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Attached find Sue Delucchi's manual for childcare providers. Tips and tools to help kids with trauma heal and develop resilience. Sue was the Director of a crisis nursery in Washington State throughout her career. This manual was developed based on...

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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This article by Daily Democrat Staff published 11/6/17 Join the Yolo County Library in its annual “Food for Fines” program! The program allows library cardholders who donate one food item to clear $1 from their Yolo County Library overdue fines and also feed the hungry this holiday season. All Yolo County Library cardholders can donate food from Nov. 20 through Dec. 31 at the circulation desk of any Yolo County Library location. There is no limit to the number of donations and no limit to...

The Yolo County Breastfeeding Coalition will be hosting a milk drive on December 5, from 10:00am -2:00pm at UC Davis Student Health and Wellness. Just one ounce of breast milk will feed a premature infant for two days! Please share the attached flyers in English and Spanish!

In honor of Prematurity Awareness Month, we will be hosting a Virtual Breast Milk Drive from November 11 th to the 17 th . We hope you and the community will support our efforts to help premature babies. Feeding preemies breast milk has become a standard of care; studies have proven that premature babies fed breast milk have several neurological and developmental advantages. While mother’s milk is always the best and preferred feeding option for all infants, there are cases in which a mother...

The Yolo County Breastfeeding Coalition is hosting a Virtual Breast Milk Drive from November 1 st to the 30 th in honor of Prematurity Awareness Month and is hopeful that the community will support their efforts to help premature babies. The flyers are available in English and Spanish below. Visit their donation event page or call 1-877-375-6645 for more information.