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Last minute invite to meet for coffee or tea Thurs at 9:30am
Thursday October 26th a couple of Sonoma County ACEs members will be m eeting informally around 9:30am at Coffee Catz in Sebastopol - we just want to get together and check in with one another. Please feel to join us. If this is something we want to continue - we can look into times and locations that work best for most. But for now - it is Coffee Catz this Thurs at 9:30am ! Hope to see you there! Karen 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, CA 95472
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Last Month's Early Childhood Mental Health Summit - Let's Put Our Learning into Practice Now
Just one month ago, on September 28, First 5 and partners pulled together a few hundred community members for an Early Childhood Mental Health Summit called " Building Relationships to Support Families in Times of Stress ." With the local wildfires distressing many families and children, community support is needed now more than ever. The event aimed to ensure participants: 1.) Expanded their understanding of Early Childhood mental Health as the capacity to form close relationships, manage...
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Library offers mental health classes for teens [Sonoma West Times & News]
By Laura Hagar Rush, Sonoma West Times & News, June 12, 2019. This summer the Sebastopol library will offer a series of free mental health classes for teenagers, thanks to an innovative partnership between the Sonoma County Library system and Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), a nonprofit offering mental health and housing services for youth. The first group will be held on Tuesday, June 18, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol. Sebastopol is...
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Local Resources for Fire Victims - #Sonoma Proud's Long List of Help Offered by Local Businesses
Here's a list showcasing some of the outpouring of support for those who need loving kindness in the form of food,water, animal care and more. FREE FOOD / WATER: • Better homes and Gardens in Sebastopol will give you a cup of coffee and wifi and you can charge your phone. 186 Main St. Sebastopol. Come on over. • Amy’s Drive Thru in Rohnert Park: offering free meals to those evacuated. If you choose to pay for a evacuees meal, 100% of that money will be donated to help in the aids effort.
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MARC Booklet 2016: Features Sonoma County
Please find attached the 2016 booklet for the Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) project, including Sonoma County and the other 13 communities that have been selected to participate in this 2 year learning collaborative. This is a great summary of the work happening in all 14 communities across the country. I am looking forward to working with you all as we tell your story to the world!
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SONOMA COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT (MHSA)2017-2020 Three-Year Integrated Plan & Annual Update for 2015-2016
To read the full report, click here : Mental Health Services Act Integrated Report 2017 - 2020 Or see attached for a printable version of the report.
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Mindfulness Summer Program for Teens
I recently discovered this flyer on my son's school bulletin board offering Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Teens. The flyer says, "MSBR-T is an evidence-based program designed to give teens real-life tools for managing stress and living life more fully." Interested? Contact Chelsea True in Sebastopol at JoyfulMindProject.org.
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New Psychotherapy Practice in Sebastopol!
Hello Sonoma ACES Connection! I'm reaching out about the private psychotherapy practice that I’ve just opened in Sebastopol. My training has focused on trauma informed, attachment based modalities of therapy. Currently, I am a Therapist in Training in the Neuro Affective Relational Model certification program. NARM is a modality design to support healing from developmental trauma, or those people who have mid-to-high ACES scores. In my career I have worked as a Lead Clinician for families...
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Notes from 2-26-2020 SCAC meeting
All were welcomed and each person introduced themselves, highlighting what inspires them to integrate ACEs science into their personal and or professional lives. New members were welcomed! Elizabeth Smith, Founder/ CEO of Project Whole Child introduced herself, and shared that in addition to this role she is a west county school board member , a board member of PeaceTown , and president of the Sebastopol Soroptimist Club ! Whew! When the group’s conversation moved towards identifying a space...
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Notes from our 1-23-19 meeting - Check these out!
ACEs Enthusiasts Community Meeting NOTES! Date: January 23, 2019 About this community: We bring the community together to prevent, heal, and treat ACEs while promoting resiliency. Embedded GREEN text= hyper link just click for more information New Year - New Focus! With start of new year, Sonoma County ACEs Connection will re-start fresh with a community focus, while seeking opportunities to leverage and coordinate with others. Welcome & Gather - thanks to Nancy for bringing (lots of!)...
