Tagged With "Santa Barbara"
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$2.1 Million Secured to Pair Cops with Mental-Health Workers
New Grant Will Allow County to Fund Two New Co-Response Teams By Nick Welsh Wed Oct 02, 2019 The County of Santa Barbara just secured a $2.1 million grant to fund two new “co-response” teams in addition to the one that’s been operating for the past year. Co-response is the term used when law enforcement officers and mental-health case workers go out on patrol together, and the new grant will provide two Sheriff’s Office deputies with 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Training — designed to...
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2018 Santa Barbara County Youth Impact Awards
Each year, KIDS Network celebrates the contributions of young people in Santa Barbara County by honoring individuals or groups who have made a significant positive impact in our community . The spirit of the Youth Impact Awards is to recognize youth who are outstanding because they have taken initiative to address and/or overcome adversity and have made a difference in the lives of others. Nominees may be recognized for demonstrating leadership while facing adversity in their own lives; or...
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As the Thomas fire burns, Santa Barbara County alerts go bilingual (latimes.com)
As the Thomas fire raged across Ventura County, neighboring Santa Barbara County took to its English language social media accounts targeting its Latino audience to keep them informed on el incendio . Over the last year, through disaster and crisis, the official county accounts have morphed into a mix of Spanish and English Facebook posts and tweets, said Gina DePinto, the county's communications manager. "We're really moving toward an effort to support our Spanish-speaking audience with...
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Lecture and Book Signing! Nadine Burke Harris, M.D. Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (FREE - Monday, April 16th)
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a pioneering physician who delivers targeted care to vulnerable children. Her groundbreaking research shows how childhood adversity such as abuse, neglect and even divorce can change our biological systems – from stress responses and growth rates to diabetes, heart disease and more – and that these changes can last a lifetime. Burke Harris will reveal not only how deeply our bodies can be imprinted, but also what we can do to break the cycle. Presented in...
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Bridges to Resilience 2019 Registration is LIVE!
Registration for the 4th Annual Santa Barbara County Bridges to Resilience Conference is now live and can be accessed via our beautiful new website! This conference is for anyone who works with children, youth, and families; has an interest in the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences; and has the goal of building a resilient and resourceful Santa Barbara County. Check out the details at https://www.bridgestoresilience.com/ Hope to see you there!
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Bridges to Resilience: Building a Trauma-Informed and Resiliency-Focused Community
Santa Barbara County Children’s System of Care presents the Bridges to Resilience conference. The conference is for anyone who works with children, youth and families, has an interest in the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and has the goal of building a resilient and resourceful community. Educators, early care providers, social workers, probation officers, law enforcement, health and mental health professionals, resource families, and community partners will have the...
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Bridges to Resilience: Santa Barbara and Sonoma County Share the Passion
On October 16, I joined in Santa Barbara's Second Annual Bridges to Resilience Conference . Surrounded by "our people" or 300+ folks like us who care deeply about ending childhood adversity, I basked in the waves of passion passing back and forth between presenters, participants, and organizers. With the fires raging in our community at the same time, it was hard for me to consider leaving my post at one of the shelters to participate in this event. However, I convinced myself attending this...
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Building Bridges to Resilience in Santa Barbara County
The full moon was setting and the sun was rising as organizers from KIDS Network, Children & Family Resource Services, Casa Pacifica, and the Department of Behavioral Wellness began setting up the 2019 BRIDGES TO RESILIENCE Conference on October 14 th at the beautiful Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The stately halls and ballrooms were a flurry of activity as staff prepared to receive over 350 community members who work with children, youth and families in Santa Barbara County.
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Carpinteria ACEs and Resilience Project Takes Off
A recent celebration of community in Carpinteria, CA featured an inspiring speech by the Executive Director of the Carpinteria Children's Project, Maria Chesley, PhD. Maria and Dr. Peggy Dodds from the Carpinteria Health Care Clinic have been instrumental in launching a pilot project that began screening for ACEs in February. The Carpinteria Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience Project (CARP) marks a significantly expanded integration of formal care across organizations. A...
