Tagged With "Center for Health Care Strategies"
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New Study Shows Communities Can Reduce the Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences [Mathematic Policy Research]
[ Ed. note: Following is a media release published yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research. This follows on the heals of the report, "Self-Healing Communities" that Laura Porter, Dr. Robert Anda and WHO wrote for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Both reports and executive summaries are attached to this blog post. Both reports are significant, because they show that community ACEs initiatives -- with "modest investments and limited staff" -- are solving some of our most intractable...
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Newsletter: ACEs and Resilience
ACEs and Resilience Hello! You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the ACEs and Resilience Gov Delivery list. If you want to unsubscribe, see information at the bottom of this message. In this email: Webinar – Networks of Opportunity for Child Wellbeing – March 21 Free Sanctuary Model Training – April 4 & 5 – The Dalles, Oregon New ACEs Connection Community for WA – Shelton ACEs Tracker Presentation App – Invitation to add data Archived Webinar – Self-Healing Communities...
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NJ medical school program requires all first-year students to learn about ACEs science
In 2015, Dr. Beth Pletcher, a pediatrician and associate professor specializing in genetics, was at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington D.C. when she heard two speakers that forever changed her work with medical students. Dr. Beth Pletcher “I went to two talks on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that were so mind-boggling to me that I decided on my drive back to New Jersey that I had to do something about it,”says Pletcher, director of the Division...
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Opioid crisis, adverse childhood experiences take center stage in community forum [Yakima Herald]
By Tammy Ayer, June 21, 2019 Yakima Herald-Republic The woman’s weight loss was impressive. In 51 weeks, she went from 408 pounds to 132 pounds. But she regained it even faster, which perplexed Dr. Vincent J. Felitti . She was just one of the approximately 50 percent of the patients at his weight-loss clinic in San Diego who regained what they lost, Felitti recalled at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences on Friday. “Look at the photo on the left, a little girl of age 8,” he said...
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PCEs and Building Resilience - Oct 21 workshop
Have you read or heard about the new study on Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs)? Join Sound Discipline for our next Building Resiliency workshop (Oct 21) to learn how to be a buffer against trauma and toxic stress in your community. Read below for a note from Sound Discipline Executive Director, Jody McVittie MD, on PCEs and Building Resilience. As a former practicing family physician, I love when the science catches up to what we already know from our own experience of working with...
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Podcast Interview: "Human Flourishing and Public Health," with T. VanderWeele and M. Wilson
Harvard Chan This Week in Health Podcast, July 11, 2019 "What does it mean for someone to flourish? Flourishing is more than just being happy—although that’s a part of it. But the idea of flourishing expands beyond happiness to look at a person’s overall well-being, taking into account things like life satisfaction or someone’s sense of purpose. That’s why studying flourishing is an interdisciplinary science drawing on public health, philosophy, psychology, and more. In this week’s episode...
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Police will soon connect people to substance abuse, mental health services in Thurston County [theolympian.com]
People arrested in Lacey and unincorporated Thurston County could soon have access to mental health and substance abuse treatment through a pilot program. Officials hope to have the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program running by early June, Prosecutor Jon Tunheim announced Wednesday at a meeting hosted by the Black Alliance of Thurston County. The program would allow people arrested for minor offenses, such as public intoxication, urinating in public and low-level drug offenses, to...
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Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion. Their Pain - FREE Screening for ACEs Connection Network!
I am excited to announce that ACEs Connection Network has partnered with the producers of the film, Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion. Their Pain . to host a FREE SCREENING of the film for our members. If you have been t hinking of hosting a screening of CAREgivers in your community or are interested in learning more about secondary traumatic stress and what to do about it, join our ACEs Connection Network for a FREE screening of this film and a virtual chat with the...
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Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample: Associations Across Adverse Childhood Experiences Levels [jamanetwork.com]
By Christina Bethell, Jennifer Jones, Narangerel Gombojav, et al., JAMA Pediatrics, September 9, 2019 Question : Are positive childhood experiences (PCEs) associated with adult depression and/or poor mental health (D/PMH) and adult-reported social and emotional support (ARSES) independent from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)? Findings : In this cross-sectional study, adults reporting higher PCEs had lower odds of D/PMH and greater ARSES after accounting for ACEs. The associations of...
