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
Karleen's PP presentation
Two sales tax measures may be added to the November 2016 ballot pending an investigation by a County ad hoc subcommittee. Last week, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors appointed supervisors Oscar Villegas and Jim Provenza to an ad hoc subcommittee to assist with fact-finding on new sales tax measures which would seek to develop two new local programs — one pertaining to universal pre-school, Quality Preschool for All, and one addressing transportation infrastructure. According to Yolo...
Guest speaker for this webinar is Dr. Catherine Deridder ! Dr. Deridder is a Child Abuse Pediatrician with the Violence Intervention Program at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. She is also Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Deridder is an expert in the area of trauma and she will be sharing with us how trauma negatively affects children. ...
It was in March of last year that Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig stood before the Board of Supervisors and said Proposition 47 had a produced “a revolving door of low-level arrests” in Yolo County. Since the law had been passed a few months earlier — reducing certain drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors — offenders were receiving no jail time, Reisig said. Judges were simply referring them to probation where they received no drug treatment because no funds were...
YRN Steering Committee First Five Woodland, CA Notes Attending: Tracy, Anna, Julie, Regan, Jessica, Emily Kochly Alice Magnusson ( alice.magnusson@ycoe.org ), Alison ( Alison.book@yolocounty.org ), Trisha Luciano, Public Defenders office Juvenile court ( trisha.luciano@yolocounty.org ), Mindfulness Moment – Recap/Debrief February Community Meeting – Trauma informed – what does that mean? If using that term how can we have an oversight or criteria for using term. Plan – research and discuss...
Did you catch this article posted on the Chronicle for Social Change? https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/analysis/trauma-informed-cities-counties-ask-states/15682
March 4, 2016 County leaders and local policymakers representing 50 jurisdictions in 37 states are set to converge on Washington, DC, April 17-19 to address the overrepresentation of people with mental illnesses in jails across the country. The 50 teams were chosen to attend the National Stepping Up Summit, a first-of-its-kind summit hosted by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, the National Association of Counties (NACo), and the American Psychiatric Association (APA)...
To view the document, click on the following link: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health
Join this webinar to learn how to shift the way childhood trauma is discussed in the news.
Lisa Baker, chief executive officer of Yolo County Public Housing Authority, has led the charge to bring low-income housing and other services to Yolo County’s neediest citizens. Last year the housing authority celebrated its 65th anniversary and the organization and the new CEO is being credited with helping bring about a positive change to its reputation along with improving is image in the community. According to Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad, Baker has provided excellent leadership...
NO MORE Week is a national grassroots activation aimed at making domestic violence and sexual assault awareness and prevention a priority year-round. Mark your calendars – the NO MORE Week of Action is March 6th – 12th! To Learn more go to: http://nomore.org/no-more-week-2016/
For Georgina Espinoza, working with Yolo County inmates is not exactly what she pictured herself doing when she entered the mental health field. “I have worked in a lot of different settings in the past,” she said, noting she has helped emotionally disturbed youth and has a background in social work. Nevertheless, the Yolo County resident faced the challenge head on, embracing her new role as a mental health clinician. Working side-by-side with Yolo County Sheriff’s deputies — as well as...
Published originally in the Woodland Daily Democrat on March 3, 1016. Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital has awarded a $67,000 community grant to a collaborative proposal that will address the mental health needs in Yolo County. The proposal brings together Yolo County nonprofits Suicide Prevention of Yolo County, Yolo Community Care Continuum (Safe Harbor) and Yolo Family Service Agency to address the gap that exists within the community for short-term crisis residential and...
Director and producer Vic Compher’s documentary film, Portraits of Professional Caregivers: Their Passion. Their Pain , takes a deeper look at the causes of and treatments for what’s called secondary traumatic stress, a condition commonly...