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By Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, August 25, 2020 Students in the Bonny Doon school district had been back in class — virtually — for two days before the wildfires forced them to evacuate, many fleeing for their lives in the middle of the night Wednesday. Teachers and students lost homes to the powerful wildfires raging through the charming, wooded town in the Santa Cruz Mountains. School had just started, but now Superintendent Mike Heffner, who is also the principal of the...

The State of California’s Babies on 8/25 10am on August 25 Join ZERO TO THREE, Early Childhood Orange County, and the First 5 Center for Children’s Policy on August 25 at 10 am PT for a discussion on the state of babies in California. Register to learn from national and California state and local leaders about how you can use state data to make the case for babies and inform policy and systems change efforts. Supporting Families with Young Children on 8/26 11am-12 on August 26 Reaching...

Please see the attached flyer for more information from Yolo Conflict Resolution Center and to register for this 3-day training in September and October.

· Supporting Families and Child Care Providers during the Pandemic with a Focus on Equity A new resource from Child Trends outlines the challenges facing families and child care providers disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and offers potential strategies that state and local policymakers and administrators can use to address those challenges. For example, state and local policymakers should consider that job losses affect parents’ ability to pay for care and that, as a result, more...

Join Foster and Kinship Care Education to deepen your understanding of challenging behaviors demonstrated by children who have experienced abuse and neglect in their early life. We will examine the variety of mental health problems presented by children in care, and the need to tailor responses to be helpful on an individual level. The presenter will be Ce Eshelman, LMFT, Attachment Specialist and Founder of The Attach Place Center for Strengthening Relationships. Please register in advance.

The Catalyst Center Presents: Community Listening Session #1 Around Addressing ACEs on 8/26 10am on August 26 The Catalyst will be embarking on a yearlong systems change and engagement initiative, in close collaboration with the National Council for Behavioral Health, working to raise the capacity of providers and the agencies that structure their supports to Advance Trauma-Informed Communities. The Catalyst is a proud partner and grant recipient of the ACEs Aware Initiative. In the month of...

California ACEs Academy (CAA), funded by ACEs Aware , is providing free online training to Medi-Cal providers and others featuring: Practical strategies for integrating trauma-informed health care into your team’s practice that improves patients’ well-being and the productivity of your practice. Meet colleagues with experience and success providing trauma-informed health care in their practices. Learn from national and local experts. Talk to other professionals from your region in small...

Please encourage your clients to attend CREO Workshop "pláticas", which are held every Wednesday from 5:00 to 5:30 pm., in Spanish, via zoom. Please see the attached flyers about upcoming events and please share this information with your community. If you have questions, please contact MariaIsabel Mandujano at MariaisabelM@communicarehc.org . Zoom meeting invitation: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/9520712098?pwd=cXpPbjFWbzAyN20wbjdkc0JKMWJJQT09 Meeting ID: 952 071 2098 Passcode: creo

By Cal Matters, August 2020 How will this continued state of isolation during the pandemic affect the long-term mental health of children in California? If you’re a parent, teacher, care provider or guardian, join us as we explore this question and discuss the impact of this unprecedented time on our state’s youth. CalMatters mental health reporter Jocelyn Wiener will moderate the conversation about the potential long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health, what behaviors to watch for in...

Please see Back to School Challenge event. This is a great opportunity for our teens to learn more about managing money! Please share with your networks! Travis Credit Union just launched a Back-to-School Challenge. Before heading back to school, teens have a four-week opportunity to learn how to manage money at home! All teens who complete the activities will be entered into a drawing to win a brand new laptop ! The first 1,500 teens to complete all four weekly activities will win a prize.

The Developmental Screening and Referral Toolkit for Pediatric Clinics was developed by Help Me Grow LA as part of their First Connections partnership. The toolkit, the first of three to be designed to support different types of agencies in embedding developmental screening and linkage for young children, was unveiled in July at First 5 LA’s First Connections Forum . At 10:30am on Wednesday, September 9, please join the First 5 Learning Collaborative for a presentation on a toolkit designed...

Attached please find a corrected version of the English information related to the Cooling Center locations during the current heat wave. Please share!