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WEBINARS on Hair Care for Black Foster Children & Youth and Trauma-Informed Care

Hair Care for Black Foster Children & Youth: Practical Guide & Demonstrations, with Consideration for a Child’s Personal, Family & Cultural Trauma on 7/21 10:30am – Noon on Tuesday, July 21 Foster & Kinship Care Education & Fostering Unity Invite you to join this workshop by Tanisha C. Fulcher, MFT Doctoral Candidate. Not all caregivers, foster and/or adoptive parents, understand the unique way to care for their black child’s natural curls and skin. This easily can lead...

RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS on protective factors and trauma-informed care

· Everyone Experiences Stress, Protective Factors Keep Families Strong from Child Welfare Information Gateway Help the families in your community learn more about how to stay strong even when times are tough. Share this video and resource page with the families you serve, and start a conversation about ways to manage stress and implement protective factors. Use the hashtag #mystrongfamily to share ideas on all the different ways families stay strong even on the rainiest days. · Training and...

OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUTH: WIOA Employment Program is seeking to enroll youth for 2020-21!

The WIOA team is in the process of gathering names of interested youth for the 2020-2021 program year! Once enrolled, most youth will be placed in a paid work experience for up to 300 hours with a local business. Training programs in select fields are also available through HHSA. Support with career readiness, interview prep, resumes, job applications, educational goals and other supportive services may be available to those that qualify. Due to lack of in person outreach at this time, word...

WORKSHOPS: Creating a Beloved Community: Parenting, Race, and Advocacy

Don't miss this free workshop series sponsored by Family Hui and Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College. *Workshop 1: Waking Up To Our Shared Humanity: Conversations on Race and Unity *Workshop 2: Conversation on Bias: Bias doesn't make you prejudiced, it makes you human *Workshop 3: Family and Race: Across the nation, people of all backgrounds are experiencing a time in which discussions about race are at the forefront of their everyday lives. WHEN: July 23rd, August 6th, August...

WEBINARS on health, self-care, and child poverty

Rebuilding a Global Approach to Health from Physicians for Human Rights 9am on Thursday, July 16 The devastating spread of COVID-19 has ravaged health care systems around the globe, laying bare the gaping holes in a broken system. When we eventually emerge from this crisis that has changed the world as we know it, our health care systems must change with it. This moment presents an opportunity to reconstruct our global approach to health care in order to create systems that respect health as...

DATA SOURCE: Kidsdata.org

Kidsdata.org , a program of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health , promotes the health and well being of children in California by providing an easy to use resource that offers high-quality, wide-ranging, local data to those who work on behalf of children. Kidsdata.org allows users to easily find, customize, and use data on more than 600 measures of child health and well being. Data are available across California counties , cities, school districts, and legislative districts...

New FRC address and Back Pack Giveaway

· The YCCA West Sacramento Family Resource Center has moved to 1200 Anna Street in West Sacramento! The new Family Resource Center is open by appointment only starting July 10, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. We are practicing social distancing and require a face covering when you enter the building. To make an appointment with us, please call 916-572-0560. · Back Pack Giveaway Coming Soon! We are hosting our annual back to School Back Pack and School supplies giveaway for West...

Yolo Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) presentation to the Board of Supervisors

Counties throughout California have a child abuse prevention council (CAPC) charged with evaluating local data and identifying strategies to reduce child abuse and neglect. One of the underlying principles to CAPC’s work is that preventing child abuse is a much more effective intervention than trying to treat the lifelong effects of child abuse . On Tuesday, July 7, Tracy Fauver, the Chair of Yolo’s Child Abuse Prevention Council, provided the Yolo Board of Supervisors their annual report...

Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 3:00pm: When Drinking Causes Secondhand Harm to Others – Secondhand Drinking -- It's a Problem

Greetings! We would like to invite you to our next presentation on Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at 3:00pm. When Drinking Causes Secondhand Harm to Others – Secondhand Drinking -- It's a Problem Lisa Frederickson, https://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/ , will share current research explaining how the brain wires, maps and develops and the "inputs" that can dramatically change those processes and thus a child/teen/adult's life. These inputs include alcohol or other drug use disorders, ACEs,...

WEBINARS on COVID-19, disabilities, Isms and well-being, ACEs screening, immigrants, racism

Reimagining service delivery for Hispanic families during COVID-19 on 7/9 11am on Thursday, July 9 Join the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families for a webinar on Thursday, July 9. Representatives from organizations that serve low-income Hispanic families will discuss how they have adapted their service delivery during the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis poses challenges to the delivery of parent and child education programs, relationship education curricula, mental...

RESOURCES from Office of Child Abuse Prevention on racism and inequality

The consequences of system racism and inequalities are experienced at the individual, community, societal, and institutional levels. They impact short- and long-term health outcomes throughout the entire lifespan, contribute to inter-generational trauma, and disrupt and harm families. While overwhelming to address, change is possible and individuals, organizations, and systems can contribute to meaningful progress. The following links are starting points to begin understanding how we can all...

Peer-Run Warm Line and Trauma-Informed Nutrition

• California Peer-Run Warm Line The Peer-Run Warm Line (1-855-845-7415) is a non-emergency resource for anyone in California seeking emotional support. We provide assistance via phone and webchat on a nondiscriminatory basis to anyone in need. Some concerns callers share are challenges with interpersonal relationships, anxiety, panic, depression, finance, and alcohol and drug use. • Tips for Trauma-Informed Nutrition Did you know there is a relationship between adversity, chronic disease,...

The Importance of Relationships and Equity in Foster Care [positiveexperience.org]

6/29/20, positiveexperience.org Today’s post is based on an interview with Victor Sims, an active advocate for children in foster care. Victor works as a case manager supervisor at SailFuture , won a 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Award , and is an American Bar Association Reunification Hero . Please introduce yourself and your work for our blog readers. My name is Victor Sims. I’ve lived in Florida my whole life, primarily in Polk County. I have been a child welfare advocate since I was...

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