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Casa Pacifica-Santa Barbara County
Casa Pacifica's mission is to provide hope and help for abused, neglected or at-risk children and their families. This mission fits with Resilient Santa Barbara County by working to reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma. The vision of Casa Pacifica is that we will lead the services sector in promoting healthy outcomes for children and in strengthening families. The ACES Connection is about understanding how adverse childhood experiences effect not just psychological health, but...
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Children and Family Resource Services
Children and Family Resource Services is a young 501(3)(c) formed in partnership with Santa Barbara County Education Office. While the nonprofit is young, our multiple programs have been operating for many years, providing comprehensive programs to support the health and resilience of the children and families in Santa Barbara County. Our vision is Healthy and Resilient Children and Families. Our mission is to provide high quality, family-focused, strength-based services to build resilient...
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COMMUNITY PARTNER AGREEMENT: Resilient Santa Barbara County and Community Partners
Resilient Santa Barbara County is a countywide network dedicated to preventing and reducing the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Santa Barbara County. We educate, exchange ideas, share opportunities and work collectively to transform lives through practical and community- centered solutions. Community Partners are organizations that are committed to building their own capacity for being ACEs-informed, trauma-responsive and resiliency –focused, while also contributing their...
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CSAC (CA State Assoc. for Counties) Seeks County Best Practices for Annual Challenge Awards
The Call for Entries is now open for the 2018 CSAC Challenge Awards, which spotlight California Counties’ most innovative programs. These unique awards recognize the creative and committed spirit of our California Counties as they find new, cost-effective ways to provide programs and services to residents. Program Categories Administration of Justice & Public Safety – Includes programs associated with local law enforcement and public safety, adult and juvenile detention, and probation.
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Emergency Preparedness: When It Comes to Evacuations, Be Ready Before Disaster Strikes (noozhawk.com)
Key issues include getting emergency alerts, knowing evacuation routes, and having shelter and communication plans Evacuations are common for wildfires in Santa Barbara County and elsewhere, but the last two months have been unprecedented in terms of the size and length of mandatory evacuation zones for the Thomas Fire and Montecito mud and debris flows. FEMA’s ready.gov , Southern California’s Ready! Set! Go! program and Santa Barbara County’s Aware & Prepare initiative all have one...
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Face masks to be distributed again in SB County Wednesday (ksby.com)
More masks will be distributed Wednesday in Santa Barbara County as air quality in some areas of the county due to the Thomas Fire remain at "unhealthy" levels. N95 masks will be available at the following locations: • Goleta Costco, 7095 Market Place Dr., from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. • Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave., from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. • Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Dr., from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Franklin Community Center, 1136 East Montecito St. in Santa...
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Health Matters: Special Edition [April 2019]
Please see the attached document to read the full newsletter.
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Here's How To Prevent The Next School Shooting, Experts Say (npr.org)
On the Friday after the deadly shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Matthew Mayer, a professor at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, got an email during a faculty meeting. The email was from Shane Jimerson, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Both specialize in the study of school violence. That email led to nearly two weeks of long days, Mayer says, for some of the leading experts in the field. On conference calls and in Google docs...
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Home for Good comes to Santa Barbara County (keyt.com)
It’s a New Year and a new life for Gigi Schneider, one of six people chosen in 2017 to move into El Carrillo, the only apartment complex in Santa Barbara exclusively serving a formerly homeless clientele. Schneider is one of only 123 homeless people in Santa Barbara County who were placed in permanent housing in 2017 by county and city housing authorities and Peoples’ Self-Help Housing, a nonprofit group. That’s out of a total homeless population of 1,860, or about 1 out of every 15. The...
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Hospice of Santa Barbara Steps Up Intake and Counselors (independent.com)
Grief and Stress Still Very Much Present, Weeks After Disaster To respond to the emotional fallout sparked by this winter’s onslaught of fire, mud, and boulders, Hospice of Santa Barbara had to double its number of intake workers — from one to two — and bring on four more bereavement counselors. Among mental-health responders, that was just the tip of a very large iceberg. Hundreds of mental-health responders — some licensed clinicians and others trained in the mental-health equivalent of...