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Raizes Collective Invites You to: Celebrando la Vida or A Celebration of Life
My friend Isabel with Raizes Collective is putting together a special el Día de Muertos event, and invites you to sponsor an altar. (Sponsorship form attached.) The entire community is also invited to come out and celebrate during two special community events. Isabel writes: Raizes continues to be committed to making platforms for artists to mobilize and bring our community together to begin the process of healing through our arts and cultural programming. We are asking for your support by...
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Recorded webinar: How to integrate SEL skills into the classroom to build resiliency and promote positive mental wellness?
Please check out this recorded webinar! Bryan Clement was one of the presenters and he focused his discussion on the influence of ACEs on student (and adult) behaviors and the protective role adults can play in buffering or mitigating toxic stress. Fast forward to minute 30 to see his presentation on ACEs. Bryan Clement Director of Program and Partnerships TOOLBOX™ by Dovetail Learning 825 Gravenstein Hwy N, Suite 2 Sebastopol, CA 95472 Office: (707) 861-3386 Ext. 103 Cell: (707) 480-8779...
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High school district wins huge anti-tobacco grant [Sonoma West]
West Sonoma County Union High School District has won a $760,438 grant from the California Department of Justice’s Tobacco Grant Program, a program funded by the California Healthcare, Research and Prevention Tax Act of 2016 (Proposition 56). Approved by voters in 2016, Proposition 56 increased taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products by $2 starting in April 2017. The funds generated by this tax go to support tobacco education and suppression programs, particularly those aimed at young...
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Roseland Library Lives On! [Sonoma County Gazette]
By Duane Dewitt, July 29, 2019 for the Sonoma County Gazette Roseland Community Library Will Live On into the Future Roseland Library will host a “Veterans Connect Pop up”Providing information about benefits available to them Thursday August 15 Roseland Community Library will live on into the future. “The Sonoma County Library has signed a six-year lease on a building at 470 Sebastopol Road, across the street from the current temporary library.” according to Ray Holley of the Sonoma County...
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RSVP now for a 2 day Protective Factors certification training!
Please click here to register Please contact me if you have any questions. I look forward to meeting you. Elizabeth Elizabeth Smith Founder-Project Whole Child Sebastopol, CA 95472 (530) 329-5109 www.projectwholechild.com
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Season of Sharing (SOS) Fire-related Grants for Low-Income Sonoma County Residents
To provide a financial boost for those affected by the Sonoma County fires, the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund (SOS) is offering special assistance grants to low-income residents for up to $3000. The grants aim to help those who lost possessions, jobs or income due to the fires: get or keep housing by paying a month’s mortgage, rent or security deposit; cover utility bills; buy essential household furniture, a wheelchair or other vital health aids; or cover costs of medically required...
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Sonoma Community Resilience Collaborative
Hello Friends— We hope that you and your families are safe and staying well! These past few weeks have been tough on our community. The power outages, Kincade fire, and evacuations have profoundly affected our individual emotional and physical health, our social functioning, our overall well-being, and the health and security of our community. The Sonoma Community Resilience Collaborative has trained over 200 people from our community to deliver FREE mind-body skills to build the social...
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Sonoma County ACEs Activity Timeline
Hello, I just wanted to share with everyone this activity timeline that I put together! This timeline looks at all the action and awareness we have spread around Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resiliency throughout our community over the past few years. Thank you all for the wonderful work you do in our community!
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3 to 5 FREE Counseling Sessions for Those Affected by the NorCal Fires
The Redwood Empire California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist have come together to offer 3-5 FREE counseling sessions for anyone affected by the NorCal fires. See attached or click here for the list of 97 counselors who have offered their services List of RECAMFT Counselors The attached Disaster Survivor Handout is very helpful too. Click here to learn more about RECAMT and to find additional resources Redwood Empire CAMFT
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A place called home: A year after the Tubbs Fire, displaced families can finally look ahead [SF Chronicle]
About this series: One year ago, more than a dozen fires shot to life in the North Bay. One of them, the Tubbs Fire, would become the most destructive wildfire in California history. In the year since, The Chronicle’s Lizzie Johnson has spent hundreds of hours with two couples to report this series, witnessing some of the most intimate, heartbreaking and joyous moments as they rebuilt their lives California was on fire again. Through this past summer, blazes raged across the state. They...
