Tagged With "First Aid"
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Consumer Rights Clinic - Oct 20th
Legal Services of Northern California with volunteers from King Hall are hosting a Consumer Rights Clinic on Saturday, October 20th. They will be addressing housing barriers and debt collection matters. A flyer in both English and Spanish is attached for you to post and/or distribute. Questions may be addressed to Legal Services of Northern California at the phone number listed above. Please pass this one to anyone that may benefit from these services. Thanks! Date: 10/20/2018 Time: 9:00am -...
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COVID-19 resources for Families/Clients
COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Grandfamilies and Multigenerational Families from Generations United Find lots of great resources for grandparents and kinship care families in the attached document. Futures without Violence: Tip sheet for Family and Friends of Families Experiencing Violence at Home Attached please find 8 different ways to help children and adults living with violence. Renter protection videos from Legal Services of Northern CA (LSNC) LSNC staff created these accessible videos hoping...
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First 5’s Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative
Please see the attached flyer and FAQ about First 5’s Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative starting in the Spring. First 5 Yolo is recruiting agency times to become rostered in CPP. First 5 Yolo is hosting the training and sponsoring agencies to send teams. If you have questions, please contact: Victoria Zimmerle at 530-419-2422 or vzimmerle@first5yolo.org .
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Yolo County HHSA First Responders' Mental Health Urgent Care in West Sac
The Yolo County First Responders’ Mental Health Urgent Care is here to support our community. The center is OPEN now, but Nurse Practioners and Peer Support workers won't be staffed until July 2018. Who do we serve: Adult (18 years and older) residents of Yolo County Services: Crisis assessment and supportive counseling; referrals to other local community services Coming July, 2018: Medication intervention Staffing: Mental Health Clinicians providing Crisis Intervention; Case Managers...
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YOLO LIBRARY RESOURCES: Visit the Library from your home!
Visit Yolo County Library online 24/7: Check out our library resources and collections from home for free using your library card: https:// yolocountylibrary.org/ Spring into Reading! March 29 – April 30: Participate in an online community reading event at https://yolocountylibrary. beanstack.org/reader365 . Enjoy some reading, then follow writing prompts to earn activity badges. Complete 10 badges to be entered into a prize drawing! Social distancing doesn't have to mean isolation. Engage...
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“Youth College Night” (for foster and McKinney Vento youth) on 1/17
As part of the Foster Youth FAFSA Challenge, Yolo County Office of Education is hosting a Youth For College Night with a focus on Foster and McKinney Vento (homeless) youth. Youth in their senior year of high school and their caregivers are invited to attend and complete the FAFSA, Dream Act, and Chafee application with trained experts. During the event, dinner will be provided. There will also be special giveaways to seniors in attendance. Although the event has a focus on serving our...
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“Youth College Night” (for foster and McKinney Vento youth) on 1/17
As part of the Foster Youth FAFSA Challenge, Yolo County Office of Education is hosting a Youth For College Night with a focus on Foster and McKinney Vento (homeless and foster) youth. Youth in their senior year of high school and their caregivers are invited to attend and complete the FAFSA, Dream Act, and Chafee application with trained experts. During the event, dinner will be provided. There will also be special giveaways to seniors in attendance. Although the event has a focus on...
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YOUTH Mental Health First Aid training!
Yolo County HHSA still has space in the YOUTH curriculum trainings in April and May. Mental Health First Aid (Youth) Thursday & Friday April 19 & 20, 2018 8:30 am to 12:30pm each day (must attend both days) HHSA Gonzales Bldg. Clarksburg Conference Room 25 N. Cottonwood Street Woodland, CA 95695< https://maps.google.com/ ?q=25+N.+Cottonwood+Street+ Woodland,+CA+95695& entry=gmail&source=g > Mental Health First Aid (Youth) Wednesday & Thursday May 9 & 10, 2018...
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Suisun Elementary (CA) makes ACEs science intrinsic to everyday life
Students start each day with meditation During her first year as principal of Suisun Elementary in Suisun City, Calif., in 2014 Ann Marie Neubert suspended 102 students — out of a student population of 550 —for disrupting their classes. It was a serious problem, but the school’s teachers didn’t know what to do. “[Teachers] felt like they were using all the tools in their toolbox and it wasn’t changing behavior,” she recalls. Ann Marie Neubert Too many students were spending too much time out...
