Tagged With "Broken Places"
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Workshop: Building Strong Relationships Through Conflicts
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Yolo Resilience Network Community Meeting - Sept. 8, 2016
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3 WEBINARS: Supporting emotional, psychological, and physical health of children
WEBINARS Supporting our children in the struggle against COVID-19 on 3/24 5:30-6:30pm PT on Tuesday, March 24 Please join Embrace Race for this webinar. We'll be joined by two special guests - clinical psychologist, Dr. Allison Bricoe-Smith, and developmental behavioral pediatrician, Dr. Adiaha Spinks-Franklin - for a conversation about how adults can support the emotional, psychological, and physical health of children in this shelter-in-place moment. As always, we'll leave lots of time for...
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4CA POLICYMAKER EDUCATION DAY JULY 11, 2017 - REGISTER BY JUNE 1 - Link Below.
Join 4CA in Sacramento on July 11 for Policymaker Education Day on Childhood Adversity! Our lawmakers need to hear from you about how childhood adversity affects your community and what they can do to help. Join with allies from across California to engage your elected officials on this important issue. (Bonus! lunchtime pep talk by Senator Holly Mitchell!) Who: 4CA Policymaker Education Day is designed for California residents who care about preventing and mitigating the effects of...
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A Health Affairs Press Conference -Trauma Informed Care is critical....
Today I had the privilege of attending a Health Affairs briefing at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. In the photo is Alan Weil, Editor-in-chief of Health Affairs. He, along with 4 panels of researchers/principal investigators talked about this particularly special June 2016 issue that focuses on Behavioral Health. What was striking was the statement from one of the principal investigators -- " trauma informed care is critical '" And there it is again...at a National platform, at a...
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Car Seat Check Event
Yolo County Child Passenger Safety Program & CommuniCare Davis are hosting a car seat check event where nationally certified technicians can help you properly install your cal seat. WHEN: Friday, September 28th TIME: 4:00-6:00pm WHERE: Sutter Health Parking lot; 2000 Sutter Place, Davis For more info call 530-666-8715 or Yolo.CarSeats@yolocounty.org
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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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COLLABORATIVE MEETING: Foster and Homeless Youth Liaison Meeting
The Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program and Homeless Education Services program at Yolo County Office of Ed hosts a monthly collaborative for networking, professional development, training opportunities, program updates, current work serving youth, and a place to share community strengths and needs (please see attached meeting dates). This is great opportunity to meet others doing similar work in various settings as well as honor the voice of community members. Please remember during...
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Communities Are Using a Powerful Tool to Journey Toward Better Health [RWJF.org]
Communities across the United States are using data to help set goals, measure progress and provide better services that will ultimately improve residents' health. “Where have we been? Where are we going? How can we get there?” These are the questions facing communities who want to make health a right, not a privilege, for all of their residents. And they can’t answer these questions without one critical tool: data. As a former community coach with the Roadmaps to Health Action Center, I was...
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Communities Poised to Expand Groundbreaking Work in Childhood Trauma: 14 Localities to Join National Initiative on Adversity and Resilience Launched by The Health Federation of Philadelphia
Fourteen communities from across the country (including Sonoma County and San Diego) now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The by The Health...
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Community advocates and Bay Area county health agencies work together on trauma-informed systems change
The talk around the table is not what one might expect when community advocates begin a meeting with county health officials. “I went into this [work] through my own lived experience of trauma and family addiction,” said Toni DeMarco, the deputy director of children’s services for San Mateo County Health System. Rocsana Enriquez, who teaches yoga to teens in juvenile hall in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and in high schools for the Palo Alto-based Art of Yoga Project , chimed in. “I’m...
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Community invited to join unifying interfaith walk [Davis Enterprise]
It is in the spirit of sharing a common message of love and understanding, which the Celebration of Abraham has fostered for 15 years, that the organization is sponsoring “Living with Religious Diversity: Walking Our Faith and Sharing a Meal” on Sunday, Oct. 22. During the event, which will run from 4:30 to 8 p.m., participants will walk approximately one mile from Congregation Bet Haverim to the Islamic Center of Davis, then approximately one mile to the United Methodist Church, where a...
