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2019 Prevention Resource Guide from Children's Bureau

Bonnie Berman ·
The 2019 Prevention Resource Guide is designed to help individuals and organizations in every community strengthen families and prevent child abuse and neglect. This year's theme, "Strong and Thriving Families," aligns with the 21st National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. The Resource Guide focuses on protective factors that build on family strengths to foster healthy child and youth development. It can be used along with the Protective Factors in Practice scenarios and the activity...
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COVID-19 resources for Families/Clients

Bonnie Berman ·
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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Youth Thrive Survey Now Available FREE

Bonnie Berman ·
The Youth Thrive Survey, which collects data on Protective and Promotive Factors data, is now available to all organizations free of charge! This valid and reliable web-based survey from the Center for the Study of Social Policy measures the presence, strength, and growth of the Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors as proxy indicators of well-being. Co-designed with youth and young adults and taking less than 15 minutes to complete, the survey can be an effective tool for informing...
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Youth Thrive Survey Now Available FREE

Bonnie Berman ·
Since the Fall 2018 launch of the Youth Thrive Survey, nearly 100 organizations and agencies across the country have committed to integrating the Protective and Promotive Factors in their data collection. And now, the Center for the Study of Social Policy is thrilled to announce that the Youth Thrive Survey will be available to all organizations free of charge! This valid and reliable web-based survey measures the presence, strength, and growth of the Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive...
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TRAINING on Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors Framework implementation

Bonnie Berman ·
The Children’s Trust Fund Alliance is pleased to partner with ProSolutions Training to make available an online training to support implementation of the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors Framework in multiple settings. This curriculum includes new materials on partnering with parents and addresses promising strategies to strengthen families for practitioners. Trainings are available for free for providers and parents, but if you want to earn CEUs and state credits, there is a fee.
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New Book from Be Strong Families

Bonnie Berman ·
Living the Protective Factors: How We Keep Our Children Safe and Families Strong This book offers 57 ways for parents to live the protective factors. There are descriptions, questions for reflection and discussion, and activities. These ways spark creativity, are food for thought, and a source of guidance and support when we're feeling stuck as parents. To order: https://www.bestrongfamilies.o rg/products/living-the-protect ive-factors-how- we-keep-our-children-safe-and- families-strong
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NEW: Living the Protective Factors

Bonnie Berman ·
Be Strong Families (BSF) is excited to announce new and updated Living the Protective Factors resources. https://www.bestrongfamilies.o rg/resources/ Building on the initial message of empowerment - parents have a lot of control over how they raise their children, what environment they create in their homes and how they keep their children safe - BSF staff have built on this important foundation in three main ways. First, they recognize that a strong parent is a healthy parent. Building...
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ONLINE TRAININGS from Strategies 2.0

Bonnie Berman ·
All instructor-led trainings will take place online. For more detailed descriptions and times and to register, visit https://strategiesca.asentialms.com/catalog/ Trauma Informed Care-Spanish Discussion on 5/15 Introduction to Protective Factors on 5/14 A Protective Factor Deeper Dive: Parental Resilience on 5/8 and 5/22 Case Management on 5/8 Trauma-Informed Care Discussion on 5/11 and 6/1 A Protective Factor Deeper Dive: Social and Emotional Competence of Children on 5/12 A Protective...
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WEBINAR: Preventing Child Neglect by Building Protective Factors on 2/14

Bonnie Berman ·
Join Strengthening Families for a webinar on Thursday, February 14, 12-1pm. Explore ways that it is "Everyone's Responsibility" to help prevent child neglect and how building protective factors at all levels of the social ecology can be an effective strategy to prevent child neglect. The session will include segments from one of the training sequences from the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds' new four-part training, "Let's Talk About . . . Preventing Child...
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WEBINAR: Safeguards for Youth Briefing on 3/5

Bonnie Berman ·
DATE: Thursday, March 5 TIME: 11:00 – 11:30 AM PST Kidsdata.org recently compiled data on Safeguards for Youth to highlight important protective factors and supportive services for California children. Learn about the Safeguards for Youth framework and where to easily access these data. Also, hear from a specialist at the Child Abuse Prevention Center about adopting a prevention mind-set and using trauma-informed practices to address adversity among children. Speakers will be available for...
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Webinars

Bonnie Berman ·
Rebuilding Hope: Family Resource Centers and Disaster Response on 5/27 9:30-10:45am on May 27 In this time of global crisis, understanding how Family Resource Centers (FRCs) have previously been instrumental in supporting families and communities both through and in the aftermath of major disasters is especially timely. This webinar from National Family Support Network will highlight the experiences, reflections, and lessons learned from FRCs in Alabama, California, and New Jersey in...
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WEBINARS on remote trauma-informed support and equity