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The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018
The Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) conducted our first Quarterly Adaptation Exchange in 2018 on how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma can be a detriment to an individual’s physical, social, and mental health that has lasting effects into adulthood. Climate impacts and an individual’s and/or community’s capacity to respond to trauma with resilience is intrinsically tied to access to a support system, resources, and past traumas. The reality is with Climate...
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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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Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health by Mental Health America
To view the document, click on the following link: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/issues/toxic-stress-behavioral-health-and-next-major-era-public-health
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TRAINING: Youth Mental Health First Aid on 2/19 and 2/20
In partnership with the City of West Sacramento, Yolo County Health and Human Services is pleased to present a Youth Mental Health First Aid training at the West Sacramento Community Center. This training teaches the signs, symptoms and risk factors you may see in a young person struggling with emotional challenges or in crisis, and how to assist. It is free to all who live, work or volunteer in Yolo County. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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FREE WEBINAR: Trauma-Informed Advocacy: Practical Tools for Working with Vulnerable Populations
Working at the intersection of trauma, health equity, and law, attorney Sarah Hess will join the Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative in this free webinar to talk about ways advocates from all disciplines can use a trauma-informed approach to help their clients thrive...
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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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In Housing Crisis, Rural Californians Need Greater Legal Protections and Access to Legal Aid
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...
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New ACEs data on Kidsdata.org
On behalf of California Essentials for Childhood, I am very excited to announce the release of a new Child Adversity and Resilience data topic on Kidsdata.org! This has been a collaborative effort between the CA Essentials for Childhood Initiative's Shared Data and Outcomes Work Group and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. I represent ACEs Connection Network on Essentials and am the co-chair of the Shared Data & Outcomes Work Group so I couldn't be more thrilled about...
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Pediatric, Child, and Adult CPR & First Aid
Foster & Kinship Care education class with Certified Red Cross Instructors Antonio Acosta & Mike Smith Saturday, Jan. 19 th , 2019 RSVP Required as we are limited to 15 participants -Please Email Cherie if you want a seat. Two Yr. Red Cross Certification (Pediatric, Child & Adult) and First Aid Cards are Issued CPR starts at 9:00 am sharp & First Aid at Noon - Generally 3:30 or 4:00 pm Location: Woodland Community College – Building 100, Room 101
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Prevent Child Abuse - Sonoma County
Check out the insert in Sonoma County's local paper. This colorful and helpful resource guide offered stories, tips, resources and tools for helping to strengthen families and reduce child abuse. Page 7 featured an article about "Trauma Informed Care" and included a pocket card folks can use as a tool for letting doctors, dentists, and other care providers know they might need some extra care to avoid feeling triggered or uncomfortable. (Check out the attachment to see the article and pocket...
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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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What Our Children Need Us to Know, Right Now
Teaching children how to better navigate crisis, right now.
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Who Helps Our Helpers? "Portraits of Professional Caregivers" Documents in Film Their Passion and Pain.
Director and producer Vic Compher’s documentary film, Portraits of Professional Caregivers: Their Passion. Their Pain , takes a deeper look at the causes of and treatments for what’s called secondary traumatic stress, a condition commonly...
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Yolo CASA: We’re grateful … and in need of volunteers
This article by Tracy Fauver first appeared in the Davis Enterprise on October 8, 2017. We are full of gratitude because on Sept. 17, we hosted our most successful dinner and auction yet, thanks to our generous community members. All proceeds will go toward training Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) for foster children, to provide them with consistent and stable relationships, and ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are met in the dependency system. John Martin and...
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Trauma Informed Services in the Library: Understanding and Serving our Community Webinar
Announcing a new, 1 hour webinar from Info-people. Please let your staff and colleagues know about this event! Trauma Informed Services in the Library: Understanding and Serving our Community Presenter: Elissa Hardy Date : Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Start Time: 12 Noon Pacific What is meant by trauma informed services and how should libraries be involved? This webinar will explore the effects of trauma on society and how libraries are directly impacted by the trauma and stress carried by...