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Isla Vista Youth Projects & Family Service Agency in the Media: Adjusting Amid COVID-19
Linked here is an article by Cynder Sinclair, Noozhawk Columnist, sharing how local nonprofits are adjusting and continuing to service their community amid coronavirus. Featured in the article are two of Resilient Santa Barbara County's very own community partner organizations: Isla Vista Youth Projects and the Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County. The piece features an interview with Lori Goodman, Executive Director of Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) on how they have remained...
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KIDS Network Joins Forces with Leading from Within
On June 6, 2018, over 60 people gathered in mid-Santa Barbara County for a special convening of the KIDS Network. The meeting was advertised among stakeholders as the unveiling of the 2017 Children's Scorecard and the launch of the Santa Barbara County ACEs Connection. After receiving an overview of the Children's Scorecard, participants were invited to discuss the three objectives previously identified by stakeholders who met with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris in April. These were support for...
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Mapping the System to Address Childhood Adversity
The Santa Barbara ACEs Connection Steering Committee met for the second time on August 10, 2018 to continue contemplating and exploring the countywide vision for growing a resilient community. The committee refined its guiding principles and spent the majority of the meeting time engaged in three systems mapping activities designed to tap into each person's unique viewpoint and perspective. These activities provided an opportunity to build trust, create a safe space, embrace trial and error...
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Montecito Mudflow Refugees Encouraged to Register Themselves ‘Safe and Well’ (independent.com)
The Red Cross shelter, set up at Santa Barbara City College, has been encouraging mud-flow refugees to register themselves at its “Safe and Well” program to let friends and family know they are okay. Online, the resource is at redcross.org , under first the Get Help and then the Contact & Locate Loved Ones buttons (after that, scroll down to After a Disaster). People can also call (805) 681-5542 either to list themselves as safe and well or to find someone who many have registered...
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New documentary focuses on trauma faced by first-responders (sandiegouniontribune.com)
“Keeping the Peace,” a new documentary that recently premiered at the University of San Diego, brings to light the trauma often faced by first responders and encourages police officers, firefighters and others in the field to seek counseling when dealing with emotional issues. They’ve lost colleagues to suicide, had people die in their arms, seen horrifying injuries and had to tell family members about a loved one’s death. It takes a toll on law enforcement officers, firefighters and other...
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New organization calls all pediatricians to end crisis that's "hiding in plain sight"
Karissa Luckett at Clinica de la Raza, Oakland, California (Photo/Laurie Udesky) ______________________________________________ When the question of screening patients for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) was first raised a couple of years ago, Santa Barbara pediatrician Andria Ruth had mixed feelings about it. Dr. Andria Ruth “We know our patients have a lot of these [ACEs] experiences,” said Ruth, who works for the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC), a network of four medical...
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New organization calls all pediatricians to end crisis that's "hiding in plain sight"
When the question of screening patients for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) was first raised a couple of years ago, Santa Barbara pediatrician Andria Ruth had mixed feelings about it.
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Opioid Epidemic in Santa Barbara County Landing More Kids in Foster Care [keyt.com]
By Nathalie Vera, KEYT, December 11, 2019 In Santa Barbara County, 80 percent of children in the foster care system are there because of the drug epidemic, including opioids. “When parents become addicted, the kids are the ones that are paying the price," said Kim Colby Davis, executive director at CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Santa Barbara County. “More and more frequently we're seeing heroine, and we're seeing the opioid addictions.” CASA volunteers help the courts decide on...
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Registration Open for 3rd Annual Bridges to Resilience Conference
The Bridges to Resilience Conference will take place on October 11, 2018 from 8am-5pm. This is the third annual conference, to be held at the Santa Ynez Valley Marriott in Buellton. The conference has fueled a growing awareness across service sectors about the impact of childhood adversity and the importance of working collaboratively to support the health and wellbeing of children and youth in our community. Presentations and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to deepen...
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Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Approves Resolution on ACEs
On April 2, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution recognizing April as ACEs Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month. Here’s what that means and why it’s important. Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are traumatic experiences that occur early in life, including child abuse (physical, emotional, or sexual), child neglect (physical and emotional), and household dysfunction (exposure to domestic violence, substance abuse, untreated mental...
