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Hi ACE Friends and Family, I'm starting a FB Live Video for parents at 10am daily starting tomorrow (Thursday, 3/26/20), followed up with FB Live Video for children at 1030am. We'll talk about how to manage this new way of life and relationships while we "Shelter in Place." Here's the page please join us and share with others. https://www.facebook.com/dr.bconnections/ Love, Dr. B

From California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, March 2020 DELIVER MEALS Vulnerable seniors are at greatest risk amid COVID-19. Let’s help keep them safe and cared for. Contact your local Meals on Wheels organization, visit www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org . DONATE TO A SHELTER OR FOOD BANK During this time organizations are running low on food items, help them stay well stocked for those in need. See below for a list of shelters and food banks in need. VOLUNTEER AT A FOOD BANK Food banks...

Davis Community Meals is continuing to provide food, housing and services to many of the most vulnerable in our community as has been our mission since 1991. We are continuing our meals program at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:45 pm and our lunch on Saturday at 11:30 am. In compliance with state and local guidelines, we have suspended our sit down eating service and are now preparing and handing out bagged sandwiches and other food items for take away. All of...

Immediate Impact Grants Are Available to Help Your Organization Serve People Without Homes in the COVID-19 Pandemic Apply for Unrestricted Grants of $25,000-$50,000 by 5 p.m. CT on March 30 In partnership with Kaiser Permanente, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council is now accepting grant applications for unrestricted funding to 501(c)(3) organizations in hard-hit areas that are meeting the health needs of people without homes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. These...

Understanding Coronavirus and How to Keep You and Yours Safe on 3/25 11am-12 on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 As society grapples with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, questions around the virus and what individuals need to stay safe dominate the headlines. In this webinar, Ron Orth (RN, CMAC, CHC) and Heather Tuttle (BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN) discuss the basics of what we know today and practical steps to keep you healthy. http://go.relias.com/wbn- understanding-coronavirus-reg. html...

From California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, March 23, 2020 As Californians are urged to stay home to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, workers across the state and their families are feeling the impact on their jobs and income, making the need for paid leave more apparent than ever. Join the California Work & Family Coalition, Legal Aid at Work, and the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence for short web-conferences addressing the access to paid leave and learning...

Dovetail Learning has been working in the Social and Emotional/Resilience field for over a decade, so we'd like to share our work. There is no doubt that we all feel the tension, stress, and uncertainty of these times. How can we be more kind and connected with all we have going on? Dovetail Learning is proud to share We Are Resilient practices to maintain wellness and self-care in this unique moment in our shared history. Please view our free webinar directed toward parents/care givers (but...

Our Thriving Pink Calendar has been updated with virtual programs, workshops, and support groups which continue to be provided at no cost and are open for all. Sunday, March 29, 5:00 pm: Pink Connection, "Navigating Social Distancing/Isolation" with Pam Cordano MFT Thursday, April 2, 10:30 am: Stitches of Love, "Making fabric face masks, quilts, and other thoughtful items for our community" with Patti Hadrava Monday, April 6, 7:00 pm: Writers Circle, "Reflective Writing Workshop" with...

We’re amazed by the incredible talent and willingness to participate in this poetry project. Because of the number of people who have stepped up and want to participate, we have a few updates. We want to call this project, “Quaran-zine” and we’re working with a graphic designer to have an end-product that can be published-- electronically, and as a hard copy. Our intention behind this is to raise money- from zine sales- for those who have been most impacted by this pandemic in trans, POC,...

WEBINARS Supporting our children in the struggle against COVID-19 on 3/24 5:30-6:30pm PT on Tuesday, March 24 Please join Embrace Race for this webinar. We'll be joined by two special guests - clinical psychologist, Dr. Allison Bricoe-Smith, and developmental behavioral pediatrician, Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin - for a conversation about how adults can support the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children in this shelter-in-place moment. As always, we'll leave lots of time for...

Many of us in the mental health field are being thrust into unfamiliar territory as clinicians in the midst of the COVID-19 response. We either risk personal health (and the health of our clients) by seeing people in person, or needing to utilize technologies that we may be unfamiliar with. Further, those technologies have fluid legal/ethical standards (and is even more fluid at present to accommodate the pandemic), and which require different skill sets that in-person therapy. I am...

In case your families are in need of food there are 2 food distributions coordinated by the food bank each Saturday (flyers attached): 1) One will be at the West Sacramento City Hall at 9:30 am 2) The other will be at Davis Community Church at 2:30 pm The food bank is asking clients to bring their own bags/carts. If you have any elderly clients or clients with illnesses that prevent them from going to these food distributions, please contact the Yolo County Food Bank to sign up for delivery:...