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2018 "4CA" California Policymaker ACEs Education Day
The second annual 4CA Policymaker Education Day on May 22, brought together 75 community members across California to visit 81 legislators or their staff members and educate them about ACEs, trauma and resilience.
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2rd Annual Community Networking Conference
Help wanted. The 3rd Annual Community Networking Conference hosted by Communities & Health Professionals Together is scheduled June 7, 8:30A-1:00P at UC Davis Ambulatory Care Center. I believe this would be a great opportunity to inform the health care professionals about ACEs Connection, Yolo Resilience Network (YRN) and Resilient Sac. Unfortunately, I am booked that day. Could we pull together a team to represent YRN and Resilient Sac at the event that day. I would be happy to help...
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4th Annual Yolo County Community Baby Shower Fair
The Yolo County HHSA and YCCA Community Baby Shower Collaborative will be hosting their 4th Annual Yolo County Community Baby Shower Fair! DATE: Saturday, September 28th TIME: 10am to 2pm LOCATION: Home Arts Hall, Yolo County Fairgrounds (1250 Gum Ave.) in Woodland. The main goal for this event is to educate families, who are either expecting or parenting a child less than 5 years of age, about Yolo County resources. This event is open to ALL Yolo county families, e.g. families from West...
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Coffee Chat for Post Adoption Families by Lilliput Families
Please see the attachment for more information about this group that meets the 3 rd Tuesday of the month in West Sacramento.
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COMMUNICARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES are still available!
All Counseling, Medication Assisted Treatment, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment services are still available, and we are accepting new referrals. In order to support staff and patient safety, we have implemented telehealth options and those services continuing in our clinics will abide by all the recommended precautions intended to reduce exposure risk to COVID-19. While all the Behavioral Health services we are known for continue, we felt it was important to highlight a few: Substance...
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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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Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Basic Workshop
For those of you who are working with youth or adults who have issues with anger, violence, and/or trauma, consider attending this three-day training in Alternatives to Violence. Great education for front line staff. When: Friday January 20th, 6PM to 9PM and Sat/Sun Jan 21-22 9am– 5pm Where: Kaiser Permanente South Sac, 6600 Bruceville Road MOB 3, Conference Room F Cost: $50, $10 Returning Citizens To Register: Contact Ellen Eggers elleneggarsesq@gmail.com
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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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Back to School Health Fair!
Yolo County Children’s Alliance is excited to announce our annual Back to School Health Fair! DATE: Thursday, August 1st, 2019 LOCATION: Family Resource Center, 637 Todhunter Ave, West Sacramento TIME : 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. We’d love for you to join us! The focus of the event is to provide West Sacramento youth with school supplies and to equip families with valuable local resources. Youth grades K-12 will be receiving backpacks and there will be a bike raffle! Your participation will help...
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West Sac Back to School Health Fair - Aug 1st
If you have West Sacramento clients, please share the attached flyer about the YCCA Back to School Health Fair on 8/1 from 4-7pm at the YCCA Family Resource Center. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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Dr Nadine Burke Harris and the movie "Resilience"
Good morning everyone! As announced at the meeting yesterday, we are looking forward to a great ACEs related event coming up on Tuesday, November 1. UCD Family & Community Medicine is working closely with Resilient Sac to plan a screening of the new film Resilience . And as an extra special bonus - we will have Dr. Nadine Burke Harris there to speak after the movie. If you aren't familiar with Dr. Burke Harris, here is her very well known TED Talk (over 2.1 million views!): And the...
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Event at Sacramento State: A Trauma-Informed Response to Human Trafficking Victims
Mark your calendars: On January 16, 2018 My Sister's House hosts event at Sac State, on trauma informed interventions for human trafficking victims.
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February Yolo ACEs Mtg - Summary Notes
Hi all- See below and attached for a summary of our February meeting that Anna Sutton compiled at the Feb. 20th Yolo ACEs meeting. We look forward to seeing you THIS FRIDAY, March 20th from 12-1:30pm at our March meeting . Stay...
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Foster & Homeless Legislative Training on 10/21 in Sac
Placer County Office of Education (COE) and Sacramento COE are hosting a Foster & Homeless Legislative Training on October 21, 2019 in Sacramento. Spaces are still available and the registration link is included in the attached flyer. Focus of Training: Learn about state and federal laws intended to improve educational opportunities, school stability, and academic/social outcomes for foster and homeless youth, from legal experts at the National Center for Youth Law. Target Audience: •...
