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Yolo County Breast Milk Drive
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2017 Art Workshop Series with Yolo CANVAS
Yolo CANVAS is a program of Davis Community Meals. Dori Marshall, Vicki Plutchok and Marilyn Moyle will provide materials and ideas for new projects. TUESDAYS, 1-3 p.m. October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 & November 7 , 14 Cesar Chavez Plaza Community Room 1220 OLIVE DRIVE, DAVIS These classes are open to anyone in the community. Fees are $10 per class. * To register or for more information, call Marilyn Moyle at (530) 756-8475 or email marilynamoyle@gmail.com These classes are financed by the...
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2019 Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & In Real Life (IRL) Webinar Series
ACEs Connection presents, "Starting & Growing Resilient Communities: Online & In Real Life (IRL)" , an interactive webinar training series focused on developing existing and potential online community managers and IRL ACEs champions. If you are not a current online community manager, please know that ALL are welcome. This series is dedicated to providing insight into creating sustainable and effective online & IRL ACEs intiatives. "Starting & Growing Resilient Communities:...
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CHANGES to Yolo ACEs Connection Monthly Meetings
Mark your calendars!!! We have moved our Yolo ACEs Connection Monthly Meeting to the 4 th Thursday of the month from 3-4:30pm (Jun 25 th , July 23, Aug 27, Sept 24, Oct 22, Nov 26, no meeting in Dec as it is on Christmas eve!) We have...
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Community - Action Group meeting 7/14, 3-4:30 pm, Agenda
Yolo Resilience Network Agenda Date: July 14, 2016 Time: 3-4:30 pm Location: Yolo CASA Please see Agenda attached
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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 Indicator Dashboard’ launched by Yolo County [Woodland Democrat]
From Gail: Interesting new dashboard to check out. I wonder if we can include some of the kidsdata data on this dashboard? People curious about the “status” of the economy, education, or housing in the Yolo County now have a means of learning the metrics. They can now get real data on these topics and more on a just-launched “Community Indicator Dashboard,” according to Public Information Officer Beth Gabor. Developed through combining data from a variety of federal, state, county and...
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County supervisors want Basha out of juvenile dependency court
Comments from Gail: Tracy and I were texting about this tonight. Judge Basha has been a big supporter of Resilient Yolo and raising awareness of ACEs Science in our community. It seems we need to do some educating to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors about ACEs Science and how ACEs effect generations and how we must educate and create systems that do not re-traumatize the families we are trying to help... WOODLAND — The Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ask Superior Court...
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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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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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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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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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Campus Suicide and the Pressure of Perfection [NYTimes.com]
See NYT article about stress in our kids. BTW, Davis Parent University will be hosting author Julie Lythcott-Haims sometime this coming school year. Kathryn DeWitt conquered high school like a gold-medal decathlete....
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Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands? Come to our no-cost mental and school mental health Winter Institute!
Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands?If so...Check it out! 👇 NO COST. MENTAL HEALTH & SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. AMAZING FACULTY. JANUARY 14, 15, & 16th! LONG BEACH, CA. JOIN US. 🤝 👏 Learn more here: http://bit.ly/mhttc-winterinstitute-flyer Register here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egq2f9gaebafa6bd&llr=8wdk4ubab
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Empower Yolo's Services Guide (for Providers)
Attached please find Empower Yolo's Services Guide (with walk-in versus appointment only services). Please share with any professionals who may want to refer clients to Empower Yolo, but please do not hand it out to clients . It was intended for professionals to use as a guide.
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Family events at Woodland Public Library
Please see the attachments for information about Woodland Public Library's summer events. The Library will be serving free lunches Monday-Friday from 12-12:30 for children 18 and under from 6/10-8/2 . Families may also be interested in the following activities: Summer Kickoff Party on 6/8 Family Paint Party Mondays Special Event Tuesdays Family Yoga Tuesdays Teen Hangout Wednesdays Make and Explore Thursdays
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FREE Computer Equipment available for local non-profit partners from Yolo County Housing!
Attached is a list of surplus computer equipment that YCH will be giving away to local non-profit partners. If you are interested, please complete the form with your non-profit name and contact information in the space provided, plus note the number of each item you are requesting for your non-profit in the space to the right of the items. Please do not request any more of the items that you believe you can use in your non-profit since we want to ensure this equipment is put to good use...
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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 Health in Action on 2/18
Please Save the Date to join us for Health In Action DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 from 8:25 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (Check in and refreshments will start at 8:00 a.m.) LOCATION: Yolo Food Bank (233 Harter Drive Woodland, CA). A calendar notice for this event will follow later this week. This event is brought to you by Dignity Health, Sutter Health, Yolo County HHSA Community Health Branch, CommuniCare Health Centers, and Winters Healthcare who have come together to produce a joint Community...