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Premera awards $3.3 million in community grants focusing on behavioral health [Premera Blue Cross; press release]
Mountlake Terrace, Wash., Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premera Blue Cross through its Premera Social Impact program today announced more than $3.3 million in grants made to 18 nonprofit organizations across Washington. “These programs are among the leaders in our area in making a difference in the lives of individuals and families,” said Paul Hollie, who leads Premera Social Impact . “They, like us, are working toward a healthier community through therapy, education and safe, supportive...
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Preventing ACEs - Press Release from Health Officials and 2019 CDC Report
Health Officials Seek to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences Press Release from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) ARLINGTON, VA (Nov. 6, 2019) —At least five of the top 10 leading causes of death are associated with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), according to a new report released yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACEs, such as abuse, neglect, and witnessing violence or substance misuse in the home, can lead to...
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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Assistance Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities, CDC)
Contents include: Strengthen Economic Supports for Families Change social Norms to Support Parents and Positive Parenting Provide Quality Care and Education Early in Life Enhance Parenting Skills to Promote Healthy Child Development Intervene to Lessen Harms and Prevent Future Risks Sector Involvement Monitoring and Evalution Full document: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/can-prevention-technical-package.pdf
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Prevention Works a Coalition of Clallam County
PW! Update is published on Tuesday every week. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please send your name and email to info@pw4kids.org This is December 3, 2019 Newsletter! Mission: Prevention Works! is a coalition that promotes positive childhoods in Clallam County ANNOUNCEMENTS Today!!! Prevention Works will be participating in #ClallamGives. Our site it at: https://clallamgives. mightycause.com/story/Xtz3fg P lease Share! Check out our Community Clallam Resilience Project:...
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Program gives Spokane schools resources to help students rise above adversity
By Jim Allen , Thu., Oct. 24, 2019 Think of it as a well-school checkup. On Tuesday morning at Bemiss Elementary School, educators and health professionals spoke enthusiastically about something called Resilience in School Environments, or RISE. A collaboration between Kaiser Permanente and the Spokane and West Valley school districts, the RISE program is expected to lift up teachers and administrators and give them tools to cope with all the challenges of the modern student. The challenges...
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PROMISING Strategies, Practices, Approaches
Beyond Paper Tigers Conference 2017 Wednesday, June 28 & Thursday, June 29, 2017 A fast-paced information and strategies conference for parents, educators, clinicians, mental health workers & law enforcement. Learn how to effectively use cutting-edge brain science to address the overwhelming effects of chronic stress and trauma in the development of children. Beyond Paper Tigers 2017 provides a universal approach to this global concern. Follow the link below to register for the...
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Public Awareness Campaign in the United Kingdom – Heads Together
“Let’s get out Heads Together to eliminate stigma and change the conversation on mental health.” “Heads Together is a campaign coordinated by The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.” (From website) Website includes several short videos. https://www.headstogether.org.uk/
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Rebuilding Lives while Building Homes: Tony McGuire's Resilience-Building Carpentry Class
Tony McGuire is a great carpenter. He ran his own construction business for years. Then he wanted to get into teaching. He became a Tenured Faculty member at a local community college, and landed in the state penitentiary as a Basic Skills Carpentry instructor. So how could that be connected to saving lives with a 20 buck investment? Tony got touched by CRI’s trauma-informed training. He saw himself past and present and knew somehow that, “with this information comes the responsibility to...
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Recap: NW Conference on Behavioral and Addictive Disorders
It is no secret that Adverse Childhood Experiences and trauma in childhood have a wide-ranging impact on health-risk outcomes across an individual’s lifetime. This includes behavioral, physical, and mental health impacts, such as smoking, alcoholism, and substance use; depression, suicide attempts, heart disease, and cancer. At the 32 nd Annual Northwest Conference on Behavioral and Addictive Disorders, topics focused on trauma treatment, neuroscience and therapy, and the intersection of...
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Reflection on the Challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Join us in reflecting on the pandemic challenges shared by our ACEs Connection community members so far
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Report: Racism, Discrimination, Trauma Harming Health Outcomes [columbian.com]
By Wyatt Stayner, The Columbian, August 19, 2019 The Healthy Columbia Willamette Collaborative has identified discrimination, racism and trauma as the main drivers of health concerns for people in Clark County and the Portland metropolitan area, according to the recently released 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment. The Collaborative is made up of four Public Health departments — Clark County and Oregon’s Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties — as well as 15 hospitals and one...
