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2019 Child Development Conference: Building Resilient Children: Request for speakers and vendors
The theme is "Building Resilient Children." This year will feature Keynote Speaker Julie Kurtz, LMFT. Ms. Kurtz is the Co-Director for Trauma Informed Practices for Early Childhood Education at the Center for Family & Child Studies at WestEd. WHAT : 2019 Child Development Conference WHEN : April 20, 2019 WHERE: UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center TIME : 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The conference is free to the community, and lunch is included. Registration details will follow. Attached...
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4-12-15 Free Childhood Trauma Conference in Davis, CA
Please share this flyer and forward it to others: You are cordially invited to attend the 21st Annual Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Conference, on Sunday April 12, 2015, from 9:30 am – 5:00 pm at the Veterans Memorial Center, 203 E 14th...
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A Guide to Providing Telehealth During the COVID-19 Crisis
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...
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Changing Minds and Creating Trauma-Informed Communities Convenings - South and North
Last week, on two separate days in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, about 150 people (total) convened to listen and brainstorm about creating trauma-informed communities. Futures Without Violence, which is rolling out its Changing Minds campaign later this year, hosted both events. Some very interesting and important themes emerged from the two days: Residents with lived experiences should participate in the decision-making bodies of service providers and vested...
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CLIENT RESOURCE: Creating Links to Resources and Opportunities (CREO) at CommuniCare
The Creating Links to Resources and Opportunities (CREO) program provides outreach and health engagement services to Latino/Hispanic individuals and families residing in Yolo County. Their services cover primary care, mental health, case management, advocacy, and educational talks. Check out their attached brochures in English and Spanish for more information, and please feel free to share with your clients!
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Community - Action Group meeting 7/14, 3-4:30 pm, Agenda
Yolo Resilience Network Agenda Date: July 14, 2016 Time: 3-4:30 pm Location: Yolo CASA Please see Agenda attached
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CYW releases "Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California's Response to ACEs"
The Center for Youth Wellness released a new report “Children Can Thrive: A Vision for California’s Response to ACEs”. This report is a follow up to last November’s Children Can Thrive Summit. ...
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ACEs science can prevent school shootings, but first people have to learn about ACEs science
The shooting in Florida isn’t only a gun regulation issue. It’s a systems change issue. All of our systems have to change their approach to changing behavior — whether it’s criminal, unhealthy or unwanted behavior — from a blame, shame and punishment approach, to one that is based in understanding, nurturing and healing….in other words, ACEs science.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Yolo County & California Children
Christy Bethell did a data run for Yolo County from the Data Resource Center on Child & Adolescent Health. One of five children in Yolo County have an ACE score of 2 or more. The report is attached here, and I've also posted it into the Clips section. Even decades after ACEs have occurred , studies demonstrate a strong dose-response effect between the experience of ACEs and adult health.2 Burgeoning neuroscience, biologic, epigenetic and social psychology studies reveal...
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Aloha Positive Parenting Text Network
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Be Attentive: All Language Matters! Using Trauma Sensitive Language
Upcoming Webinar with Relias Learning Date - Thursday, April 20th Time - 2pm EST Duration - 1 hour Simply follow this link to access the webinar. The link is unique to you, so please do not share it with others. If you haven't already, be sure to add this event to your calendar! Save the Date *Note: if you've never attended a WebEx webinar, please join 5-10 minutes before as WebEx will have to install their software on your computer.
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Briefs on ACEs in Children in selected CA communities
Attached are briefs on current ACEs in children in selected California cities, with comparison with state and county data. They were prepared by the Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, a project of the Child and Adolescent...
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California issues update on state residents' ACE scores from 2011 & 2013 surveys
The latest adverse childhood experiences survey from the California Department of Public Health shows that 42% of the population has an ACE score of 3 or higher; 16% have an ACE score of 4 or higher. Those with an ACE score of 4 or higher are: 3x more likely to be current smokers 4x more likely to have a depressive disorder 2x more likely to have asthma 2x more likely to be obese 4x more likely to have COPD 3x more likely to have a stroke Here are a few other highlights from the six-page...
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Call for Applications for COVID-19 Immediate Impact Grants
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...
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Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands? Come to our no-cost mental and school mental health Winter Institute!
Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands?If so...Check it out! 👇 NO COST. MENTAL HEALTH & SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. AMAZING FACULTY. JANUARY 14, 15, & 16th! LONG BEACH, CA. JOIN US. 🤝 👏 Learn more here: http://bit.ly/mhttc-winterinstitute-flyer Register here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egq2f9gaebafa6bd&llr=8wdk4ubab
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Empower Yolo's Services Guide (for Providers)
Attached please find Empower Yolo's Services Guide (with walk-in versus appointment only services). Please share with any professionals who may want to refer clients to Empower Yolo, but please do not hand it out to clients . It was intended for professionals to use as a guide.
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Event at Sacramento State: A Trauma-Informed Response to Human Trafficking Victims
Mark your calendars: On January 16, 2018 My Sister's House hosts event at Sac State, on trauma informed interventions for human trafficking victims.
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Financial Empowerment Center Partnerships! Apply by Oct 30
Please find attached an invitation to apply as a partner for the City of Sacramento’s Financial Empowerment Center, an in-development project that will launch in early 2020. Through this initiative, professionally-trained financial counselors will work with partners to help local households build financial health. As noted in the invitation, we will have a Q&A session about this opportunity this Friday, 10/18 at 2 p.m. We anticipate that many applicants will have questions about...
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First ‘100 Men Who Give a Damn’ gathering raises $5,900 [Daily Democrat]
By Hans Peter, hpeter@dailydemocrat.com Skip the doilies, speeches and jazz combos — all this fundraising effort needs is beer and checkbooks. The debut “100 Men Who Give a Damn About Yolo County” fundraiser kicked off at Blue Note Brewery in Woodland on Wednesday; sure enough several men in the community appeared to give their damns — in the form of $5,900 — to a local nonprofit. Based on other successful groups including Davis’ “100 Women Who Care,” the fundraiser is based on efficiency...
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FREE class: Caring for the Caregiver
The class will be geared towards parents caring for their children who have any types of special needs, adults caring for their aging or ill loved ones or parents caring for foster children who may require extra support due to previous health or life experiences. It will also be open for those of us in the helping or caring professions, who are providing services to folks in these aforementioned populations. The class is FREE and SPACE IS LIMITED (the first 90 people to RSVP will be given a...
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FREE Computer Equipment available for local non-profit partners from Yolo County Housing!
Attached is a list of surplus computer equipment that YCH will be giving away to local non-profit partners. If you are interested, please complete the form with your non-profit name and contact information in the space provided, plus note the number of each item you are requesting for your non-profit in the space to the right of the items. Please do not request any more of the items that you believe you can use in your non-profit since we want to ensure this equipment is put to good use...
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Yolo County Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) 3 year proposed budget includes MMH and Trauma Informed Care for training!
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...
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YRN Steering Committee Meeting 9/9/16 @ 3 pm
Yolo Resilience Networks Community Meeting is next week: DATE: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2016 TIME: 3pm - 4:30pm PLACE: CASA Office AGENDA (Tracy to facilitate) 3:00 - 3:05 – Welcome - Mindfulness Moment 3:05-3:15 – Introductions and Celebrations 3:15-3:30 Upcoming Events YRN Strategic Planning , Sept 27th Building a Resilient Yolo, Woodland YCOE, Oct 11 ACEs Conference, San Francisco, October 19-21 Nadine Burke Harris, Sacramento, Nov 1 3:30 –3:40 Discussion of YRN role in community engagement...
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YRN Steering Committee Meeting Notes, March 10, 2016
YRN Steering Committee First Five Woodland, CA Notes Attending: Tracy, Anna, Julie, Regan, Jessica, Emily Kochly Alice Magnusson ( alice.magnusson@ycoe.org ), Alison ( Alison.book@yolocounty.org ), Trisha Luciano, Public Defenders office Juvenile court ( trisha.luciano@yolocounty.org ), Mindfulness Moment – Recap/Debrief February Community Meeting – Trauma informed – what does that mean? If using that term how can we have an oversight or criteria for using term. Plan – research and discuss...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes
YRN Steering Committee AGENDA 3:00 - 3:05 – Welcome - Mindfulness Moment, 3:05-3:30 – General Planning Upcoming Events Summer community events Pan Event – send info with Resilient to his office (coordinate with Resilient Sac) Oct 11, Resilience schools Sac UCD campus TI (Trauma Informed) pending, plan to work with Resilient Sac on TI for UCD campus CASA volunteer who is also RN in student health center ACEs 101 awareness to public in community – library professional education (Regan...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes February 11, 2016
Steering Committee Meeting February 11, 2015 Location: HHS, 137 N. Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA 95695 Mindfulness Moment Organizational Plan Updated will be put on our website. HHS new group -Plan Ramy lead. Will try add Allison Book (Sarah and Jessica - will reach out to her). Justice - Plan Emily ( Sarah has reached out and will help Emily become connected). Julie Burns interested (Sarah will follow up be part of Justice or Social Services Action groups) Group manager - Pilot funding to pay...