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Yolo County Housing Spring Fling Egg Hunt/Health & Education Fairs
Join us at our 2019 Yolo County Housing Spring Fling Egg Hunt/Health & Education Fairs. Please see the attached flyer in English and Spanish for information. If you have questions, please contact Isaac Blackstock at iblackstock@ych.ca.gov .
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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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Youth Law Center Webinar Series
The Youth Law Center has launched a webinar series to highlight some best practices for parents and resource parents during the Covid-19 crisis. More information is available below. https://ylc.org/news/ylc-launches-qpi-resource-series-covid19-the-new-normal/ YLC launches QPI resource series "COVID19: The New Normal" We understand that the daily changes and constantly updated information on the COVID-19 crisis can be overwhelming. However panic cannot and should not drive our work off...
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YOUTH OPPORTUNITY: 2nd Annual Innovation Idea Lab on 3/23
Our Yolo County Mental Health Services Act team is collaborating with Solano and Sacramento counties to host the 2 nd Annual Innovation Idea Lab. This very successful event is a project of the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Youth Innovation Committee. It is an opportunity to hear the voice and choice of our Youth Leaders regarding preventative mental health services and strategies to increase the resilience of young people. In addition to the invitation for...
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YRN Organizational Plan - Steering Group and Action Groups
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...
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YRN Steering Committee Meeting 9/9/16 @ 3 pm
Yolo Resilience Networks Community Meeting is next week: DATE: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2016 TIME: 3pm - 4:30pm PLACE: CASA Office AGENDA (Tracy to facilitate) 3:00 - 3:05 – Welcome - Mindfulness Moment 3:05-3:15 – Introductions and Celebrations 3:15-3:30 Upcoming Events YRN Strategic Planning , Sept 27th Building a Resilient Yolo, Woodland YCOE, Oct 11 ACEs Conference, San Francisco, October 19-21 Nadine Burke Harris, Sacramento, Nov 1 3:30 –3:40 Discussion of YRN role in community engagement...
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Taming the Dragons - Helping Children Cope, ages birth to 12 yrs
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...
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The Compassionate Christian Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences
3:41 PM (0 minutes ago) Childhood Adversity and The Compassionate Christian Response Did you know adverse childhood experiences are very common, yet they are often unrecognized as contributors to poor physical and emotional well being across generations? This 8 week Bible based small group study held at Davis Community Church 412 C street, is designed to promote the well being of children and to decrease the adverse life long public health impact of trauma on the developing child. This is...
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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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FREE school lunches and breakfasts available across Yolo County
School lunches and breakfasts are available across Yolo County during school closures for all children 18 years and younger. More information and a map of locations are available at Yolo County Office of Education website: https://www.ycoe.org/pf4/cms2/ news_themed_display?id= 1584169596163 (see “Food Locations for Students” at the bottom of the page). The following information is from Davis Joint Unified School District: Meals will be set up on a table outside the building for distribution...
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FREE Special Kids Picnic at Fairytale Town - June 8
The Active 20-30 Club #1 of Sacramento invites children who have special healthcare and developmental needs to join them with their immediate families for a FREE day of food, face painting, crafts, music, games, a magician, and visits from Star Wars characters! Please share the attached flyers (in English and Spanish) with your clients! DATE: Saturday, June 8 TIME: 4pm - 7pm LOCATION: Fairytale Town, Sacramento To register, visit HTTP://BIT.LY/SKFP2019 or call Warmline at 916-455-9500.
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Free tax preparation for eligible families (VITA)
Please see the attached VITA flyers for the tax season. This is an excellent opportunity for eligible families to get money back through Earned Income Tax Credit! There are multiple sites and dates for this effort. Please share with your networks and clients! Flyers in English, Spanish, and Russian.
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FREE TRAINING: Social Media for Nonprofits: Getting Your Message Out1
Saturday, January 11 from 9:30am-1:30pm at Comcast Learn social media tips on a budget, hands-on tricks to get your message out and network with other organizations. The Sacramento chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association is hosting a FREE half-day panel to help nonprofits and community-based organizations understand how to use social media to tell their stories. Lunch will be provided as part of the Jan. 11, 2020 workshop, which is open to all nonprofit organizations in the...
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Help feed Yolo County’s hungry with ‘Food for Fines’ program
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...
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HELP NEEDED: Blood donors needed!