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Santa Barbara County Data Dashboard: Child Adversity and Well-Being
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 Santa Barbara 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...
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Santa Barbara County gets Nearly $6M for Jail Diversion Program [independent.com]
By Delaney Smith, Santa Barbara Independent, February 5, 2020 As part of Santa Barbara County’s overhaul of its criminal justice system, the Board of Supervisors accepted a nearly $6 million grant Tuesday to fund a treatment program for minor offenders suffering from drug addiction or mental illness in an effort to divert them from jail. “Basically what it means is we are taking the most vulnerable individuals who suffer from substance-abuse and mental-health issues — who often end up in our...
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Santa Barbara County Probation Department
The Santa Barbara County Probation Department is excited to join a team of trauma informed community partners dedicated to resiliency and collaboration. In our commitment to improve the ways in which we serve our youth and families, we recently implemented the Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT). The PACT screens for ACEs in addition to assessing a youth’s risk to reoffend and criminogenic needs. This, along with training around the latest research on the adolescent brain and ACEs...
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Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
The Mission of the Public Health Department (PHD) is: To improve the health of our communities by preventing disease, promoting wellness and health equity, while ensuring access to needed health care, and maintaining a safe and healthy environment. Our Vision is: Healthy people, healthy community, healthy environment. In our efforts to make our vision a reality and achieve our mission, the PHD recognizes the significance and impact trauma, adversity, and resilience has on health outcomes. As...
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Santa Barbara County taking steps to reduce juvenile incarceration (santamariatimes.com)
A snapshot of 597 juveniles placed under probation supervision in Santa Barbara County in 2017 shows 53 were incarcerated in juvenile hall, a number 38 percent higher than the average in nearby counties. The reason, according to Probation Department officials, is that the county uses fewer alternatives to incarceration for low-level offenders than comparable counties like San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz and Ventura. Incarcerating misdemeanor offenders, and exposing them to serious,...
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Santa Barbara County Trauma and Resilience Network One Pager
Attached find a 2018 version of Santa Barbara County community profile detailing information about your community ACEs initiative. This will be shared with CA legislators at the Trauma-Informed Policymaker Awareness Day on May 22nd in Sacramento. I attach it here as a PDF ready to print and share! I also have uploaded into 'Resources for Downloading' the same PDF, and an editable Word document so that you can update or otherwise improve it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach...
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Santa Barbara Leaders Inspired by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
A group of 40 community leaders representing a wide variety of service sectors came together on April 16, 2018 to meet with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a pioneering physician who delivers targeted care to vulnerable children who have been affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences. Each participant received a copy of Dr. Burke Harris' book, "The Deepest Well" to prepare them for the discussion about what might be possible for Santa Barbara County. Dr. Burke Harris inspired those who attended to...
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Santa Barbara Parent Partners speak at 2/27/20 SoCal Learning Community
Thank you to all those who joined us on Thursday February 27, 2020 for the third of our 4-part SoCal Learning Community series: Re-visioning Prevention: Exploring Systems Innovation and Best Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Visit this link to access the recording, resources and materials, https://conta.cc/2TFqmdR Shawndi Johnson, Dads Matter Program Manager, shared with us the critical importance of engaging fathers in the process of sharing services, family healing,...
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Santa Maria youth ask for more mental health services (ksby.com)
Youth leaders in Santa Maria are calling for more mental health services for themselves and their families. In October, some Santa Maria students ran a "Youth-Led Town Hall" to discuss ways to reduce youth violence. The meeting was in response to the Santa Maria Mayor's Task Force on Youth Safety. Nearly a month and a half later, the data collected from the nearly 100 students at the meeting has been compiled. At a December 4 press conference organized by C.A.U.S.E., data released showed...
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Santa Ynez Valley School Districts All Staff Day
Over 200 teachers, staff members, school psychologists, principals, and superintendents from eight school districts within the Santa Ynez Valley came together on October 9th for the 8th Annual All-Valley Schools Conference. The theme for this year's conference was Resilience, and the day started with a screening of the documentary film by KPJR Productions, RESILIENCE: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope. A panel discussion followed the film and panelists shared their personal and...
