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A recent Davis hate crime combined with a changing political landscape has prompted supervisors to respond in the form of a resolution — affirming Yolo County as a “safe and welcoming community” for all. “We drafted this resolution in response to calls from community members who share our concern with the recent vandalism at the Davis Islamic Center and the climate of fear from new federal policies,” stated Supervisor Don Saylor. “This is an opportunity for the Board of Supervisors to...

ACEs Connection Network is looking for a qualified person to work with communities, organizations and individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area to prevent, address and heal the trauma of ACEs and build resilience. This position will focus on working with existing efforts, avoiding duplication and re-enforcing cooperative, coordinated efforts to channel the diversity and richness of ACEs science and trauma work in the Bay Area. For the job posting and application instructions, see ACEs...

This ongoing, public class will be held at Kaya Yoga beginning March 30 and continue each Thursday at 12:00-1:00pm (please see the flier attached for more details). Interoceptive Yoga is a Trauma-Informed Yoga class that takes special considerations around creating a safe space for participants including empowerment-based language, integration of choices and considerations of somatic complaints. Through a series of mindful movements, participants are invited to notice sensation and make...

Yolo County's progressive and collaborative nature once again allows for critical issues to be addressed and proposed for funding. Proud to be in Yolo and thanks to our Yolo County MHSA team and stakeholders for lifting up trauma informed care and Perinatal Mental Health as training needs! While the 3 year budget has not been approved, we are thrilled that these two topics have made it into the proposal under WET funds (Workforce, Education & Training!). As a stakeholder, you have a...

What We Have Learned and Where Should We Go Next? Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 8:00am - 12:00pm UC Center Sacramento 1130 K Street, Suite LL22 Sacramento, CA 95814 Child poverty continues to be a major challenge for the United States and California. The UC Davis Center for Poverty Research and UC Center Sacramento will bring together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners together for a workshop “Child Poverty Research, Public Policy and the Road Ahead: What We Have Learned and Where...

WOODLAND — Yolo County is looking to improve access to mental health services for children and adults as well as ensure that people who have spent time institutionalized due to mental illness get the services they need once they return to the community. The plan is to do so through the next round of Mental Health Services Act expenditures. Like all counties, Yolo receives a portion of the revenue raised under Proposition 63 — approved by voters in 2004 — which created a 1-percent tax on...

Be The Change Through Unity programs and the Yolo County Office of Education are collaborating to present “Creating Safe Spaces,” a program designed for educators, public agencies and civic-minded, caring adults. Participants will hear from leaders in the African-American, Latino and Muslim communities on issues of equity and community support, networking with others to continue “building a resilient Yolo” and receiving and sharing tools to help youths, families and clients in the current...

Empower Yolo, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and the Yolo County Administrator’s Office have joined forces on a new project to address the needs of victims of family violence, sexual assault and human trafficking as part of the mission of the newly formed Family Violence Coordination Pilot Program. Other community partners include the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, Victim Services Program, Probation Department, Office of Education and Child Support Services; First...

Recognizing the overlap between homelessness and mental illness, Yolo County is partnering with Fourth & Hope — Woodland’s homeless shelter — to bring services directly to those who need them. Called the “ Extended Hope Project,” the effort “aims to improve the health and well-being of persons with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders experiencing homelessness in Yolo County,” according to a staff report. Funded by a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services grant —...

The UC Consortium on the Developmental Science of Adolescence will feature speakers with a focus on Adolescence as a Second Period of Transformation.

Lisa Damour Ph.D. is a psychologist, best-selling author, monthly New York Times online columnist, and regular contributor to CBS News. She blends years of experience with the latest research developments to provide sound, practical guidance to children and adolescents as well as their parents, teachers, and advocates. If you missed hearing Lisa's insightful, funny and frank presentation about raising a teenager (yes, I think there's lot of info here for parents of teenage boys too!), I...

Gather (formerly Poetix) meets the last Friday of the month at 5:45pm. Childcare for nursery aged kids is provided. It’s a service aimed at the spiritual but not necessarily religious and invites people into about an hour of music, reflection, and guided meditation that provides inner renewal, spiritual experience, and gentle connection with others. This month’s service is about cultivating hope for healing, new beginnings, and the courage we need to foster the wellbeing of our communities...