Tagged With "May 7, 2021"

This summary national report, Household Experiences in America During the Delta Variant Outbreak , is based on a five-part polling series conducted in August-September 2021 for NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It details the experiences of households across the nation during the delta variant outbreak in different areas of their lives, including serious problems with finances, healthcare, racial/ethnic discrimination, education,...

Thank you to all who attended and participated in our follow up conversation to August's presentation by Aisha Pope, LCSW on Code Switching! See attached for brief minutes and flyers for upcoming events and job postings.

The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...

The American History Theater is proud to announce its first live play since the onset of COVID19 with "THIS WE’LL DEFEND", a military-inspired show opening December 3 at Light Box Theater in the Arts District Liberty Station, written by local playwright Anita Yellin Simons and directed by Missy Malloy. Simons began writing the play in 2009 when she learned about the acute prevalence of military rapes and suicides service-wide. In 2012, after several rewrites, the play became a finalist for...

This year, the California legislature approved $209 million for competitive 3-year grants to cities disproportionately impacted by violence to improve safety and promote healing in communities. 53 California cities are eligible to apply for this grant, more than ever before! In San Diego County, community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve the residents of the cities of San Diego, Chula Vista, or El Cajon are also eligible to apply. You are receiving this email either because your...

Linda Ketterer provided a moving and informative Learning Exchange presentation, The Value of the Voice, on the importance and evolution of the voice of lived experience in our system of care. See attached for Linda's PowerPoint presentation and meeting minutes.

Gardening is oft-noted for its therapeutic value – spending time outdoors improves mental health, relieves stress and anxiety, and can increase feelings of well-being. It was with this intent that Bayside Community Center launched its garden therapy program last year, one of many programs offered by 88 nonprofit partners throughout San Diego County through the Level Up SD grant program. After a year of pandemic restrictions and online learning during the 2020 – 2021 academic year, the San...

Big thanks to Dana Brown for her presentation on Epigenetics and the impact of historical trauma on future generations!! Please see attached for the Learning Exchange video, meeting minutes, presentation PowerPoint and announcement handouts.

By Bryan Amaro, Photo: Unsplash, University of San Diego, Digital USD, May 28, 2022 Background and Significance Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been well-studied for over 20 years, with the seminal research performed in San Diego, CA, through Kaiser Permanente and MD internist Vince Felitti in 1998. ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur during childhood before 18 years of age (Felitti et al., 1998). The stress response is a normal part of life, and is the bodies response...

Photo: ( Sandy Huffaker/inewsource) © Provided by Times of San Diego The Times of San Diego article, Opinion: Mass Incarceration Must End: Closing Private Prisons is a Good Start Last year, President Joe Biden acknowledged what had been evident for years: Our nation’s reliance on mass incarceration “imposes significant costs and hardships on our society and communities and does not make us safer,” according to the president’s Executive Order 14006 signed just days after he took office. In...

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Committed planning team members met bi-weekly, beginning December 2, 2021, in preparation for the four-part Trauma-Informed Learning Community series which launched in San Diego, California, with Session #1 on May 20th. This series brought together seventy-five cross-sector service providers, agencies, and schools who work with teens, transitional-age youth, and families and was hosted by Diego Hills Central. The series would not have been the success that it is without Area Superintendent...

A HHSA RFP that was just posted on 2/2 for Safe Parking. It is attached, the Statement of Work is on pages 48-56 . Key notes below: 2 sites, one at Magnolia in El Cajon and the other on Bancroft in Spring Valley. Start dates are 8/1 for El Cajon (contingent on site improvements), and 5/1 for Spring Valley. Referrals may only be made from OHS Outreach Teams, there are no self referrals allowed No RV or large van parking No cooking Open 7 days/week, from 7pm-7am Information required to be...

Thanks to Dana Brown for her thought-provoking presentation on San Diego's Coorperative of Communities! See attached for minutes, Dana's presentation and many other informational handouts.

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our first hybrid meeting since the pandemic!! Thanks to Adrienne Markworth from Leah's Pantry and Jeannie Oestreicher from San Diego Center for Children FFAST program for their presentations on the use of their Guide Team mini-grants! See attached for meeting minutes, their presentations and more!

It was wonderful seeing those who could attend - both in person and virtually! Congratulations to Shor Denny, our new Guide Team Co-Chair! See attached for meeting minutes and handouts.

A new K2A has been developed that covers the need to build “Wellness Systems” throughout continued prevention efforts. The Social Policy Institute's Child Welfare/Wellness Systems team has been involved with Ventura County as well as San Diego County for several years on a journey that has contributed to both counties reimagining their Child Welfare Services work. Read the full K2A here for more. Attached, please find the Knowledge to Action two-pager.

Hi Everyone, it was great to see everyone last Friday! Please see attached for our meeting minutes.

Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principal author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...

Hi All, Thank you to all who attended our last SDTIGT Member Meeting on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 12:30-2pm. Attached you will find the meeting notes, as well as the handouts from our guest speakers from Center for Community Solutions. Please save the date for our next meeting on December 1, 2023.

Associations between 11 parental discipline behaviours and child outcomes across 60 countries Ward KP, Grogan-Kaylor, A, Ma J, et al. BMJ Open 2023;13:e058439. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058439 Abstract Objectives To test associations between 11 caregiver aggressive and non-aggressive discipline behaviours and outcomes (aggression, distraction and prosocial peer relations) of children under 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Participants Data came from the fourth...