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This is wonderful story of how a CASA Volunteer can directly affect a child and family. The Foster Care program provides a safe haven for children during periods of family crisis or serve as a bridge for a child awaiting a 'forever family'. So many times the headlines inform us about times when this system does not match our expectations, and that information is needed to help us improve, but it's also nice to hear success stories to inspire us. Hear is such a story from Yolo CASA! To read...

Resilient Mindful Learner Summer Institute July 26, 27, & 28, 2016 Fullerton Arboretum Enhance your well-being and mindful presence Discover how to teach stress management skills to your students Help students elicit an optimal state for learning This three-day institute for educators has two aims: first, to provide stress management and mindfulness training to educators to be healthy role models for students and second, to train participants in simple stress management and attention...

On March 22 nd Woodland's Daily Democrat reported that the Yolo County Board of Supervisors agreed to form a subcommittee to look into drafting policies for our county’s child welfare department. I have an alternative, cost-effective recommendation that already exists and welcomes robust county and community support to increase its capacity. Yolo County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) recruits, screens, trains and supports volunteer advocates who are appointed by the dependency...

Saturday, 4/2 9:00 am at Community Park in Davis Monday, 4/4 1:15 pm at the Akasha Yoga studio in Davis on F Street Yoga is one of many avenues beginning to gain widespread traction for helping victims of trauma and helping people cope with chronic stress. The article attached is a good example of using yoga to help the homeless. In Yolo county, free yoga classes are being offered by Yoga Moves Us starting this this Saturday, April 2, at 9 am in Community Park in Davis between the Stephens...

Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad is an Iraq War veteran, a Marine, and a no-nonsense political consultant who works to elect Republicans. And his voice cracks when he talks about the little boy he came to call Bonus Baby. He and his wife, Jennifer, and their two young children took Bonus Baby into their Woodland home as a foster child when he was a newborn. The county had deemed the infant’s young mother unable to care for him. For the next two years, Rexroad proudly posted Bonus Baby’s...

Resilience , a documentary that looks at the birth of the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and how it spawned a movement across the world, will be coming to your personal screen in April, says Lynn Waymer, KPJR Film’s community engagement strategist. The production team is working out the details to make the documentary, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to sold-out houses, available to ACEsConnection.com members on Sunday, April 10, at 6 pm PT/ 9 pm...

California’s counties are incredibly diverse, but no matter their size, location, population or demographics, all 58 are grappling with the issue of homelessness. I recently testified at a State Capitol hearing on this complex issue. Homelessness has many causes, but two things are clear: counties are uniquely positioned to address homelessness, and we must collaborate with our cities and others to find housing solutions for all Californians. Counties administer critical state...

The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis is one of three federally designated centers whose mission is to facilitate non-partisan academic research on poverty in the U.S., disseminate this research, and train the next generation of poverty scholars. Their research agenda includes four themed areas of focus: labor markets and poverty, children and intergenerational transmission of poverty, the non-traditional safety net, and immigration. UC Davis Poverty Research and Policy Summit- Please...

From Tugg.com, March 17, 2016 Tugg Edu is proud to present the highly anticipated ACEs documentary PAPER TIGERS to the educational marketplace. Directed by James Redford ( THE BIG PICTURE: RETHINKING DYSLEXIA, RESILIENCE ), PAPER TIGERS follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families. With over 450...

Findings of the ACE Study have had a swift and substantial impact on MCH policy, practice and research. This issue of the journal is intended to provide a forum to enhance knowledge of the Study and its implications across the field. Topics of interest include: The aims and findings of the ACE Study, The implications of the Study and use of Study findings to shape MCH practice in clinical, program and policy settings, The import of the Study in relation to life course theory and the social...

A wonder story of the impact of ACEs and how community services, such as Parent Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), which was funded through First 5, provided the help one mom needed to break the cycle of ACEs. This story also provides a great overview of ACEs and some initiatives in California that are working to address ACEs and build resilience. http://www.first5la.org/index.php?r=site/article&id=3682