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Conference on Young Latino Males by Dr. Victor Rios
Please join us for this very important conference - From At-Risk to At-Promise: Supporting the Lives of Marginalized Students. DATE: Friday September 7, 2018 TIME: 8:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m PLACE: Yolo County Office of Education 1280 Santa Anita Court, Woodland CA 95695 (salad lunch included) Please RSVP by September 1st by clicking the link below: https://goo.gl/forms/gMogve87ZPtSigvt1 A conference with nationally known U.C.Santa Barbara professor and TED Talk speaker Dr. Victor Rios.
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County seeks more foster parents, particularly for teens [DavisEnterprise.com]
Y olo County had more than 100 transitional-age youth in foster care last year and the need for foster parents for these teens continues to grow. Many of these youths — ages 14 to 20 — are never reunited with their...
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COVID-19 Quarantined with Dr. B
Hi ACE Friends and Family, I'm starting a FB Live Video for parents at 10am daily starting tomorrow (Thursday, 3/26/20), followed up with FB Live Video for children at 1030am. We'll talk about how to manage this new way of life and relationships while we "Shelter in Place." Here's the page please join us and share with others. https://www.facebook.com/dr.bconnections/ Love, Dr. B
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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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‘Creating Safe Spaces’ features local youths [Davis Enterprise]
Be The Change Through Unity programs and the Yolo County Office of Education are collaborating to present “Creating Safe Spaces,” a program designed for educators, public agencies and civic-minded, caring adults. Participants will hear from leaders in the African-American, Latino and Muslim communities on issues of equity and community support, networking with others to continue “building a resilient Yolo” and receiving and sharing tools to help youths, families and clients in the current...
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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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Action Group - about each group. Something for everybody
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...
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Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Workshop
For those of you who are working with youth or adults who have issues with anger, violence, and/or trauma, consider attending this three-day training in Alternatives to Violence. Great education for front line staff. When: Friday January 20th, 6PM to 9PM and Sat/Sun Jan 21-22 9am– 5pm Where: Kaiser Permanente South Sac, 6600 Bruceville Road MOB 3, Conference Room F Cost: $50, $10 Returning Citizens To Register: Contact Ellen Eggers elleneggarsesq@gmail.com
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month - Calendar of Events
APRIL is National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month . Please see the 2015 Calendar of events for Yolo County! (to read in full view, see Clips Section).
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April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month [davisenterprise.com]
By Special to The Enterprise, Davis Enterprise, April 4, 2020 As the community responds to measures put in place to “flatten the curve” and conserve our medical resources in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), many families are placed in a state of unprecedented stress — financially, emotionally, personally and professionally. Families and children face fear and anxiety due to the increasing severity of restrictions, ongoing disruptions in routine, uncertainty about the future, and...
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Article: How to Help Teens Shelter in Place
Teens are not made for isolation, which makes COVID-19 especially hard on them. Here's how to help your teenager to see the bigger picture. https://greatergood.berkeley. edu/article/item/how_to_help_ teens_shelter_in_place
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Article: It Starts with the Kids
It Starts with the Kids by Tracy Fauver, Executive Director of Yolo County CASA Even in the very early grades, I noticed my kids had back to school radar. After all, there were a lot of clues. We always went shopping for new clothes to fit their rapidly growing bodies. Then there was the mail. Each day, as the school year was coming around, my girls would start to care ALOT about the mail. They knew class assignments were coming... and they wondered which teacher they would get, and which...