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Free lunch at the West Sac Library: 6/17-8/9
Children 18 and under can get free lunches this summer at the Arthur F. Turner Community Library in West Sacramento. Lunch will be served from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., followed by fun and educational activities. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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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 federal contract for immigrant teen detention ctr ending?
Article from the Sacramento Bee by Elliott Wailoo, Aug 9, 2019, updated Aug 10 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article233668107.html Yolo County appears ready to end federal contract for immigrant teen detention center Yolo County supervisors appear ready to terminate a decade-old contract with federal immigration authorities to house unaccompanied migrant teenagers in a high-security detention center in Woodland. This fall, the five-member Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on...
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Yolo County HHSA First Responders' Mental Health Urgent Care in West Sac
The Yolo County First Responders’ Mental Health Urgent Care is here to support our community. The center is OPEN now, but Nurse Practioners and Peer Support workers won't be staffed until July 2018. Who do we serve: Adult (18 years and older) residents of Yolo County Services: Crisis assessment and supportive counseling; referrals to other local community services Coming July, 2018: Medication intervention Staffing: Mental Health Clinicians providing Crisis Intervention; Case Managers...
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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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YOLO FOOD BANK WEEKLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS in West Sacramento and Davis
In case your families are in need of food there are 2 food distributions coordinated by the food bank each Saturday (flyers attached): 1) One will be at the West Sacramento City Hall at 9:30 am 2) The other will be at Davis Community Church at 2:30 pm The food bank is asking clients to bring their own bags/carts. If you have any elderly clients or clients with illnesses that prevent them from going to these food distributions, please contact the Yolo County Food Bank to sign up for delivery:...
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YRN Steering Committee Meeting Notes, March 10, 2016
YRN Steering Committee First Five Woodland, CA Notes Attending: Tracy, Anna, Julie, Regan, Jessica, Emily Kochly Alice Magnusson ( alice.magnusson@ycoe.org ), Alison ( Alison.book@yolocounty.org ), Trisha Luciano, Public Defenders office Juvenile court ( trisha.luciano@yolocounty.org ), Mindfulness Moment – Recap/Debrief February Community Meeting – Trauma informed – what does that mean? If using that term how can we have an oversight or criteria for using term. Plan – research and discuss...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes
YRN Steering Committee AGENDA 3:00 - 3:05 – Welcome - Mindfulness Moment, 3:05-3:30 – General Planning Upcoming Events Summer community events Pan Event – send info with Resilient to his office (coordinate with Resilient Sac) Oct 11, Resilience schools Sac UCD campus TI (Trauma Informed) pending, plan to work with Resilient Sac on TI for UCD campus CASA volunteer who is also RN in student health center ACEs 101 awareness to public in community – library professional education (Regan...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes Dec 10, 2015
Here are our steering committee notes for December 10, 2015. They're also attached. Introductions & Announcement - Several new members / guest - Tara Thronson, Works with Don Saylor Sara Gavin, CommuniCare Robb Davis - mayor pro-tem Davis 2. YRN website - Gail Reconfiguration of website, ongoing changes, not quite done. Want to add - logo Groups change sunflower to logo Post - at bottom of each post can can like and share on facebook / twitter / google. Can email to someone...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes February 11, 2016
Steering Committee Meeting February 11, 2015 Location: HHS, 137 N. Cottonwood St, Woodland, CA 95695 Mindfulness Moment Organizational Plan Updated will be put on our website. HHS new group -Plan Ramy lead. Will try add Allison Book (Sarah and Jessica - will reach out to her). Justice - Plan Emily ( Sarah has reached out and will help Emily become connected). Julie Burns interested (Sarah will follow up be part of Justice or Social Services Action groups) Group manager - Pilot funding to pay...
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Summer Reading Program kickoff party!
