Tagged With "Jessica Larsen"

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...

If you've seen the documentary Paper Tigers , you may remember the stress target -- or color wheel -- in Lincoln High School Principal Jim Sporleder's office. Now you can have one, too! The steering group members of the Yolo Resilience Network in Yolo County, CA, (you can find them on the Yolo County ACEs Connection group) realized the needed to have some tools that they could give to local educators for whom they did presentations about ACEs and trauma-informed practices. "We'd see people...

Would you like to get more involved with the Yolo Resilience Network? Feel you're too busy for a big commitment? Don't worry - there is something for everyone. Check out the Action Groups and find one that fits your interests. Contact a Steering Committee Lead for that group to see what they are working on, share your interests or ideas, and see where you can get involved. The group many be meeting regularly or simply need someone to write a quick blog or print some flyers. By all doing...

A great report about the power of relationships. Sent to us from Jessica Larsen.   http://gradnation.org/report/dont-quit-me

In an effort to help us know more about the great work that is happening in Yolo County and to increase opportunities for collaboration, Natalie Audage of YCCA created a spreadsheet of Yolo County child and family initiatives. For this effort, initiatives are defined as multi-organization or agency collaboratives, meetings, or committees related to children and families in Yolo County. Natalie will revise this document on an ongoing basis. If you have any additions or changes, please let...

Steering Group and Action Group Organizational Description Roles and Responsibilities of Steering Group (SG) Members Commit to serve for a 6, 8, or 12 month term. Co-chairs of SG to serve for 6 month terms. Attend monthly SG meetings Lead or co-lead an action group (some of these will be sector specific, others may be a different project, i.e. toolkit) Participate in another action group to ensure SG representation on every work group Present brief monthly action group updates to the SG (for...

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.

Yolo Resilience Network Steering Committee Meeting 9-10-15   Present: Jessica Larsen (YCOE), Julia Langston (B.E.A.R), Regan Overholdt (First 5), Gail Kennedy (ACEsConnection), Jane Stevens (ACEsConnection), Ramy Husseini (HHSA/MCAH), Anna Sutton...

May 30th - Today's # MHAM champion: Karen Larsen , for shining a beacon of innovation from Yolo County . Karen has led Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency since May 2016, with a special focus on knocking down silos and redefining what it means to provide whole-person, whole-community care. In her role as director, Karen has had the courage to embrace change and experimentation -- but always grounded in accountability. Decisions about structure, staffing and allocation of services...

Lisa Muller — Child welfare Alison Book -- Child welfare Karleen Jakowski -- CommuniCare Julie Langston -- Bear Valley Megan Overholt -- First Five Tracy Fauver -- CASA Sarah Roseen -- Woodland School District Molly May — PTA Davis Lucy...

These notes are from Tracy Fauver. Thanks for putting them together, Tracy!! Notes from Yolo County Trauma Informed Practice Collaborative – December 10 th , 2013 Fancy name for a very informal group.  We met on December 10th to share...

I think Karen Larsen may be connected or at least know someone who is

Hi Gail, Thank you for these great notes. I don't think we have met yet. I coordinate Homeless and Foster Youth Services for the Yolo County Office of Education (YCOE) and work with all the districts in the county. We are very interested in sending staff to San Francisco for training on Trauma Informed Schools. I don't have your contact information. I will provide you mine and hopefully we can connect to discuss this further. Thank you! Jessica Larsen jessica.larsen@ycoe.or 530-681-6603