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Save-the-Date: 4th Annual Bridges to Resilience Conference
Bridges to Resilience is a conference for anyone who works with children, youth and families, has an interest in the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and has the goal of building a resilient and resourceful Santa Barbara County. This conference provides an opportunity to build capacity for higher levels of collaboration by giving educators, early care providers, social workers, probation officers, law enforcement, health and mental health professionals, resource families,...
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SB ACEs Steering Committee Completes Phase One
The Santa Barbara ACEs Connection Steering Committee met on August 24th to put the finishing touches on the draft purpose, principles and objectives that will be presented at the September meeting of the KIDS Network . This was the third and final meeting of phase one, where the group set out to build a solid foundation of trust-based relationships and inclusivity. Phase one was devoted to contemplation, exploration and high-level design - digging into the complexity of ACEs and resilience...
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SB ACEs Steering Committee Sparks Gratitude and Connection
The Santa Barbara County ACEs Connection Steering Committee brought its work to the larger SB ACEs community at the KIDS Network meeting on September 5th. Participants connected with one another through a brief storytelling exercise before hearing a report on the learning process and outcomes of the committee's Phase 1 efforts. Those in attendance had the opportunity to grapple with one of the mapping exercises undertaken by Steering Committee members in previous months. They were also...
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SB County Seeks To Improve Disaster Preparedness (dailynexus.com)
In the wake of the Jan. 9 mudslide that devastated Monetico neighborhoods, Santa Barbara County has unveiled new disaster preparedness policies to improve communication between the county and citizens. The new policies include a 72-hour evacuation timeline, an interactive county map and new storm evacuation definitions. Residents can type their address into the map to determine whether they are in a high-risk area. “We have to continue to get better and learn more from every disaster,” said...
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SYV People Helping People
Our Vision People Helping People has a vision that all men, women and children in our service area have the opportunity to attain self-sufficiency with dignity, are able to fulfill their potential, and live in a healthy community. Our Mission People Helping People is dedicated to improving the lives of men, women, and children in the Santa Ynez Valley, Los Alamos, and surrounding communities by addressing emergency and basic needs, furnishing comprehensive integrated family and individual...
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Thomas Fire’s toxic smoke creates worst-ever air quality in Santa Barbara County (sanluisobisbo.com)
Health officials have handed out more than 200,000 free N-95 face masks over the past week to guard against the toxic cloud of smoke in the air thrown up by the raging Thomas Fire , which is burning in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Still, some people insist on folding a scarf, wearing a dust or surgical mask or even holding their hand over the mouths. Those methods, however, are useless for the most part. “Dust masks and surgical masks aren’t effective at filtering out the particles,”...
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Thousands gather to mourn Montecito mudslide victims as death toll climbs to 20 (msn.com)
Soon after the sun set over Santa Barbara, Ann Hagan grabbed a marker and wrote a short message to the 20 strangers who died in the devastating Montecito mudslides. “In our hearts,” she wrote before signing her name on a whiteboard put up at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. Hagan was one of thousands of people who huddled at the courthouse late Sunday evening to take part in a candlelight vigil. “This is a healing experience for everyone here,” said Jennifer Adame, 44, of Santa Barbara.
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Re: Building Bridges to Resilience in Santa Barbara County
Thank you for this recap, Barbara, for those of us who couldn't be there!
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Re: Building Bridges to Resilience in Santa Barbara County
Congratulations, Barb! What a great conference this was! It's a testimony to you and your community that you have such amazing engagement in integrating ACEs science into so many parts of the Santa Barbara County community. Y'all are well on the way to becoming a healing-centered community!
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Re: Isla Vista Youth Projects -Building a Resilient Goleta Valley
Welcome to Resilient Santa Barbara County - thanks for joining the movement!
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Re: Bridges to Resilience 2019 Registration is LIVE!
As Co-Chair with Barb Finch for the conference, I want to encourage our community to join us for this wonderful conference. It is an opportunity to learn and to network!