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Updated YFSN Parent Resource Lists
Updated YFSN parent resource lists are here! They include the following: Concrete Support in Times of Need Resources Parental Resilience and Social Connections Resources Strengthening Parent-Child Interactions Resources for ages 0-5, 6-12, 13-18 For those of you who aren't familiar with this project, the YFSN (Youth & Family Services Network) Resource List Committee updated the Maternal Mental Health Collaborative's resource lists that were organized by protective factor (...
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Resources to Support Wildfires Response & Recovery in Northern and Southern California
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) has compiled resources to assist with response and recovery from the latest California wildfires. Information guides on disaster topics and the Disaster Lit® database provide access to curated, reliable information from vetted Federal, state, and local governments and organizations. Key National Resources NLM Fires and Wildfires Information Guide Content syndication —embed the content of this page...
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Responding to Child Abuse During a Pandemic: 25 Tips for MDTs [cdn.zeroabuseproject.org]
By Victor I. Vieth, Robert J. Peters, Tyler Counsil, et al., Zero Abuse Project, April 2020 Many child protection professionals believe child abuse is likely to increase during the COVID-19 pandemic2 because most abusers are parents3 or siblings4 who now have more complete access to the child victim. In turn, the victim may no longer have schoolteachers, faith leaders or other mandated reporters they can access for help or who may detect a sign of abuse.5 Children may also have reduced...
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RISE Mental Health Services
Access and Linkage Program This program places a RISE Access and Linkage Specialist at schools in rural communities of Yolo County to provide screening, assessment, and referral to treatment, for children/youth ages 6-18. The purpose is to identify mental health counseling needs and provide timely, effective linkage through warm handoffs to the most appropriate resource. Healthy Communities Through Accessible Counseling RISE Mental Health Services, provides preventative and therapeutic...
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Sesame Street's Traumatic Experiences Website / First 5 CA Care, Cope Connect Resource
Thanks to Alejandra Labrado from First 5 Sacramento for providing the links to these resources! Sesame Street's Traumatic Experiences: https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/traumatic-experiences/ When a child endures a traumatic experience, the whole family feels the impact. But adults hold the power to help lessen its effects. Several factors can change the course of kids’ lives: feeling seen and heard by a caring adult, being patiently taught coping strategies and...
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Know Your Rights: Paid Leave for Workers Impacted by COVID-19
From California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, March 23, 2020 As Californians are urged to stay home to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, workers across the state and their families are feeling the impact on their jobs and income, making the need for paid leave more apparent than ever. Join the California Work & Family Coalition, Legal Aid at Work, and the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence for short web-conferences addressing the access to paid leave and learning...
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LOCAL RESOURCES
Yolo County Health and Human Services Coronavirus website Please visit https://www.yolocounty. org/health-human-services/ adults/communicable-disease- investigation-and-control/ novel-coronavirus-2019 for more information on the following: Confirmed cases If you're sick Should you be tested? Should you wear a mask? How you can help Local school closures Articles about local Coronavirus Frequently asked questions What is it? Symptoms and prevention Resources, including a printable PDF with...
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Meeting notes - Oct. 24, 2014
We met in the Thomson/Walker Room in the Yolo County Dept of Health Services, at 137 N. Cottonwood St, in Woodland. (Next time I WILL remember to take a photo!!!!) Attending: Natalie Audage -- Child abuse prevention...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board President Kirk Trost addresses the audience at the 2017 "Hearts of Yolo" dinner and auction with Executive Director Tracy Fauver and Past President Ginni Davis Photo credit: KLJ Studios [ http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00...EXtsrPnSSXO63Iu-pg== ] To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, We are very grateful for your support of our dinner and auction on September 17. It is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and...
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WEBINARS on health, self-care, and child poverty
Rebuilding a Global Approach to Health from Physicians for Human Rights 9am on Thursday, July 16 The devastating spread of COVID-19 has ravaged health care systems around the globe, laying bare the gaping holes in a broken system. When we eventually emerge from this crisis that has changed the world as we know it, our health care systems must change with it. This moment presents an opportunity to reconstruct our global approach to health care in order to create systems that respect health as...