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Be The One: Resilient Yolo summit 2018 resources
The Be the One campaign www.betheoneyolo.org offers a practical first step in becoming a trauma informed school, organization, or individual. Here are resources we will be sharing at our summit on Tuesday, Oct 30th 2018
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Beyond Trauma: Building Resilience to ACEs (brochure)
Wish you had a fairly easy and short way to share all about ACEs? Wish it was in-depth enough to share with teachers, doctors, nurses and therapists but not so long or jargony it puts family and friends to sleep? Here's the perfect thing to share when you've been all up in the faces with ACEs and want to back up your words before, during or after. This brochure is comprehensive but not so long that it remains in the "I'll get to it later," pile. Please feel free to print, forward, download...
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'Broken Places' PBS Broadcast Premiere [pbs.org]
By the Public Broadcasting System, February 2020 BROKEN PLACES Monday, April 6, 2020, 7-8pm PT Explore why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. Revisit children profiled decades ago to see how early trauma shaped their lives as adults. A presentation of Public Policy Productions in association with WNET's CHASING THE DREAM. For more information: http://www.pbs. org/about/blogs/news/pbs- shines-light-on-health-with- spring-slate/ [ Please...
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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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California Protective Parents Association Spring conference, April 8 in Davis, CA
California Protective Parents Association (CPPA) is celebrating our 20 th Anniversary at a Spring conference. Domestic Violence and the Battle for Custody: Moving Towards Child Safety will take place on April 8, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm at the Brunelle Performing Arts Center, 315 West 14 th Street, Davis CA 95616. The program includes: Rachel Meyrick’s excellent documentary What Doesn’t Kill Me A panel discussion including Kathleen Russell from the Center for Judicial Excellence Retired...
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Don't Miss Tuesday's Sacramento's ACEs meeting! Tuesday April 12th, 4-5:30pm
Join the Sacramento ACEs Connection monthly meeting, Tuesday, April 12th from 4-5:30pm to learn about San Francisco's Trauma-Informed Systems Initiative! Meeting Place: Kiwanis Family House, 2875 50th Street Sacramento, CA 95817 Kaytie Speziale , MFT is the Coordinator for the Trauma-Informed Systems Initiative at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. San Francisco Department of Public Health has taken an innovative approach to addressing the wide-spread impact of trauma on the...
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Early childhood educators learn new ways to spot trauma triggers, build resilience in preschoolers
A hug may be comforting to many children, but for a child who has experienced trauma it may not feel safe.
That’s an example used by Julie Kurtz, co-director of trauma informed practices in early childhood education at the WestEd Center for Child & Family Studies (CCFS), as she begins a trauma training session. Her audience, preschool teachers and staff of the San Francisco-based Wu Yee Children’s Services at San Francisco’s Women’s Building, listen attentively.
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Empower Yolo and Center for Families Have Merged!
We have exciting news: Empower Yolo is now bigger and better than ever as we have merged with Center for Families so as to increase and improve reach of services in our community! A huge thank you goes out to everyone who has supported these two agencies in the past, we look forward to sharing more good news as we move through this first year as one agency. The press release is attached. If you did not receive it by email, please consider joining our list serve. You can send a request...
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Empower Yolo DACA renewal workshop 7/26
If you know a client whose DACA will be expiring within six months from now, please tell them to call Catholic Charities at 530-562-9125 to schedule an appointment to renew it. The workshop will be held at Empower Yolo at 10am on 7/26 at 175 Walnut Street; Woodland, CA 95695. Please see the attached document with a list of the required documents clients will need to bring to the workshop.
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Empower Yolo: Support survivors and families in need during COVID-19
- In these trying times you can make a difference - We hope you and your families are healthy and safe. We know that each day brings a new challenge for the community. Empower Yolo's services are considered essential and we remain open during regular office hours to provide services for the community. Empower Yolo's clients have urgent needs, and we need your support now more than ever . Please see how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Empower Yolo and the clients that we serve: 1)...
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Expensify.org is matching CalFresh benefits for up to $50/family
In response to recent events, Expensify.org, is shifting focus (and funds) with immediate effect to help supporting families in the US that may be struggling to support themselves right now. If you have a needy client struggling because of not being able to work, please share the information below about how to get their CalFresh benefits matched up to $50/family. These are unprecedented times, and it's inspiring to see communities rising to the challenge. However, not everyone has the...
