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The Yolo County Library brings you the Kindness Calendar for the month of December. We have included the link to Be The One California and we hope this will be useful for our partners in the county. Please feel free to share. Elizabeth Gray | Central Services Manager Yolo Reads Adult & Family Literacy Yolo County Library www.yolocountylibrary.org (p) 530.666.8084 • elizabeth.gray@yolocounty.org Ideation • Input • Adaptability • Connectedness • Intellection

New ACEs Aware Grant Opportunity to Support Trauma-Informed Networks of Care The Department of Health Care Services in partnership with Office of the California Surgeon General and the today released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a second round of ACEs Aware grants , with a submission deadline of December 21, 2020. The new grants will target California communities that want to build or execute a robust Network of Care to effectively respond to ACEs and toxic stress to meet the needs of...

Tools to Mitigate Work Stress and Prevent Burnout: For Health Care Providers during COVID and Beyond on 12/9 Noon-1pm on Wednesday, December 9 Whether you work in a hospital, a safety net clinic, or in another health care setting, no health care provider working during the COVID-19 pandemic needs to read the flurry of news stories that highlight the extreme stress experienced by people in this line of work – you already know it firsthand. This webinar from ACEs Connection and the Center for...

In a new video, Child Trends mental health expert Jessica Dym Bartlett discusses 10 ways for parents and caregivers to support children’s emotional well-being during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. View the video HERE .

Through IMPACT, YCCA is providing coaching for family, friend, and neighbor child care providers using the Nurturing Parenting Curriculum. This course seeks to provide support and training to caregivers of children, including parents, foster parents and family, friends, and neighbors in the community who provide child care. There will be 1:1 support, activity bags, and Covid-19 training. There are still a few spaces available in the Spanish Woodland training (please see the attached flyer).

Foster & Kinship Care Education offers many parenting classes for foster or adoptive caregivers, but birth parents can attend some as well. If you would like to know more about their excellent offerings, I encourage you to sign up for the listserv by contacting Cherie Shroeder at cherie@yolofostercare.com . Attached please find flyers for the following classes in December: Reparative Parenting Approach: Strategies for Changing a Child’s Challenging Behaviors (4 classes in December)...

Child Abuse Prevention Councils (CAPCs) of California are community councils whose primary purpose is to coordinate the community’s efforts to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) meets every other month, and community members are welcome to attend. Our next meeting is 9am-11am on Zoom on Friday, December 4. Please see the attached agenda to learn more about what the meeting will cover and for a link to the Zoom meeting. The...

Please join us for our upcoming Resilient Yolo meeting. We'll meet this Friday, December 11th from 11:00AM - 12:00PM via zoom. An agenda will be distributed the week before. Questions or if you do not receive the zoom access, please contact bonnieb@yolocasa.org

Mercedes Piedra, Director, Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for UC Davis Health YOU'RE INVITED! Welcome to Racial Healing Circles! We are creating a safe space for self-reflection to promote racial equity and healing. Please join us Wednesday, December 2, 2020 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcomed! R egister: bit.ly/racialhealing circle12-2 Zoom link sent upo n registration.

Greater Sacramento Community Strategy Sessions - Free Online Referral Platform on 11/20, 12/4, 12/11 9 am on the following Fridays: 11/20, 12/4, 12/11 Sign up for an information session about Unite Us! We’re excited to chat more about the Greater Sacramento Community Network and how your organization can be supported by this community care network. All organizations that deliver health care and/or social services are invited to join the community network, and participation in the network is...

· COMIC: A Kids' Guide To Coping With The Pandemic (And A Printable Zine) Kids, this comic is for you. You've been living through this pandemic for months, and you might be feeling sad, frustrated or upset. But there are lots of different ways to deal with your worries – and make yourself feel better. Here are some tips and advice to help you through. · Parenting videos in English and Spanish from Positive Parenting o Young Adults and Mental Health during COVID o Teen Drinking: The Role of...

• Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program and Homeless Education Services Collaborative Meetings The Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program and Homeless Education Services program at Yolo County Office of Ed hosts a monthly collaborative for networking, professional development, training opportunities, program updates, current work serving youth , and a place to share community strengths and needs. This is great opportunity to meet others doing similar work in various settings as well...