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Presented by Help Me Grow Yolo, can contact them at (844)410-4769 for more information. Help Me Grow Yolo in collaboration with The Yolo County Library presents their monthly event for families with children 5 and under, where families can learn about milestones and developmental screenings. Families who participate will also receive a free toy and book upon completion of a developmental screening. The flyer is attached to this email in both English and Spanish. Recurring Event - Every LAST...

Presented by the Yolo County Children’s Alliance. Call the WSFRC at (916) 572-0560 or go to YCCA’s Facebook EVENT if you have any questions or for more information. Yolo County Children’s Alliance is partnering with the California Department of Public Health to provide an opportunity for the community to get vaccinated, and turning this clinic into a family-friendly celebration! Please share this information with families and clients - all are welcome and no pre-registration is required.

Presented via Zoom (from the CAP Center/OCAP, can go to their PACEs Calendar EVENT for more information) The Child Abuse Prevention ( CAP ) Center in collaboration with the Office of Child Abuse Prevention ( OCAP ) presents their 4 th and final webinar in their series of topics related to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Join the CAP Center and OCAP in welcoming their panelists for this webinar: Sheila Boxley, Yasmin Grewal-Kök, Michael Finley, Hillary Konrad and Samantha...

Via the Yolo County Library Website. The Yolo County Library presents their Explore Literacy Bulletin which features the celebration of Ramadan along with some good books including a Board Book and 3 picture books (1 in Spanish). Click HERE to view their bulletin.

From the Foster and Kinship Care Education Services Program. Visit the registration page for more information. The Foster and Kinship Care Education Services program presents a workshop where Nurse Dorothy and her young adult daughter will provide an overview to the concerns of stress, and how it affects the developing brain and the increased likelihood for depression, anxiety and suicidality- and importantly-methods for coping. Participants will also learn a variety of approaches that have...

A Conversation with Jenna Quinn of Jenna’s Law: A Survivor’s Perspective via Eventbrite. Go to their EVENTBRITE page for more information The Children’s Advocacy Center presents a virtual screening of It’s Not Just Jenna followed by a live conversation and Q&A with Jenna Quinn herself. The film can be viewed online through the Eventbrite page. NOTE: the film is approximately 30 minutes in length. This film contains descriptions of sexual violence and may not be suitable for everyone.*...

Contact Marylynn McCorkle or go to their PACEs Calendar EVENT for more information. The Alliance for Regional Solutions presents a webinar where they’ll explore the importance of being trauma informed. At the end of the webinar, participants will understand the prevalence of trauma and impacts on individuals including racialized trauma and key elements of trauma informed care. You’ll develop trauma informed practice tools and understand how to apply trauma informed care to work with...

Article by: Chris Ponce — city@theaggie.org The California Aggie, April 11, 2022 https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/article/break-cycle-generational-poverty-yolo-county-begins-allocating-basic-income-families-poverty The 2020 Census revealed that 28.4% of the people from Yolo County have an income below 150% of the poverty level. The poverty rate in Yolo County is at 20.9%, according to a 2022 press release. Experts and researchers from UC Davis have weighed in on the rising crisis of poverty in...

Help Me Grow Yolo and Yolo County Libraries are coming together to put on Family Fun Events at the Northern California Children's Therapy Center once a month for families with children through the age of 5. Location: Northern California Children's Therapy Center 1321 College Street Suite E Woodland CA 95695 Register online at: https://tinyurl.com/HMGYFamilyFunEvent We will be discussing developmental milestones and supporting families to complete a free developmental screening, a...

The attached flyer includes a Spanish translation and a QR code. Please print for your agency and distribute freely.

Healing Anxious Kids and Anxious Families via Zoom (from PACEs, can go to the PACEs Connection Calendar EVENT for more information) Dr. Schott Sells presents a free webinar for professionals who want concrete tools to reverse parents unknowingly overaccommodating to their child’s anxiety. As children become more anxious, so do their parents and the entire family. Without family trauma treatment, the root causes of the child’s anxiety are not addressed, and relapse can take place again and...