Bonnie Berman ·
Trauma-Informed Support from Afar for Head Starts on 4/23 11am on April 23 Head Starts across the country are wrestling with two major challenges: creating new trauma-informed programming and providing critical family services from afar. Ready4K can help. The new Ready4K Trauma-Informed program is specifically designed to buffer the effects of trauma through TEXT MESSAGES. We reach families wherever they are with activities that build the Five Protective Factors during COVID-19 and beyond.
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WEBINARS: STRATEGIES 2.0 Webinars in April and May

Bonnie Berman ·
Please see the attached flyers or visit https://strategiesca.asentialms.com/catalog/ to register. Self-Care for Human Services on 4/22 10am-11:30am on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 This 90-minute webinar is designed to support family strengthening workers in exploring methods to reduce compassion fatigue and burnout. Webinar concepts reinforce the importance of the inside-out approach of practitioners modeling and teaching self-care for families through their own practice. Participants will be...
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WEBINAR: Keeping Kids and Families Safe During the COVID-19 Crisis on 5/8

Bonnie Berman ·
12:30-1:30pm on Friday, May 8 https://ncg.org/events/keeping-kids-and-families-safe-during-covid-19-crisis For many kids, home is not a safe place. School closures and the statewide shelter in place order, combined with health fears, massive layoffs, and economic uncertainty has resulted in increased stress for families and fewer eyes on children. Current data on child abuse are hard to assess, as experts believe there is under-reporting while kids are cut off from schools, friends, and...
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RESOURCE: Theory of Change to Prevent Child Neglect

Bonnie Berman ·
Child neglect is the most prevalent form of child maltreatment, with serious and long-term consequences. It is also the least clearly defined, understood and publicly recognized. The National Alliance of Children’s Trust & prevention funds, from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, is conducting a targeted effort to raise the visibility of this issue and expand the national conversation about preventing neglect. The work builds on the Alliance’s extensive work to promote the Protective...
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RESOURCE: Protecting Children: Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect in Yolo County

Bonnie Berman ·
An important way to protect children is to report any suspicions of child abuse and neglect to Child Welfare Services (CWS). Mandated reporters and community members can use Protecting Children: Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect to learn the warning signs of abuse and neglect and how to report suspected child abuse and neglect. YCCA prepared this document as a project of the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) in collaboration with Yolo County CWS. If you suspect that a child...
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Resources related to "Public Charge" regulation

Bonnie Berman ·
Attached please find information from Protecting Immigrant Families about the new public charge rule. You can learn more from Protecting Immigrant Families at https:// protectingimmigrantfamilies. org/ . Attached please find the Sacramento Area Immigration Legal Referral list. Please share with clients who may need legal services. In addition, families can go to this website https://www. keepyourbenefitsca.org/ questionnaire to explore the public charge "guide," or families can text...
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RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS on protective factors and trauma-informed care

Bonnie Berman ·
· Everyone Experiences Stress, Protective Factors Keep Families Strong from Child Welfare Information Gateway Help the families in your community learn more about how to stay strong even when times are tough. Share this video and resource page with the families you serve, and start a conversation about ways to manage stress and implement protective factors. Use the hashtag #mystrongfamily to share ideas on all the different ways families stay strong even on the rainiest days. · Training and...
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Sebastopol Peace Bag concept has spread to Southern California

Elizabeth Beaty-Smith ·
Local Sebastopol non-profit Peacetown is spreading joy and community engagement through the Family Village's project called Peace Bags. Every week for 13 weeks a different local organization "sponsors" a week by providing printed resources and an activity that supports community connection, family engagement, and some fun. The bags are distributed for FREE in collaboration with a local toy store. I happen to come across a conversation on one of the posts I made regarding Peace Bags. The post...
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RESOURCE FOR PROVIDERS: Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level

Bonnie Berman ·
Attached is the executive summary of the Community Conditions That Strengthen Families: Protective Factors at the Community Level Report from the Center for the Study of Social Policy. The link to the full report is also here . Feel free to share.
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Protective Factors & ACEs training sessions this month

Bonnie Berman ·
Learn about the Five Protective Factors Framework and how to leverage this approach in screening for ACEs. Read more on the attached flyer.
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YCCA’s 16th Annual Community Giveaway Day

Bonnie Berman ·
Yolo County Children’s Alliance’s Community Giveaway Day Location: Sutter Health Park parking lot (off of 5 th Street- there will be signage). 400 Ballpark Drive, West Sacramento, CA 95691 Date: Saturday , November 20 , 2021 Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM This event is a drive-thru style , we will have limited walk-up availability. Flyers in E nglish , Spanish , Russian and Farsi are attached below. Please share the attached flyer with your West Sacramento clients, families, friends, and partners.
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