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NEW TRAINING ACTIVITY RELEASED SHARING THE SCORE: Responding to an ACEs Questionnaire with Empathy and Care ______________________________ ACES AWARE We are honored to join The ACEs Aware Initiative, funded and led by the Office of the California Surgeon General and the Department of Health Care Services, which hopes to lead a nationwide movement to significantly improve health and well-being in our communities by providing trainings to Medi-Cal providers and the networks of human serving...

The Rev. Darrell Armstrong, pastor of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey, is an accomplished man. He graduated from Stanford University in public policy and went on to get his master’s degree in divinity studies at Princeton. As a former director in the New Jersey Department of Human Services, he was responsible for New Jersey’s statewide strategy for preventing child abuse and neglect. Armstrong has also worked as an entrepreneur, workshop facilitator, and radio host.

4Cs & Parent Voices is partnering with Redwood Empire Food Bank and will be hosting a distribution day this Saturday April 24th from 9am – 11am. We will be giving out diapers, wipes, produce/groceries and part day preschool enrollment packets. We are located 131 A Stony Circle Suite 300, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. 4Cs & Voces de Padres se ha asociado con Redwood Empire Food Bank y organizará un día de distribución este sábado 24 de Abril de 9 am a 11 am. Estaremos entregando pañales,...

May is Mental Health Awareness month. See the attachment to find all the events in Sonoma County

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by Chelsea Kurnick Apr 13, 2021 It has been almost one year since nationwide protests against police brutality began in response to a Minneapolis Police Officer killing George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who had not committed a violent crime. As a result of these protests, communities across the U.S. have looked at how city and county funds are allocated, highlighting the large size of police budgets relative to mental health services, substance use treatment, housing and resources uplifting...

Join Sonoma County ACEs Connection on Thursday April 22 at 3:00PM for our monthly meeting. All are welcome to join. Please feel free to share and invite others. There will be two presentations. One by guest speaker Jenny Mercado-Epidemiologist at Sonoma County Department of Health Services Public Health. Jenny will be sharing about the 2020 Mortality Report of Sonoma County. Kathy Kelley of Early Learning Institute will also be presenting and sharing about a training for Trauma sensitive...

FRIDAY APRIL 16, 9:00AM-2:30PM Hosted by Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) and North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) This FREE virtual half-day conference aims to raise consciousness and inspire action. For those feeling the call toward political engagement, We the Future offers an opportunity to build solidarity among activists of color, working-class folks, interfaith allies, feminists, members of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants and the undocumented, labor organizers, and environmentalists...

The new Peer Support Specialist Certification Program Training will be offered Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10:00am to 12:00pm. This training program has been developed to prepare peers with lived mental health experience for Peer Support Specialist Certification in Sonoma County. (Peer support specialists are also known as mental health consumer advocates, peer providers, peer counselors, peer mentors, peer navigators, and peer advocates.) Classes will be held over Zoom and all...

Isolation and finding connection is an online education and support group about isolation, and connection. This series aims at providing tools and coping skills to navigate feelings of isolation. Join us in having an open dialogue about isolation When: April 14th 2pm to 3:30pm Where: Zoom Questions? Contact the Family Service Coordination team: Michaele@buckelew.org 707-237-1334 Nicolen@buckelew.org 707-494-0762

From Sonoma County Department of Health Services, March 30, 2021 Addendum 1 - Questions and Answers - is posted in this event's "View Comments and Attachments" section. Please login to your account to review the Addendum and all other documents associated with this solicitation. The County of Sonoma is pleased to invite you to respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Services. The Sonoma County Department of Health...

CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY LIVE WEBINAR with FREE CME/CE Educate, Inspire, Connect HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences presented by Dr. Robert Sege Thursday, April 22, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (PT) This interactive session will describe how ACEs screening can be enhanced by also considering HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Childhood Experiences. Children’s brains develop in response to their experiences, both adverse and beneficial. Just as adverse childhood experiences can...