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Action Alert: Provide feedback on the county fire recovery plan!
If you were unable to make it to any of the Fire Recovery Community Listening Forums hosted by the Sonoma County Office of Recovery and Resiliency has in July and August, you still have a chance to provide your feedback to the Draft Recovery and Resiliency Framework. The framework covers five strategic areas: Community Preparedness and Infrastructure, Housing, Economy, Natural Resources, and Safety Net Services.
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ANNOUNCING: $700,000 GRANT TO SONOMA LAND TRUST TO PROTECT CRITICAL OPEN SPACE LAND AT SONOMA DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER [CFSC]
By Caitlin Childs, June 26, 2019, Community Foundation Sonoma County We are so pleased to announce this wonderful news: Thanks to the vision of a family that cared deeply about the future of Sonoma County, the Sonoma Land Trust has received a $700,000 grant from Community Foundation Sonoma County and our regional affiliate the Sonoma Valley Fund to protect more than 700 acres of open space, trails and natural resources at the site of the former Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). This grant...
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Building the Occupy Bench, the new circular conversation starter in the plaza [Sonoma West]
Building the Occupy Bench This handsome circular bench, created by Jim Wheaton, Steve Pierce and Peter Santulli was installed on the downtown plaza in Sebastopol on Thursday, Nov. 29. The city of Sebastopol initiated the building of the circular Occupy Bench of Sebastopol to commemorate the Occupy Movement (2011-2013) and provide a place for community discussion in the downtown plaza. Wheaton, Santulli and Pierce, along with many others, have spent three years working to build the bench.
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Community Partners Invited to Share Ideas for Recovery
From the Sonoma County Office of Recovery: Sonoma County Recovers Together Come share your ideas about what actions will lead to a successful recovery and resilient future for Sonoma County. Topics include: preparedness, infrastructure, housing, economy, natural resources, and safety net services that are important to your organization, including health and human services. July 10 th , 6 - 8 pm: Sonoma County Office of Education July 11 th , 6 - 8 pm: Sebastopol Center for the Arts July 25...
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Disaster Funds List
Attached you will find a list of participating organizations donating funds to victims from the Northern CA fires. If you or someone you know is seeking assistance, please check out this list.
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Better Beginnings is hosting a garden party on...
Better Beginnings is hosting a garden party on Saturday, May 2 at 5:30 at the Sebastopol Masonic Center, 373 North Main Street, Sebastopol. Food, silent auction, activities for the kids. Dr. Mark Sloan will speak on "Stress! How it affects the growing...
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Today FREE Diapers and Baby Wipes
FREE Diapers & Baby Wipes Free diapers and wipes for families and providers serving families with young children! Cook Middle School ... 2480 Sebastopol Road Santa Rosa, CA 95407 West parking lot Tuesday, October 17 & Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:00 AM - Providers 12:00 PM - Public While supplies last For more information, please contact Marta Tilling at (707) 544-6911 ext. 1025 This is made possible by a collaboration between SupplyBank.Org , First 5 Sonoma County , Santa Rosa...
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Today's Violence a Result of Childhood Trauma and Resulting Mental Illness
The July 21, 2016 Press Democrat included a thought provoking letter to the editor today scribed by Bruce Hubbel of Sebastopol. Dear Editor: As we, the 21st world culture, struggle to understand the epidemic of social violence outbreaks, the veil of ignorance as to what are the root causes is beginning to lift, and we are now seeing the fundamental profile of the perpetrator: mental illness developed in early childhood through trauma and child abuse. We aren’t experiencing the effects of...
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West County Health Services grapples with physical, mental toll of Guerneville flood [Press Democrat]
Now that the floodwaters have receded, a new challenge faces one of the largest providers of health care services along the Russian River. West County Health Centers, which operates clinics in Guerneville, Occidental, Sebastopol and Forestville, is helping its patients recover from the physical and mental toll left by the region’s worst flood in two decades. The clinic in Guerneville suffered $200,000 in missed appointments, a damaged furnace and cleanup costs, said Jennifer Neeley,...