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Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury - CDC
Thanks to Washington State Essentials for Childhood for sharing this message from the CDC. On November 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released RFA-CE-20-003, Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence- Related Injury . CDC intends to commit up to $1,050,000 in Fiscal Year 2020 to support up to three awards. The agency is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance knowledge about what works to prevent violence by rigorously...
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Resilience tips for today's environment
I came across this graphic I had used for a Child Care Providers training. It made me think of families looking for tips while in "shelter in place". For Claim my calm , a parent's ability to remain calm is important for children to see modeled. "Serve and return" in action! Find my safe zone in my mind is having structure and routines in place. Our card speaks to this (and by the way, read books together as part of the routine!). Name my feelings helps us calm our emotions, or name it to...
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Resource List - Introduction to ACEs and Resilience
This resource list includes links to internet resources that introduce people to ACEs and the ACE Study. It also includes links to resources related to self-care, equity and historical trauma, the NEAR speakers bureau, resilience, and addressing ACEs in your community and in Washington State. Introduction to ACEs and Resilience Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – www.cdc.gov/ace/index.htm Adverse Childhood Experiences: Looking at How ACEs...
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Resource List - Growing Cross-Sector, Community-Based ACEs and Resilience Initiatives
Resources for individuals, organizations, and communities moving along trauma and hope-informed pathways in order to: Prevent and mitigate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Promote resilience and safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Promote equity and racial justice. Prevent substance abuse and promote mental health. … so that all children, youth, families and communities have equal opportunity for educational success, economic stability, health, and well-being.
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Resource List - Hope, Happiness and Well-Being
This ACEs-related internet resource list includes links to information about hope, happiness and well-being, positive psychology, character strengths, and grit and self-control.
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Resource List - Hope, Happiness and Well-Being
Ideas and resources for individuals, organizations, and communities moving along a hope-informed pathway in order to: Prevent and mitigate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Promote resilience and safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Promote equity and racial justice. Prevent substance abuse and promote mental health. … so that all children, youth, families and communities have equal opportunity for educational success, economic stability, health, and well-being. Hope...
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Resource List - Inspirational & Fun Videos
This ACEs-related internet resource list includes links to inspirational and fun videos. Videos Change the First Five Years and You Change Everything (3:57) www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbSp88PBe9E 5 Extra Years – Today’s kids are the first generation with a shorter life expectancy than their parents. What would you do with 5 more years? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGskDRV4t0g (1:48) Jessica’s “Daily Affirmation” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg (0:49) The Tree – Lead India --...
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Resource List - Primary Care
This list of ACEs-related internet resources is intended for primary care practices and people seeking to engage them in using an ACEs lens and trauma informed approaches. it includes links to introductions to ACEs, self-care, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements and resources and other information about trauma-informed approaches. Self-Care Protecting Physician Wellness: Working with Children Affected by Traumatic Events , Part of the Trauma Toolbox for Primary Care,...
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Resource List - Schools & School-Age Children and Youth
This resource list includes an introduction to ACEs, resilience and brain science - and ACEs-related internet resources related to schools and school age children and youth.
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Resource List - Schools & School-Age Children and Youth
Resources for individuals, organizations, and communities moving along trauma and hope-informed pathways in order to: Prevent and mitigate Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Promote resilience and safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. Prevent substance abuse and promote mental health. Move toward hope and flourishing individuals, families and communities. Trauma-Informed Approach SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach . July 2014 -...
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Arc of King County: Support for King County's developmental disabilities community
The Arc of King County Advocacy Team April 2020, COVID-19 and mental health - A newsletter to support King County's developmental disabilities community Have stress? Resources to support mental health Parenting in stressful times - Facebook Live Mental health referrals for youth Disability resources for COVID-19 DD Virtual Town Hall, on tape Need 0-3 supports? Dear King County Parent and Family Coalition members and friends, Staying connected is so important during this time - simply seeing...
