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This series via Zoom is hosted by SAMHSA IECMH, Project LAUNCH, and Indigenous LAUNCH grantees This 3-part series for community workers will highlight innovations and successes from SAMHSA IECMH, Project LAUNCH, and Indigenous LAUNCH grantees. Grantees from across the nation will showcase examples from their communities and share lessons learned with the broader early childhood field to increase efficacy in providing support services. Can choose to attend 1 or more of the following webinars:...

This flyer, created by the Northern ACEs Collaborative (NAC) found online here is a hub for online training opportunities for community health workers (CHWs). This program will prepare CHWs to become fully equipped to effectively prevent, treat, and heal toxic stress. Many trainings are also available in Spanish. The flyer is attached below.

These learning kits contain books, lesson plans, archival resources, and hands-on activities to connect youth ages 5-12 with local history. Perfect for homeschoolers, educators, or any child interested in learning more about life in Yolo County. Items are from the Yolo County Historical Collection and Yolo County Archives. https://yolocountylibrary.org/research/yolo-county-historical-collection/

Children's Home Society is offering a second virtual parent café on December 9th at 11:00 AM . See the attachment below for more details. Questions? Please contact Cindy Flores @530-723-5226 Resource & Referral Program Specialist Children's Home Society of California

WCC Yolo County Independent Living Program It's that time of year! Help us give the season's cheer to Yolo County's 14-21 year old foster youth! We are asking for $25 Target and Walmart gift cards, and $5-$10 to any other fun stores (Starbucks, Dutch Bros, Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.) Thank you for touching the life of a foster child this holiday season. Questions? contact Cherie Schroeder - (530) 574-1964 cherie@yolofostercare.com

Yolo County Children’s Alliance’s Community Giveaway Day Location: Sutter Health Park parking lot (off of 5 th Street- there will be signage). 400 Ballpark Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95691 Date: Saturday , November 20 , 2021 Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM This event is a drive-thru style , we will have limited walk-up availability. Flyers in E nglish , Spanish , Russian and Farsi are attached below. Please share the attached flyer with your West Sacramento clients, families, friends, and partners.

Family Hui, a program of Lead4Tomorrow, presents a 12-week Support Group for Spanish speaking parents. The flyer is attached 1 st Session: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 from 6 PM- PST. Click Here to Register Now Parents will receive the Zoom information once they have registered. Please contact Martha Lopez via email or by phone at (530) 574-7921 for more information or if parents need help with filling out their registration.

The Yolo County Breastfeeding Coalition is hosting a Virtual Breast Milk Drive from November 1 st to the 30 th in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month and is hopeful that the community will support their efforts to help premature babies. The flyers are available in English and Spanish below. Visit their donation event page or call 1-877-375-6645 for more information.

The Stress Busters Handout was created to help us manage stress as we all have inner strengths and resilience that can help us deal with challenges and stress. PACEs Connection and ACEs Aware created this handout based on 7 evidence-based stress busters. These interventions can help reduce stress, improve health, and build resilience. The handout is available on their PACEs Connection Blog and they’re attached below in the following languages: English , Spanish , Arabic, Dari , and Farsi

The Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research ( TIER ) team evaluated the effectiveness of the HOPE trainings and the HOPE Innovation Networks (HIN). After the training, many participants have greater confidence about how to discuss positive childhoods experiences (PCEs) with families. TIER found that HOPE workshops increased participants’ knowledge and confidence to implement and practice the HOPE framework. View the report HERE.

Read this article on research about How Positive Childhood Experiences Change the Outcome of Children Who Experience Adverse Childhood Experiences. This piece introduces the research on understanding how ACEs could’ve been avoided so we can keep them from perpetuating and how using HOPE can mitigate some of the adverse childhood experiences’ effects by exposure to positive childhood experiences.

This is a PowerPoint presentation created by the PACEs Connection staff. See attached PACEs Community below.