Welcome to Sonoma County ACES Connection. We invite anyone to attend our meetings. ALL voices are important. Agenda: *Mindful Moment *Welcome and Introductions *Community PACEs Champion *Sonoma County ARPA *Partner Check-In *Action Items If you have something you would like for me to add to the agenda please feel free to reach out. I hope you will join us! Please feel free to invite guests Join Zoom Meeting ID: 91864522660 Password: 557951
By Pedro Toledo, Photo: US Atlas, The Press Democrat, January 9, 2022 Every 10 years, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission creates new district maps for the state Senate, Assembly, Board of Equalization and U.S. House of Representatives to ensure that each district has roughly the same number of people. Given the population shifts over the past 10 years, most districts had to significantly change to ensure equal representation and fair maps across the state. When I applied to...
From CPI: Please join us to hear about a very unique and healing way to care for traumatized children. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 & MARCH 5 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM 2 SESSIONS To register, visit calparents.org/parentinginoz This training fulfills 7 hours of continuing education credits requiredfor Resource Parents Parenting In OZ! uses the colorful imagery of the Wizard of Oz to help resource parents understand the every-present fears that are at the center of childhood trauma for children in foster...
Don't miss the workshop series “Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma & Foster Resilience” beginning today! From Jan-April 2022, learn how you can play a role in forwarding trauma-informed policy & practice! Register today: https://bit.ly/3DBOT7g #BuildingtheMovement #HOPEisNEAR
From the Sonoma County ARPA team: Dear Esteemed Change Makers, If an organization with whom you are affiliated in Sonoma County is interested in applying for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to deliver services to support equitable recovery from this pandemic, this event is for you! Join us on January 20th from 10-12pm OR from 5:30-7:30pm (whichever time works best for you) to meet with other Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to learn about how you might apply for funding. Through...
Hello everyone, see my piece on the impact of the Tubbs fire on the work of trauma therapy https://www.climatepsychology.us/blog/the-tubbs-fire-changed-my-world-and-my-practice
By Jonathan Greenberg, December 11, 2021, Sonoma Independent. Hypocritical campaign targeting affordable trailers & tiny homes creates more homeless people than county government creates housing for A three month long investigation initiated by Sonoma Independent, the award-winning public interest solutions and advocacy website, reveals that Permit Sonoma ordered property owners to vacate 189 inhabited dwellings between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021. These citations, enforced by...
Hello, Thank you to our Sonoma County Office of Education partners for highlighting an upcoming grant opportunity to share with Sonoma Connect | Sonoma Unidos stakeholders. Local Sonoma County Community Based Orgs (CBOs) encouraged to apply! The California Department of Education (CDE) is accepting applications from community-based organizations supporting local educational agencies with technical assistance and/or the implementation of high quality integrated academic, behavioral, and...
Please share and enjoy the 2nd Annual Sebastopol Snowflake Hunt. Print the map and use the clues to walk around Sebastopol to find the snowflakes. Sonoma County PACEs Connection is providing this activity as a way to enjoy community traditions, make memories, and get outside.
West County Community Services is hosting a Facebook Live on December 13, 2021, at 6:00 PM where they will be giving an update and hosting a discussion on current and planned housing and mental health services available in Greater Sebastopol. Items to share and discuss include: -focus of Sebastopol Homeless Outreach Coordinator -Park Village successes and updates -Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) and how to access it -Mental health walk-in and group support available at Wellness...
Written by SoCo News: "Last year Windsor couple ToryLast year Windsor couple Tory and Jesse Crowder decided to spread some holiday cheer and purchase Christmas trees for a few families who couldn’t afford one. After posting about their plan — dubbed Operation Christmas Tree — on social media, requests for trees came flooding in. This year, Operation Christmas Tree is now an official nonprofit organization and the couple hopes to serve 800 families across Sonoma County by providing fully...
By Iridian Casarez, Photo: Kaite Rodriguez/Cooperation Humboldt, North Coast Journal, December 2, 2021 M ost of the seven stress-busting strategies the California Surgeon General's Office have identified to help reduce toxic stress feel so simple, like being out in nature, eating a balanced, nutritious diet or getting sufficient, high-quality sleep, but they work. So when Mary Ann Hansen was looking through applications for the 2021-2022 First Five Humboldt and Humboldt County Department of...
When we interact with persons who have behavioral health challenges, including substance use disorder, the words we use can be in support of healing - or hindering healing.
The LEAP is a committee comprised of diverse people with lived experience of homelessness, with an emphasis on racial and ethnic diversity in its composition. The purpose of the LEAP is to advise Sonoma County on homeless-related programs, policies and how to spend money targeted for homeless services. The LEAP will advise and plan with the Continuum of Care Board and homeless service agencies how to improve homeless programs, services, shelters, and housing. All individuals that are...
By Camille Escovedo, Staff Writer of SoCo News. Sebastopolians are invited to make merry at the Peacetown Family Village and snowflake hunt on Sunday, Dec. 5, from 2-4 p.m. The free event will be held at Peacetown’s new brick and mortar location in the Barlow, across the street from Taylor Lane Coffee in the former Foundry building. Children can write letters to Santa to be “mailed” to the North Pole and take photos with the man himself at the event, according to Elizabeth Smith, a Peacetown...