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Film ‘Resilience’ explores effects of toxic stress
Two free screenings coincide with Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month - Download the attached movie flyer. Article from The Davis Enterprise published April 15, 2019 WOODLAND — What’s predictable is preventable. This theory is behind research aimed at averting the physical effects caused by negative childhood experiences on an adult’s health. “We’d all like to think of childhood as this time of joy and innocence, but for many of us it’s just not true,” says a narrator in a newly-released...
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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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Free conflict resolution workshop
YCRC will be offering a free community workshop on Saturday, April 21st , that covers some basics of communication and conflict resolution. The workshop will take place from 9am-1pm in the Redwood Building, 1001 Anderson Road, Davis. Please RSVP to programs@yolocrc.org <mailto: pr ograms@yolocrc.org > or (530) 564-2324 by Wednesday, April 18th , as space is limited.
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FREE DACA renewal assistance
DACA renewal workshop JULY 26th at 10:00 AM If your DACA will be expiring within six months from now, please call Catholic Charities at 530-562-9125 to schedule an appointment to renew it. The workshop will be held at EMPOWER YOLO Location: 175 Walnut Street Woodland, CA 95695 Please see the attached document with a list of the required documents you will need to bring to the workshop.
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Free Landlord and Tenants Workshop
Is mediation the answer? Find out, when Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC) hosts a workshop about tenants and landlords. Keith Banks, Esq, will be leading the workshop. Learn about the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords, as well as available mediation services to assist with resolution of tenant-landlord disputes. This workshop will cover a variety of topics, including the nuts and bolts of landlord-tenant law, lease requirements, tenant...
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Yolo County Child and Family Initiatives
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...
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Yolo County federal contract for immigrant teen detention ctr ending?
Article from the Sacramento Bee by Elliott Wailoo, Aug 9, 2019, updated Aug 10 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article233668107.html Yolo County appears ready to end federal contract for immigrant teen detention center Yolo County supervisors appear ready to terminate a decade-old contract with federal immigration authorities to house unaccompanied migrant teenagers in a high-security detention center in Woodland. This fall, the five-member Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on...
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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 County Housing Spring Fling event in March
Yolo County Housing is planning their annual Spring Fling event which will be held at their Public Housing properties in Winters, Woodland, and West Sacramento in late March. If your organization is interested in participating and staffing a booth, please fill out the attached registration form. If you have questions, please contact Ricardo Lopez at 530-669-2264 or rlopez@ych.ca.gov .
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Yolo County issues "Shelter in Place" Order - Please read and abide by order
On March 18, the Yolo County Public Health Officer issued a countywide health order for residents to shelter in place from March 19 through April 7, unless extended by the Public Health Officer. This order limits activity, travel and business functions to only the most essential needs and is intended to slow the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), protect those most vulnerable to the disease, and preserve local healthcare capacity. Shelter in place is a term used in emergency...
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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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YOLO COVID-19 Information from Yolo Health and Human Services
Yolo County extends Shelter-in-Place to May 1st. Please see www.yolocounty.org/ coronavirus for more information. For the new COVID-19 dashboard visit: www.yolocounty.org/ coronavirus-dashboard For information about COVID-19 in Yolo County, visit: www.yolocounty.org/coronavirus For guidance regarding the shelter in place order, visit: www.yolocounty.org/ coronavirus/shelter-inplace Residents can also call Yolo 2-1-1 for resource information. For additional updates follow Yolo County on...
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Yolo Food Bank resources for Yolo County residents
I have some important information on food resources. Yolo Food Bank is doing all that we can to continue serving the community, and we are still distributing food at most of our sites. Here is the link to our website's Find Food page: https://yolofoodbank. org/get-help/ . Yolo Food Bank is now offering food box delivery to seniors, those with disabilities, and those with health conditions which increase risk of coronavirus illness. To sign up for a box delivered to their home, folks can call...