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Immigration Status Causing Toxic Stress? Community Workshop ON 7/22 Aims to Support

Immigration Clinic SATURDAY JULY 22ND, 2017 FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH'S HALL IN THE CORNER OF HOWARD ST & WESTERN AVENUE SPACE IS LIMITED To MA KE AN APPOINTMENT GO TO: https://goo.gl/SgkN4n orcall (707) 347-9662 20 M IN UTES CONSULTATION You MAY BRING THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS: - A LIST OF ADDRESSES WHERE YOU HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE LAST 5 YEARS WITH BEGINNING AND END DATES. - IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, BRING THEIR NAMES AS THEY APPEAR ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE,...

Material from Trauma Informed Organizations- ACEs & Resiliency Community of Practice Session

Thank you to all who attended our Community of Practice Event Trauma-Informed Organizations Attached are the materials from our day together. Brian Farragher Slides are attached, as well as the ACEs and Resiliency Fellowship Impact to Date Handout If you would like to register for our July event you can register using this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-community-capacity-to-address-aces-community-of-practice-tickets-31518403393

Sonoma County, feds to spend $17 million on care for mentally ill homeless residents [PressDemocrat.com]

Sonoma County wants to help thousands of mentally ill people who are homeless or at risk of becoming so by bolstering aid programs that serve them under a new initiative supported through $17 million in federal and local funds. The four-year effort is intended to address the outsize strain that a small number of people with complex medical problems place on public resources by providing them with more comprehensive care — treating their mental health problems in tandem with immediate...

Sonoma County ACES Connection Meeting Notes from 5-24-17

(For a picture-filled and engaging version of these notes, please see the attachment.) 5-24-17 Thank you to all that participated in our May ACES meeting. Grace Harris started us off with a mindful moment. This “mindful moment” encouraged us to focus on being present. Jane Weil and Tré Vasquez from Restorative Resources shared with us a film that provided an overview of Restorative Resources. Restorative Resources is using trauma-informed practices in multiple schools throughout Sonoma...

Sonoma County Goes to Sacramento with 4CA on Policymaker Education Day on Childhood Adversity 7/11/17

Carla Denner, Health Information Specialist II at First 5 Sonoma County, plans traveling to our state capitol next week. Under her arm she'll have a stack of handouts (see attachment) for policy makers educating them about how adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma affect our community and what they can do to help. The California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) is coordinating this Policymaker Education Day in Sacramento. "Join with allies from across California to...

"What Happened To You? A Journey From Childhood Adversity to Resiliency" Explained by a Compelling Pamphlet

I found a manila envelope on my desk this morning. Inside was a heartfelt letter wrapped around a small stack of pamphlets. I can't remember the last time I held a paper resource guide in my hand, and there is something quite satisfying in this small, tangible resource. As I thumb through the pages, I feel myself drawn into a simple, relate-able story. I'm eager to keep turning pages and to discover how those of us with similar stories can find resources and support. "The pamphlet is...

Grand jury uses ACEs science to issue stinging critique of local health department

Editor's note: The Sonoma County Department of Health Services Public Health Department's response to the Grand Jury was filed in September 2017. It is attached to this post. The 2016-2017 Sonoma County (CA) Civil Grand Jury issued a remarkable report today. Tucked among the "Sales Tax Report" and "Elementary School Truancy" was — " Maternal Child and Adolescent Health: Caring for the Most Vulnerable ". The 10-page report casts an unblinking eye on the consequences of adverse childhood...

Minutes of the 6/13/2017 Membership Meeting

Membership Committee Minutes - June 13, 2017 Humboldt Room, Public Health, 625 5 th Street, Santa Rosa Present: Sal Strawbridge, Allen Nishikawa, Chair Old Business Membership Survey – Allen reported that we have received no new responses in the past two weeks. We have received a total of 21 responses and should proceed using the prior analysis based on those responses. New Business Review of Current Membership – Allen presented a spreadsheet coding the 160 persons on the current mailing...

2017 Kids Count Data Book [aecf.org]

Wednesday June 14th the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 2017 Kids Count Data Book - State Trends in Child Well-Being. This comprehensive report is " a premier source of data on children and families." You can download the report from this post, as well as on the Kids Count website , where you can also access an interactive data map in their Data Center . This is an invaluable amount of data available to the public, relevant to anyone working with children and families - with the...

Preventing Early Childhood Adversity Before It Starts: Maximizing Medicaid Opportunities [CHSCS.org]

The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are a critical window for cognitive, physical, and social development. Exposure to adverse experiences during this period and beyond in early childhood dramatically increases the potential for lifelong poor health and social outcomes. This in turn can result in substantially increased health care costs across an individual’s life span. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) — including neglect, abuse, exposure to violence, family dysfunction, etc. — also...

Archived Webinar: Childhood Adversity—Data to Help Advocate for Change

Would you like to know how common ACEs are experienced by local community members? What about how other community level adversity like food scarcity or violence can hurt kids and families? I found this great resource on Kidsdata.org and through hstrategiesca.org. "Marissa Abbott of the California Department of Public Health discussed how to describe the burden of childhood adversity in your community, how to frame your message most effectively, and how to engage and mobilize your community...

Sandra Bloom on Trauma Informed Organizations - Free Recorded Webinar for You

Sonoma County is fortunate to access leaders in the trauma-informed field such as Sandra Bloom thanks to our participation in the national Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities. Thanks to the Philadelphia Health Federation, we can share our recent brown bag webinar with Sandra Bloom with you! Check out: MARC.HealthFederation.org/BrownBag Look for the June 14th webinar with Sandra Bloom , Healthy Systems are Trauma-Informed and Trauma-Responsive , and see the line-up for more great ...

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