego To read more of Sir Milo Loftin's article, please click here. The opening of San Diego’s first homeless sleeping site was announced Wednesday as part of the city’s new Safe Sleeping Program. Located at the city’s Central Operation Yard at B Street and 20th Street, the site will open Thursday and will have capacity for up to 136 tents. City leaders held a news conference Wednesday morning to...

To read more of Fernanda Lopez Halvorson article, please click here. A County-led partnership has been awarded nearly $17 million in State funds to help people experiencing homelessness along the San Diego riverbed into more permanent housing and connect them with much-needed services. The money, awarded to the County’s Department of Homeless Solutions & Equitable Communities, will help an estimated 300 people experiencing homelessness living along the San Diego riverbed. It will pay for...

To read more of the SOURCE article, please click here. Local Native Americans are about to complete the longest indigenous prayer run in U.S. history. “Run with the Sun” is the brainchild of Lakeside resident Bobby Wallace, a member of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, in hopes of protecting waters across America. “It’s been awesome making changes in people’s minds about water everywhere,” Wallace told East County Magazine in an interview. “We started running, traveling with the water over...