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Summer Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Orientation & Classes
Orientation Class Thursday, July 7 , 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sutter Health University, 2700 Gateway Oaks, Suite 2600, Sacramento We welcome you to attend the orientation, free of charge, just to check it out. It's a very good way to get to know more. Please do RSVP, however, so we know to expect you. Email - stressreductionprograms@gmail.com Summer Class Thursdays, July 7 - Sept. 1 , 6:30-8:30pm Retreat: Sunday, Aug. 21 , 9:30-4:30 Location: Sutter Health University, 2700 Gateway Oaks, Suite 2600,...
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Suspended Education: How Accountability Systems Can Address Inequitable Suspension Practices and Support Whole Child Education
Check out this article, written by the Learning Policy Institute, addressing how schools in the state are attempting to address inequitable suspension practices. Note that this article addresses both reducing student suspensions as well as creating a positive school climate where students feel CONNECTED. ...
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The Economics of Child Abuse: A Study of California
While the impact of maltreatment on a child and their family is devastating, child maltreatment also has serious effects far beyond those for the victim. Maltreatment results in ongoing costs to taxpayers, institutions, businesses, and society at large. Local communities bear the brunt of these costs in the form of medical, educational, and judicial costs, though more tragic signs are seen in homelessness, addiction, and teen pregnancy. To create a concrete understanding of the widespread...
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Free training! The Pair of ACEs: Building Community Resilience
Strategies 2.0 is offering a FREE training on Tuesday, September 18 , in Woodland: Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Location: Community Room, Gonzales Building; 25 N. Cottonwood Street, Woodland, CA 95695 Please see the attached flyer for more information and a step-by-step guide to assist participants with navigating the website/registration process. The training is being hosted by Help Me Grow Yolo. If you have questions, please contact Siara Shelton at...
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Gathering for GLORY Conference April 20
This conference seeks to bridge the wisdom, perspectives, and experiences from the faith-based community to those of our Black Child Legacy Campaign communities to reduce African American child deaths in Sacramento County. In Sacramento County, African American children die at twice the rate of any other ethnicity. The four leading causes of death are perinatal conditions, infant sleep-related deaths, child abuse and neglect, and third –party homicide. The Black Child Legacy Campaign is the...
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Help plan how MHSA funds are allocated in Yolo County
Yolo County Health and Human Services (HHSA) invites the public to participate in the community planning process to inform how the county should use the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) resources allocated each year to Yolo County. Yolo County HHSA uses MHSA funds to expand and enhance the mental health system of care throughout the county and are inclusive of Full Service Partnership, Prevention, Access and Linkage, Early Intervention, and Outreach. We encourage broad support and feedback...
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Help us build our dream kitchen for families in our safety shelter
Empower Yolo's shelter staff invite you to "Gather Around Our Kitchen" for the Big Day of Giving, Thursday, May 3, 2018 - starting at midnight tonight! The shelter staff at Empower Yolo work tirelessly to keep our shelter clients and their children safe 24-hours a day. They know first hand how important a clean, well functioning kitchen can help every day life in the shelter. Help us build our dream kitchen for the families living in our safety shelter. We have $50,000 in matching funds...
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Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools
I am reposting from ACEs in Education group a manual on Trauma-sensitive schools from Massachusetts. The release of Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2 represents an exciting next step in the evolution of the cultural movement to...
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How the Resources Center Works
Hey, All! In case you didn't hear the news, our new Resources Center is up and running. This is a work in progress, but you can find a host of resources to support your work. Please see Jane's initial post below! - Jen Welcome to the ACEsConnection.com Resources Center! As of October 2016, we are launching this new version. We think that it's a skeleton of its future self, i.e., we'll be adding more categories and more information to each category. Our goal is to make this useful, but not so...
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National Multi-Site Demonstration Launched to Advance Trauma-Informed Care
Hamilton, NJ, December 10, 2015 – The Center for Health Care Strategies today announces the launch of Advancing Trauma-Informed Care, a national initiative aimed at understanding how health care settings can implement trauma-informed approaches to improve patient outcomes and decrease costs. The multi-site pilot demonstration is made possible through support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Exposure to trauma — including physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; neglect;...