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Archived Webinar - Change, Challenge, Adversity, and Resilience: Ideas and Tools for a Turbulent World
Presented by Region IV Public Health Training Center Speaker: Dr. Linda Hoopes "Dr. Linda Hoopes helps individuals, teams, and organizations learn to thrive in turbulence." Some of the key points were: Building Blocks of Resilience Calming yourself Choosing a strategy – Reframe the challenge, change the situation, accept what is Solving problems – Problem solving “muscles:” Positivity, Confidence, Connection, Experimenting, Structure, Priorities, Creativity Managing energy – physical,...
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Artists in the ACE and Resilience Movement: Creative Avenues to Change
They began with a song and ended with a poem. In-between, there were photographs and giant graphic renderings, movement exercises and a “human pulse” formed when 90 people stood in a circle and squeezed each other’s hands. At a June summit in Whatcom County, Washington, titled “Our Resilient Community: A Community Conversation on Resilience and Equity,” the arts played a starring role. Kristi Slette, executive director of the Whatcom Family and Community Network, one of two Washington sites...
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"As important as finding the cure to cancer": Behind the effort to end childhood toxic stress [qz.com]
By Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, March 21, 2020 James is 3 years old and presents with chronic asthma, allergies, and eczema. Lola is five and overweight. Emma is 11 and struggles to focus on her homework, often gets into fights at school, and has trouble sleeping. These (fictional) children may seem like they have little in common—but that’s because you don’t have all the information. You don’t know, for example, that James’ father has bipolar disorder and misuses his prescription medication.
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Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk Prevention Training in Yakima
This training is appropriate for anyone who is interested in learning about suicide prevention in schools, healthcare, and community settings. When: Wednesday May 10 th , 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Where: Yakima Convention Center 10 N 8 th Street, Room 400, South Ballroom, Yakima, WA 98901 Cost: $35 and provides educational clock hours for educators and continuing education hours for social workers. Lunch will be provided Register: https://amsr_with_ospi_5-10-17.eventbrite.com See attached flyer.
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Authors, mothers and teachers: Meet the speakers for Ignite Education Lab 2019 [Seattle Times]
We’re just a little over two weeks away from Ignite Education Lab , our fourth annual storytelling event — and we want you to meet our speakers. .... Kari O’Driscoll The Power of Perspective Kari is a native of the Pacific Northwest, the mother of two teenage daughters and a huge fan of teenagers in general. She founded The SELF Project to promote mindfulness, self-awareness and critical thinking in teens, and to strengthen parent-teen relationships. She has worked in mental health and...
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Babies and toddlers might not know there's a fire but disasters still take their toll
Thanks to ACEs Action Alliance, Clark County for posting this on Facebook. By Karleen Gribble and Nina J Berry, The Conversation. Medicalxpress.com January 13, 2020 Thousands of families with babies and toddlers have been affected by Australia's bushfire disaster. This includes children whose homes have been under direct threat or impacted by severe smoke pollution, or where their parents volunteer or work as fire fighters. Babies and toddlers may not be aware of the danger the fires pose to...
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ACE Surveys -- Washington State
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listed the ACEs questions as an “Optional Module” for states and territories to administer in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Below are slides showing the states that administered the ACEs...
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Beyond Paper Tigers is Back!
Back for the second year, Beyond Paper Tigers conference will take place June 28th and 29th in Walla Walla, WA. Featuring Dr. Ken Ginsburg from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as the keynote speaker, BPT builds on the story of one community and how they've learned that embracing trauma-informed care and implementing ACEs science truly takes a village. Operationalizing the latest in brain science, BPT will provide concrete strategies for intervention with youth, families, and communities...
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Beyond Paper Tigers Presenter Showcase! Embracing Our Vulnerabilities: Art and Authenticity with Brigette Phillips and Shasta Meyers
In Japan, there is a form of art called Kintsugi, the process of repairing a broken piece of ceramic with gold, filling in its cracks. Such a technique renders the piece more beautiful in the eyes of the artist; it celebrates the object’s history, its unique story, and emphasizes the beauty of damage instead of disguising it. To feel this truth about ourselves, however, requires an accepting space and practice. When upcoming Beyond Paper Tigers conference presenter, Brigette Phillips, began...