Reading takes you everywhere! Join us for our Summer Reading Program kickoff party! Come share a meal with your neighbor, get signed up for the Summer Reading Program, and enjoy all that your library has to offer! You are invited to bring a prepared food dish to the Arthur F. Turner Community Room for a celebration of community and culture. Please contact Vaile Fujikawa (916) 375-6468 to sign up or for more information. What: Community Potluck! Date and Time: Sunday, May 20, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
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TRAINING: Youth Mental Health First Aid on 2/19 and 2/20
In partnership with the City of West Sacramento, Yolo County Health and Human Services is pleased to present a Youth Mental Health First Aid training at the West Sacramento Community Center. This training teaches the signs, symptoms and risk factors you may see in a young person struggling with emotional challenges or in crisis, and how to assist. It is free to all who live, work or volunteer in Yolo County. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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Free summer program for youth at West Sacramento Family Resource Center
Fun in the Sun program allows children ages 7 to 15 to get outside, meet people, learn new skills, eat snacks and try new activities. Join us! Every Wednesday 9:00am-1:00pm JUNE 27th - AUGUST 2nd (We will take a break 7/4) West Sacramento Family Resource Center 637 Todhunter Ave. Portable 21B West Sacramento CA 95605 TO SIGN UP CALL (916) 572-0560. It's FREE Presented by Yolo County Children's Alliance See the attached flyer for more details.
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Happiness as a Skill: A Different Narrative
This is a FREE class promoted by The Happy Neighborhood Project. They are helping people learn that happiness is a skill not just an emotion. Edwin Edebiri will present ways to raise your happiness level through practice, even when life throws you curve balls. The Yolo County Library is hosting this class on 4 dates at 2 different locations (Davis and West Sacramento) . Please see the attached flyer for more information. Registration is required: www.hnpabc.com/class
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Help inform Policy Makers about Housing Challenges
Sacramento, Yolo, and Placer County are collaborating on a regional housing and economic opportunity study, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. The Sac Valley Fair Housing Collaborative was formed in 2017 to conduct the study. An important part of this effort is a Fair Housing Survey that was recently released to better understand resident’s housing decisions and challenges they may face. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and survey participants can enter...
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High School Student Climate Change Summit - OCT 19TH
Calling all Sacramento & West Sacramento Youth: West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg invite you to share your vision of what a sustainable future can look like. Join us at the High School Student Climate Change Summit to learn about how climate change is affecting your community, meet and connect with students from the region, and brainstorm actions we can take to reach the mayors’ vision of carbon zero by 2045. WHEN | Saturday, October 19th,...
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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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Notes from August Community Meeting
Attached and embedded below can be found our "meeting minutes". Thanks for compiling notes, Anna! And thanks all for attending and enjoying a birthday celebration for Jane and Ramy! As I promised in the meeting, I created a "Trauma-Informed...
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Notes from July Steering Group meeting
Attending: Regan O., Tracy F, Karleen J, Ramy H, Susan J, Gail K. (anyone please add to these notes!) 1. Planning for Paper Tigers screening - week of Oct 5th - Davis is confirmed for Brunelle Theatre on Weds, Oct 7th - Woodland - Tracy is...
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OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY: YCCA Back to School Health Fair in West Sac on 8/11
Yolo County Children's Alliance is excited to announce our annual Back to School Health Fair! This event will be held Saturday, August 11th, 2018 at our Family Resource Center, 637 Todhunter Ave, West Sacramento, CA 95605 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. We'd love for you to join us! The focus of the event is to provide West Sacramento youth with school supplies and to equip families with valuable local resources. Youth grades K-12 will be receiving backpacks through the hard work of our...
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Perinatal Mental Health training
Co-sponsored and hosted by Dignity Health and Yolo County HHSA is set and registration < https://www. eventbrite.com/e/perinatal- mental-health-training-g reater-sacramento-tickets- 48579025172 > is now live!. The Perinatal Mental Health training program September 29th & 30th is presented by Gabrielle Kaufman, MA, LPCC, BC-DMT. The program is designed for RNs, MSWs, lactation consultants, mental health clinicians and other community partners who want to become local champions and...
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Recruiting out of school youth to participate in Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Things are getting busy again with the WIOA team! We have exited 30 individuals from the 2017-2018 program year and are beginning to enroll new participants for the 2018-2019 year. We are mainly looking for Out of School Youth at this time, as we have many more spots available than for those that are in school. The eligibility requirements are as followed. First, the individual must: 1) Be a Yolo County Resident (Residing in West Sac, Davis or Clarksburg) 2) Not Currently Enrolled in School...