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RESOURCES FOR CLIENTS for free legal assistance and on self-care
· Free legal assistance: Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California is a volunteer-based “pro bono” legal aid program that provides free assistance with civil and legal matters to low income clients living in the Sacramento region (Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, El Dorado and Placer counties). Voluntary Legal Services Program is still open and is accepting calls regarding unemployment insurance benefits, bankruptcy and debt collection defense, guardianship and conservatorship,...
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Cooling Center Information
The National Weather Service is expecting a heat wave to start today (8/14) and last through at least Wednesday (8/19). More than 32 million Californians live in areas that will be under an Excessive Heat Warning or Heat Advisory during this time. To help stay cool, here are some cooling centers open in Yolo County: Multi-Purpose Room at the Davis Senior Center 646 A Street in Davis Open 8/14-8/19 from 12 pm - 7 pm. Residents must wear a face covering and social distance while at the cooling...
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You're Invited! Growing as a Community: Addressing Structural Racism, Friday, September 25, 2020 from 12 - 1 PM
As our communities grapple with the historic social injustices across our nation, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting an equity and anti-racism lens to aid in the healing and well-being of our communities. Join us on Friday, September 25th from 12 - 1 p.m. for the next installment in our series - Growing as a Community: Addressing Structural Racism. We will discuss the following: What is structural racism and its impact on our community's well-being and...
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WEBINARS on sexual assault, stress, and structural racism
Web Conference Series: “Seeing Survivors in Familiar Spaces: Building Sexual Assault Awareness for Everyone” in September These web conferences are designed for community based organizations (i.e. schools, faith based, recovery programs, etc.) seeking to build their capacity to address sexual assault among their service populations, and who want to work more collaboratively with their local sexual assault agencies. 9/15, 10-11am: It Impacts Us All: Sexual Assault 101 9/16, 10-11am: Children...
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS from First 5 Yolo
FIRST 5 YOLO offers 3 funding opportunities for organizations. Please find more information and applications here ! Childcare COVID-19 Safety Net Funding COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding Ongoing event sponsorship
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OPPORTUNITY FOR FOSTER YOUTH: YCOE Mentors Available!
Yolo County Office of Education is thrilled to have hired three AmeriCorps members, Shannon Feil, David Benitez, and Zahira Elmansoumi. See their wonderful bios attached! They are available to provide the following to foster youth ages 12-21: tutoring, life skills, financial literacy, college and career readiness, job skills, and mentoring. Services can be provided virtually or in-person practicing social distancing with masks. In addition, the members can connect youth to the Independent...
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Job position: First 5 Yolo hiring Systems Improvement Officer
First 5 Yolo is hiring for a Systems Improvement Officer as a part of a 2-year Home Visiting Coordination Grant from F5 CA. The job posting is attached. Please share with your networks. If you know someone who might fit the description please let me know! Gina Daleiden; Executive Director gdaleiden@first5yolo.org The position is part-time with benefits prorated. The grant is 2-years (and the position at F5Y was required), though it may be extended.
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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS: YCRC and First 5 Yolo are hiring!
· Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC) is hiring a Program Assistant : YCRC is currently expanding their programs and need more help! Attached is the job description. Please share widely! · First 5 Yolo is hiring an Accounting and Office Support Specialist. Please see the attached job description, and please share!
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TRAINING FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS: COVID-19 Safety Training (in Spanish) on 12/15
6-7pm on December 15 This First 5 Yolo class will help child care providers learn strategies to minimize the spread of COVID-19. First 5 will be providing technology, which is a tablet with internet data, and a $50 gift card from Amazon. Don't miss this opportunity to attend and learn. Please share the attached flyer in Spanish with child care providers!
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Growing as a Community: Foundations of Anti-Racism [ucdavis.edu]
By UC Davis Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, January 2021 As our communities grapple with the historic social injustices across our nation, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting an equity and anti-racism lens to aid in the healing and well-being of our communities. Featured guests: Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, Phd, RN, CNE, FAAN, Associate Dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Director of Faculty Development for Education and Training, Associate...