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Beyond Paper Tigers: The Heart of the Matter
Graphic artist Anne Nelson created this visual roadmap during the partner showcase, capturing the "heart of the matter" for each community member Teri Barila, co-founder and CEO of the Children’s Resilience Initiative and the igniting force that brought change to a quiet corner of southeast Washington, kicked off last month’s Beyond Paper Tigers Conference by sharing one of her “aha” moments. In 2007, she attended a conference in Winthrop, WA, where Dr. Robert Anda spoke about the CDC-Kaiser...
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Birth Equity Project (BEP) Letter of Intent Due March 4, 2019 at 5:00 PST
BIRTH EQUITY PROJECT (BEP) C OMMUNITY INVESTMENTS THAT IMPROVE EQUITY IN BIRTH OUTCOMES Request for Letters of Intent Due March 4, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. PST TIMELINE PURPOSE Washington State Department of Health (DOH) proposes to fund projects aimed at improving maternal health and birth outcomes in priority populations through the Center for Disease Control Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grant (PHHS). We are inviting communities to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to apply for...
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Bus will soon hit streets of Mason County to help those battling substance abuse [KOMO News]
BELFAIR, Wash. — A first-of-its-kind bus will soon hit the streets of Mason County to help those battling substance abuse. The bus will respond to overdose calls along with firefighters and police. But the bigger focus of the team on board will be on connecting those in crisis to long-term treatment. The North Mason Regional Fire Authority was awarded a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Department of Justice last October to create a rural Quick Response Team. The 4-person team will be made...
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California Data Dashboard: Child Adversity and Well-Being
A product of the CA Essentials for Childhood Initiative, the California Data Dashboard contains 23 select indicators of child adversity, health and well-being, utilizing data available on kidsdata.org . For more information about this project please go here. The California Data Dashboard contains select indicators of child adversity and well-being. The dashboard is a product of the Shared Data and Outcomes Workgroup of the California Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative, a CDC-funded...
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California’s Surgeon General Readies Statewide Screening for Child Trauma [chronicleofsocialchange.org]
By Jeremy Loudenback, Chronicle of Social Change, September 19, 2019 Soon after being appointed California’s first-ever surgeon general, Nadine Burke Harris took off on a barnstorming tour across the state to talk about adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress, an issue she calls “the biggest public health crisis facing California today.” Before the pediatrician was appointed to her position in January by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), Harris had founded and led the Center for Youth Wellness,...
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Call for Abstracts for NCHDV 2020 conference
The National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence (NCHDV) seeks submissions that highlight research reports, practice innovations, advocacy initiatives, educational advances, and/or community programs that address one or more aspects related to domestic/sexual violence, other forms of violence, and health. The Call for Abstracts (CFA) invites leaders working in the fields of health and domestic/sexual violence to present their work at the 2020 Conference. Submission Deadline: Monday,...
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Carnegie Resource Center Opens as an Innovative Gateway to Services (Pioneer Human Services)
EVERETT, WA, December 17, 2018 – In partnership with Pioneer Human Services, Snohomish County is proud to announce the opening of the Carnegie Resource Center [CRC]. The CRC will operate as a hub for individuals from across Snohomish County, providing them with the opportunity to seek and become connected to community services including housing, mental health and substance use treatment. Agencies with proficiency in these areas will be onsite offering appointments to complete applications...
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Challenging the status quo | My View [NorthKitsapHerald.com]
By DAVID FOOTE and JO REASONS At United Way of Kitsap County, we believe in challenging the status quo to the way we approach fighting poverty in our community. We believe in thinking differently and we are excited to be taking bold,...
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Child Trends Seeks Information About Programs Serving Opportunity Youth
From Child Trends, March 6, 2020 Child Trends’ new project with MDRC, “ Reconnecting Youth: Putting Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Youth on a Path to Self-Sufficiency ,” is seeking information about programs that provide services to help young people ages 16 to 24 advance on education and employment pathways. This project is focused on the population of young people who are out of work and out of school, sometimes called disconnected or opportunity youth. The information gathered will result in...
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Coming Soon: Essentials for Childhood - Vroom Community Engagement Opportunity
Coming this summer: Washington State Essentials for Childhood plans to release a request for proposals. This opportunity will provide resources to support Vroom activation in community and tribal programs that work with families of children age 0 through 5. Vroom ( www.Vroom.org ) promotes positive adult-child relationships; back and forth brain-building interactions; and life skills promoting executive function. Successful applicants will describe how they use Vroom to connect with families...