Justice

The purpose of the training is for professionals who have contact with children in their professions to be informed about what mandated reporting means, what their duties are as a mandated reporter, and how to identify potential signs of abuse and neglect. Professionals should take the training to: Understand their role as a mandated reporter. Understand how this affects their daily activities within their professional environment and duties. Understand the Mandated Reporter law. PLEASE...

In a new policy brief from the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, Zach Newman and Lisa R. Pruitt write that California's legal-aid system should be funded with sensitivity to rural needs in order to deliver adequate legal aid to all Californians, wherever they reside. Key Facts: Rural homelessness in California is rising, sometimes more quickly than its urban equivalent. High rural eviction rates are caused in part by inadequate access to legal assistance in rural communities. New laws...

Free statewide webinar focused on bicycle safety programs, and new CA bicycle helmet law changes WHEN : Thursday, Jan 23, 2020, at 10:30am to 11:55am RSVP to Gerry Root , CCCSH at rootge@gmail.com . Focuses or topics of this Jan 23 webinar : There are two parts to this local unintentional injury coalition and program webinar. This is part of a series of on-going webinars hosted by CCCSH, in partnership with CA Department of Public Health Injury and Violence Prevention Branch Kids Plates...

Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a new webinar series, based on the recent report The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth. This report from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and identifies how these findings can be applied to four key sectors: health, education, justice, and child welfare. The webinar series will discuss how systems can...

There are ways you can help if you suspect or know that a child is being abused or neglected. If you or someone else is in immediate and serious danger, you should call 911. National and local resources are available to provide assistance and information about reporting suspected maltreatment. For more information, please visit this link from Child Welfare Information Gateway. https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/responding/reporting/how/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

October's Topic: Homicide Prevention – Part II Primary Prevention Efforts to Decrease Homicide Rates in CA Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PST) Please join us for the next VPI Community of Practice webinar on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (PST) to learn more about the California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Program, administered by the Board of State and Community Corrections, and the first public health department to receive a CalVIP...

Would you be surprised to hear that domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women? Even more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. But domestic violence doesn’t just affect women, it can also affect men. It isn’t always physical either, it can mean threatening, withholding money and other forms of emotional abuse. Domestic violence can affect so many and this month is a good reminder to take a stand against domestic violence and show our support for victims and...

Two new tip sheets produced by the National Child Abuse and Neglect Technical Assistance and Strategic Dissemination Center in cooperation with the National Resource Center for Children and Families of the Incarcerated provide strategies for maintaining the bond between children and an incarcerated parent. Supporting Relationships Between Children and Their Incarcerated Parents Children who experience the incarceration of a parent, may experience trauma comparable to the loss of a parent...

Please help us bolster registration for this 10th annual event scheduled for October 5! Woodland Community College in partnership with Friends-CARE is hosting My Future Starts with Me. Share with families, counselors, teachers, students, etc. There is available space at this time and the registration deadline has been extended to September 25 . The registration flyer and more detailed information is attached! If you have questions, please contact Renee Collins ( renee.collins@ycoe.org ).

Attached are updated handouts (English & Spanish) from Protecting Immigrant Families. Please share widely.

Woodland’s Homeless Outreach Street Team is continuing to clean up camps, make arrests and offer help, according to a quarterly report issued by the Police Department. Read more about this story in the Daily Democrat. https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2019/08/20/woodland-police-homeless-team-continues-cleaning-up-camps/

This webinar from Maternal Mental Health Now will be from 12pm-1pm PT on Friday, August 23, 2019. For more information and to register, please visit: https://maternalmentalhealthnow.org/incarcerated-mothers