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Sonoma West Medical Center snags grant to extend care for patients [PressDemocrat.com]
Sonoma West Medical Center has been awarded a $3,750,000 federal grant for developing partnerships to keep people healthy after they’ve left the Sebastopol hospital. The funds, to be used over a five-year period, will be used to create processes and services that essentially track and support patient care, beginning with the emergency room or inpatient setting and continuing all the way to the home. The hospital’s potential partners include West County Community Health Centers, home health...
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Strategic Plan Survey- Santa Rosa’s Violence Prevention Partnership
The City of Santa Rosa’s Violence Prevention Partnership, funded by Measure O , has launched a Strategic Plan Survey in order to better serve the needs of our community . Please find links to the survey below in both English and Spanish. We ask that you share the survey with our youth and families in-person, through email, and various social media outlets, so together , we can continue to create change for our community. If you’d like to print out the survey and have youth & families...
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Re: NEW DATE: November 21st: Latino Health Forum: One People, One Climate
Please see the attached 2019 LHF Syllabus and the Event Program.
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Re: Notes from 2-26-2020 SCAC meeting
I can help the Mind-Body Leader secure a location in Sebastopol, email me! elizabeth@projectwholechild.com
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Re: Notes from 2-26-2020 SCAC meeting
Thank you so much for making time to participate! What an awesome group of people who come with their whole hearts! Nancy Vogl is the person you are trying to contact: nancyvogl@gmail.com Thanks so much for all you are doing for children and families in Sonoma County! Karen
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Santa Rosa receives nearly $26 million in grant money for housing, transit projects (Press Democrat)
By Chantelle Lee, June 25, 2020, Press Democrat. Nearly $26 million in state grant money was approved Thursday to fund several projects in Sonoma County, including new affordable housing in Roseland and an extension to the SMART system. The $25.8 million grant package was awarded to the city of Santa Rosa, SMART and Bay Area affordable housing developer MidPen Housing by the California Strategic Growth Council, a state agency focused on affordable housing and transportation. The state grant...
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Celebrating the art that heals (Sonoma West)
By Julia Camp, July 10, 2020, Sonoma West. The Sebastopol Center for the Arts and the Poet Laureate Selection Committee hosted a virtual reception on July 12 to honor Sonoma County's newest poet laureates. The event honored the outgoing county poet laureate, Maya Khosla, and celebrate the incoming laureate Phyllis Meshulam and youth poet laureate Zoya Ahmed. The Sebastopol Center for the Arts is home to the Poet Laureate Selection Committee and is composed of representatives from each of the...
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28th Annual Latino Health Forum: Discrimination and Health (7-day Series) [latinohealthforum.org]
From Latino Health Forum, July 2020 The LATINO HEALTH FORUM is one of the bay area’s premier educational conferences. Our goals include: Inform professionals about some of the most relevant problems facing the Latino population in Sonoma County; Enhance access to health services; Encourage students and individuals to pursue careers in health and medicine; Facilitate networking among healthcare providers. Dates & Speakers: Please note: There are no presentations on Saturday 8/1 or Sunday...
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Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: One-Pager
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ACEs Survey for families Input
In Sebastopol although schools will be held via distance learning there will be an in person element available for 12 students per grade at the after care facility with a public school. The students will be either parent pay or be subsidized. It is required the children be full time to be considered for the program. I am working ways ACEs and the Protective Factors can support the children, staff, and families while working with the community as well as how to capture the pulse of how people...
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Sebastopol Peace Bag concept has spread to Southern California
Local Sebastopol non-profit Peacetown is spreading joy and community engagement through the Family Village's project called Peace Bags. Every week for 13 weeks a different local organization "sponsors" a week by providing printed resources and an activity that supports community connection, family engagement, and some fun. The bags are distributed for FREE in collaboration with a local toy store. I happen to come across a conversation on one of the posts I made regarding Peace Bags. The post...