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on 10/26 (10am-2pm)
On Saturday, October 26, the Drug Enforcement Agency and its national, tribal and community partners will hold the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day across the country. The service is free and anonymous . The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens. For the first...
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NEW: Updated Yolo Child and Family Initiatives spreadsheet
In an effort to help us know more about the great work that is happening in Yolo County and to increase opportunities for collaboration, please find an updated version of the spreadsheet of Yolo County child and family initiatives attached below. For this effort, initiatives are defined as multi-organization or agency collaboratives, meetings, or committees related to children and families in Yolo County. If you have any changes or additions to make for the next version, please email me.
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No Working Guidelines: What Next?
See below a note from Allen Nishikawa from the Sonoma County ACEs group. We in Yolo Resilience Network are in the process of strategic planning and developing guidance for how we do our work and I thought Allen's post was poignant and timely. Take a look and let us know your thoughts... Gail At our October meeting, we decided to not adopt our draft bylaws. (Working Guidelines) As someone who spent a lot of time and thought crafting a compromise consensus version for approval, I feel entitled...
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Online Mandated Reporter Child Abuse and Neglect Training
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...
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Only one week left to register for 2018 ACEs Conference (Oct 15-17)!
ACEs Conference Registration closes in 1 week on Friday 9/28! Note: There is a very limited cap on on-site registrations, so registering online by September 28 is the only way to guarantee your admission.
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PARENTING GUIDES: Please share to support parents
During this challenging time, parents need more resources than ever. Please let parents know about the following guides from the Yolo County Children's Alliance and the Yolo Child Abuse Prevention Council. All guides are available at www.yolokids.org/forfamilies , and I have attached a summary of the guides if you would prefer to share that. Please note that we will be releasing our positive discipline guide on 4/1/20 ( Handling Your Child's Challenging Behaviors at Every Age ). The guides...
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Perinatal Mental Health training
Co-sponsored and hosted by Dignity Health and Yolo County HHSA is set and registration < https://www. eventbrite.com/e/perinatal- mental-health-training-g reater-sacramento-tickets- 48579025172 > is now live!. The Perinatal Mental Health training program September 29th & 30th is presented by Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT. The program is designed for RNs, MSWs, lactation consultants, mental health clinicians and other community partners who want to become local champions and...
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Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion. Their Pain - FREE Screening for ACEs Connection Network!
I am excited to announce that ACEs Connection Network has partnered with the producers of the film, Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion. Their Pain . to host a FREE SCREENING of the film for our members. If you have been t hinking of hosting a screening of CAREgivers in your community or are interested in learning more about secondary traumatic stress and what to do about it, join our ACEs Connection Network for a FREE screening of this film and a virtual chat with the...
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Presentations, tool kits
PositiveYouthJustice-YoloCounty.pptx -- Panel presentation by Karleen Jakowski and Leanna Libolt at April 5 child abuse conference in Davis. DevelopingTIOrganizationsToolKit.pdf -- Series of questions for organization that wants to become...
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Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and Outcomes: Thriving in the 21st Century (2019)
Adolescence is a critical growth period in which youth develop essential skills that prepare them for adulthood. Prevention and intervention programs are designed to meet the needs of adolescents who require additional support and promote healthy behaviors and outcomes. To ensure the success of these efforts, it is essential that they include reliably identifiable techniques, strategies, or practices that have been proven effective. Promoting Positive Adolescent Health Behaviors and...
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Reaffirming our schools as a place where everyone belongs [Davis School Board - Special to the Davis Enterprise]
Note from Gail: Thanks for alerting us to this, Susan! I am out of town but hope others can join this discussion! This seems like an important opportunity for Reselient Yolo to be part of this discussion. I know a few of the SB Members are aware of RY but not sure they know what we are doing. I hope this will be discussed at the RY meeting today! What: We All Belong Community Forum When: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 Where: North Davis Elementary School multipurpose room, 555 E. 14th St.
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RELIEF FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS: First 5 Yolo COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding Application
Please see the attached First 5 Yolo COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding Application for agencies serving children 0-5 and their families and childcare providers serving essential workers in Yolo.
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Resilient Yolo Meeting Minutes - Aug 2, 2019
Attached are the revised August 2019 minutes. Topics covered; Visit from Desiree Vigel with Shores of Hope in Sac, Be The One magnets, Big Picture brainstorming about RY goals, and committee updates.
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Resilient Yolo meeting minutes - Nov 2, 2018
Attached are minutes from the November 2018 meeting. Topics covered; Resilient Yolo Summit debrief, Next Steps, and Other Ideas.