May 2017

As schools adopt social-emotional programs, a new guide offers help [EdSource.org]

Samantha Sangenito · 5/16/1711:11 AM

Parents, teachers and students streamed into the library of Palo Alto’s Gunn High School on a warm evening this spring to hear about a new plan , coming this fall, to help high school students develop empathy and coping skills through “social and emotional learning.” For starters, the audience wanted the answer to a question that has dogged the jargon phrase for years: What is social and emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it? The term is bedeviled by abstractions, but...

Fearing Deportation, Parents Worry About Undocumented Kids In Medi-Cal [California Healthline]

Gail Kennedy · 5/15/177:59 AM

Luz felt relieved and grateful when she learned that her 16-year-old son qualified for full coverage under Medi-Cal. Now, she worries that the information she provided to the government health program could put her family at risk of deportation. Luz’s son is one of nearly 190,000 children who have enrolled in Medi-Cal since California opened it to undocumented children last year. Luz, her husband and her son came to Merced, Calif., from Mexico without papers about 10 years ago. Luz asked...

Child Care Bridge Program with Trauma-Informed Training

Jennifer Rexroad · 5/14/177:42 PM

More foster and relative homes are needed across the country. One barrier is child care access. A new bill seeks to solve this problem by providing a child care bridge program with a trauma informed training component. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article147546504.html

In-Person Visits, New Underwear, More Counseling: Key Changes Sought in California Juvenile Detention [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito · 5/13/176:51 PM

Should youth incarcerated in California juvenile halls and camps be entitled to new underwear? Should family and friends be assured that their visits to youth in detention facilities be in person rather than through video screens? Should these youth be guaranteed more time outdoors for exercise and fresh air? These are some of the concerns that advocates and formerly incarcerated youth are pushing for as California considers revisions to its regulations for its state and county detention...

CA Reducing Disparities Project, Implementation Pilot Projects - TRIBE

Gail Kennedy · 5/13/175:47 PM

CA Dept of Public Health's partner in the California Reducing Disparities Project, Implementation Pilot Projects (IPP). The one described below features the community defined evidence practice of the African American IPP: Whole Systems Learning. The Turning Resilience into Brilliance for Eternity Program (TRIBE) is a 5-year program that takes a public health approach to prevent mental illness, by promoting health in a scientific way, for African American foster and adjudicated youth. The...

Blog posts -- State agencies

May Edition of CDPH's Office of Health Equity Newsletter - Partner Spotlight: Office of Binational Border Health

Gail Kennedy · 5/13/175:40 PM

Upon reading the May edition of the Office of Health Equity Newsletter, I found this article of interest. To learn more about OHE visit here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/OfficeHealthEquity.aspx Partner Spotlight: Office of Binational Border Health The California-Baja California border region is the busiest in the world with over 100,000,000 crossings per year. Individuals living in the region cross for various reasons including employment, recreation, family and healthcare and...

Rage, Reflection and Restoration: Healing Circle with Trauma Transformed

Donielle Prince · 5/11/175:07 PM

Join Oakland's Trauma Transformed Center for a youth led healing circle to promote wellness in a challenging political climate. Limited space still available! Contact gianna.annino@ebac.org to RSVP.

Bay Area Human Rights Training on Immigrant Health

Marissa Abbott · 5/10/173:38 PM

HealthRight International's Human Rights Clinic (HRC) will be holding a training for new volunteers on Saturday, June 3, 2017 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at UC Hastings College of Law (198 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA 94102). This training, in particular, will have a special focus on evaluating minors (children and adolescents) as well as adult survivors. T he training will provide clinicians with a background on the experiences of immigrants fleeing abuse (including unaccompanied minors...

Over 14,000 CA foster youth facing end to critical services

Olivia Kirkland · 5/10/172:59 PM

May is National Foster Care Month. If foster youth are not reunified with their families or adopted by age 21, youth “age out” of the state’s foster care system and services often end abruptly. In 2015, more than 14,000 California foster youth—nearly a quarter of all those in care statewide—were between the ages of 16 and 20 years old.

Interview with Dr. Brigid McCaw, Director of Kaiser Permanente's Family Violence Prevention Program

Carey Watson, MD · 5/8/172:44 PM

Dr. McCaw describes the genesis and evolution of Kaiser Permanente's Family Violence Prevention Program

California's subsidized after-school programs struggling to survive [EdSource.org]

Samantha Sangenito · 5/7/174:50 PM

Stagnant state funding, rising costs and possible cutbacks in federal support are threatening the viability of California’s subsidized after-school programs, which serve 859,000 low-income students in 4,500 schools across the state. Besides offering a safe place for children while parents are working, after-school and summer programs provide homework help, hands-on science and arts projects, field trips, sports, social-emotional support and meals. The programs are free to parents of...