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RESILIENCE movie this month!
The movie Resilience: the Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope will be airing twice this month, April 24th in Woodland and April 29th in West Sacramento . Please share with your networks!! Make copies of the attached flyer and post them in your office. Help us get the word out. No registration needed. This is a 1 hour movie followed by a panel talking about local efforts.
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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 - Feb, 1, 2019
Attached are the February 2019 minutes. Topics covered; Hillary Cottam TED Talk video, resilience inspired by Officer Corona, and committee updates.
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West Sacramento Home Run Program (only for West Sacramento residents)
Through the six programs of the West Sacramento Home Run, the City of West Sacramento will be a thriving community that benefits children, families and local businesses by providing access to high-quality early learning for all children, opportunities to develop valuable workplace skills, and financial assistance for post-secondary education and training. Please visit https://wshomerun.com/ to find out more about the three bases: Preschool and College Savings Accounts Internships and Digital...
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West Sacramento’s Fourth Annual Homeless Resource Fair on 4/18/20!
Save the Date: 4/18/20 Location and Time: To Be Determined This event is a huge opportunity for us to uplift West Sacramento’s Homeless Population and for us all to work together as a community! Last year we had over 200 attendees! It takes all of our collaboration to make it successful. Although traditionally this has been an event put on by YCCA, we would like to move towards it being an event put on by all of us! Please let Elise Rietz (contact information below) know if you are...
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WIOA Youth Employment Program seeking applicants for Davis, West Sacramento, and Clarksburg
WIOA is a federal employment program through the Economic Development Department (EDD) and YCCA is contracted by Yolo County HHSA to provide this program. YCCA is currently looking for qualified applicants in West Sacramento, Davis, or Clarksburg! We are happy to meet with anyone that may be interested as well as presenting to providers that may be working with individuals with the qualifying barriers. Attached is the WIOA flyer. Please contact Eric Blair at Eric.Blair@yolocounty.org or...
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YCCA Parent Education Classes in Davis and West Sac!
YCCA is starting Nurturing Parenting Program Parent Education classes this fall in both Davis and West Sacramento! Both of these classes will be offered in English. Please share the attached flyers with parents who might be interested. If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Ledesma at nancy.ledesma@yolocounty.org .
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YCCA School Supply Drive at Sail Inn Grotto on 7/28
In preparation for YCCA's 4th Annual Back to School Health Fair in August, YCCA is collecting school supplies! Please consider donating supplies on July 28th, 10am – 2pm, at Sail Inn Grotto (Jefferson Blvd., West Sacramento). Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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YCCA West Sacramento Family Resource Center (FRC) February newsletter and current programs
Please click on the link below to see the February calendar of events at the YCCA West Sacramento FRC. The second page has a list of all of the YCCA FRC programs and associated contact information. https://documentcloud.adobe. com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid% 3Ascds%3AUS%3A7061022b-6503- 46ba-986b-b4f0706667dc
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Triage hours for housing and homeless services - West Sac
Please see the attached flyer for the West Sacramento Homeless Services Office Hours, held Thursdays from 8 AM to 12 PM and 2 PM to 4 PM at the Yolo County Health and Human Services Building A in West Sacramento. This was provided by Mark Sawyer, Homeless Outreach & Services Coordinator for the West Sacramento Police Department.
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Updated Covid-19 Resource List
List includes resources for: Covid 19 Info, General Services, Food, Employment/Finance, Emotional Support, Tips for Parents, and Immigrants
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Resource Fair for People Experiencing Homelessness
CLIENT and OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY: Resource Fair for People Experiencing Homelessness on 4/27 in West Sacramento. Please let your clients know that there will be a Resource Fair for people experiencing homelessness, put on by Yolo County Children's Alliance Youth Promotores. DATE: Saturday, April 27th from 10:00am to 1:00pm LOCATION: 500 Jefferson Blvd #A, West Sacramento Items being distributed include hygiene bags, hot lunch, clothes, and dog food as well as other services. If you are...
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RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES: Food distribution sites
Please find attached the West Sacramento food distribution list which includes the Fresh Text number for all the cities. You can also access this link for county-wide food distribution locations: https://yolofoodbank.org/get- help/