Please Schedule Your appointment to give blood at a Vitalant location nearby. Dr. Peter Marks from the Food and Drug Administration has stated: “We need people to start turning out in force to give blood.” If you are healthy, please give blood. While agencies are advising people to avoid “gatherings” blood donation operations—at blood drives and donation centers—are not gatherings but essential health care activities. Not having enough blood to meet basic patient needs will cause another...
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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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I Am Your Neighbor: A Tale of Two Cities Homeless Film Festival - Davis Nov 4th
If you are able try to attend this film festival and panel discussion on Saturday, November 4th. Donations for the Interfaith Rotating Winter SHelter will also be accepted. See HERE For all details: https://thedavisdirt.com/events/i-am-your-neighbor-a-tale-of-two-cities-homeless-film-festival/
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In ACEs Connection webinar, physicians talk trauma, offer tips for helping pediatric immigrant patients
Dr. Raul Gutierrez, a pediatrician in the San Francisco Bay Area, said he and his fellow clinicians see constant fear and its health consequences every single day among the largely immigrant and Latino population they serve. It’s all the result of anti-immigrant policies and the news cycle that feeds the fear. Dr. Raul Gutierrez “It is almost inescapable with the repercussions of immigration policy on the radio, television, social media and from friends and family,” Gutierrez told the 69...
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NEW: Updated Yolo Child and Family Initiatives spreadsheet
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.
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October Community Mtg Notes
Yolo Resilience I. Introductions Lisa Young, Sarah Baum, Cyndi Hale, Haydee Dabritz, Jacalyn Washington-Ansley, Tracy, Ramy, Karleen , Julie, Regan, Val Crisp II. Summit/Conference in Sacramento Friday – Karleen’s report - Many...
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OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY: Yolo County Housing Spring Fling events
Yolo County Housing is preparing for their Spring Fling event in late March. Attached is the registration form. Please share it with your contacts/partners. We want to make sure that we have enough agencies to cover our resident's needs. If you have questions, please contact Ricardo Lopez at rlopez@ych.ca.gov or 530-669-2264.
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Parenting Children with Trauma
Can you please share the attached update flyer for “Parenting Children With Trauma” workshop? The FREE workshop is on seven consecutive Tuesdays in Woodland, and dinner is provided. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to RSVP.
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Perinatal Mental Health training program
A few seats are still available Nov 29th & 30th for RNs, MSWs, lactation consultants, mental health clinicians and other community partners to become local champions and content experts in Perinatal Mental Health. Dignity Health Foundation and Yolo County Health & Human Services, in collaboration with Maternal Mental Health NOW, has developed a Perinatal Mental Health training program, presented by Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT, Training, CEUs and refreshments will be provided...
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Position: Clinical Program Manager with Stanford Youth Solutions+Sierra Forever Families
Stanford Youth Solutions+Sierra Forever Families has a job opening for a Clinical Program Manager in the Yolo Community Based Family Services Program. Please see the attached job description.
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PROGRAM UPDATE from Stanford Sierra Youth & Families (Community Based Family Services program openings & Job announcement)
The Community Based Family Services program has openings and is taking new referrals. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Job announcement: Clinical Program Manager position is now open. Please share the attached job description. We recently announced our new name: Stanford Sierra Youth and Families! For more information, visit youthsolutions.org
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Reaffirming our schools as a place where everyone belongs [Davis School Board - Special to the Davis Enterprise]
Note from Gail: Thanks for alerting us to this, Susan! I am out of town but hope others can join this discussion! This seems like an important opportunity for Reselient Yolo to be part of this discussion. I know a few of the SB Members are aware of RY but not sure they know what we are doing. I hope this will be discussed at the RY meeting today! What: We All Belong Community Forum When: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 Where: North Davis Elementary School multipurpose room, 555 E. 14th St.
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Register now: Free ACEs Connection Webinar on the Human Impact of Climate Change
A year after 85 people died in the wildfire that swept through Paradise, CA, and nearby towns, one of the town’s survivors will talk about how she and others are using resilience practices in their recovery from the trauma. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, Paradise resident Kelly Doty will have a conversation with Elaine Miller-Karas, who developed the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). Doty, who lost her home in the fire, and Miller-Karas will discuss resilience education skills designed to help...
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Resilient Yolo Meeting Minutes - Aug 2, 2019
Attached are the revised August 2019 minutes. Topics covered; Visit from Desiree Vigel with Shores of Hope in Sac, Be The One magnets, Big Picture brainstorming about RY goals, and committee updates.
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Resilient Yolo meeting minutes - Nov 2, 2018
Attached are minutes from the November 2018 meeting. Topics covered; Resilient Yolo Summit debrief, Next Steps, and Other Ideas.