Sacramento County has been awarded a $100,000 strategic giving grant from Health Net of California to design a training and service delivery model used throughout the community that will address the impact of community and childhood trauma. See more at http://www.saccounty.net/news/latest-news/Pages/Addressing-Community-and-Childhood-Trauma.aspx
CHEVERLY, Md. ― When Che Bullock awoke in a hospital in August 2013, the first thing he felt was grateful to be alive. He’d been stabbed 13 times outside a nightclub in the Washington, D.C., area and taken by helicopter to a medical center, where doctors performed lifesaving surgery. Bullock’s sense of relief quickly faded, first into physical pain and anxiety, then into fear and finally into a rage toward his attackers. “It was kind of like they put a hit out on me,” said Bullock, now 30.
In 2019, more than $40 million will become available to fund community-based, culturally rooted, trauma-informed services for youth in California as alternatives to arrest and incarceration. Thousands of California youth are arrested every year for low-level offenses. Youth who are arrested or incarcerated for low-level offenses are less likely to graduate high school, more likely to suffer negative health-outcomes, and more likely to have later contact with the justice system.
On Thursday, the Obama Foundation announced the winners of the My Brother’s Keeper Challenge Competition, naming 19 community organizations across the nation that will receive money and support for expanding and launching programs to reduce violence, and to establish clear paths to opportunity for young men and boys of color. The California winners were the Liberty Hill Foundation /MBK LA County, the Sierra Health Foundation /MBK Sacramento, and the Urban Strategies Council /MBK Oakland. Two...
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This presentation from UC Davis Center for Regional Change, will share findings from a survey of middle and high school students in SCUSD. The survey posed questions to learn about students' experiences traveling to and from school and how those experiences affect their attendance and their grades. Zoom Information Topic: Building Equitable Student Transportation Presentation Time: November 16, 2018 2:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:...
With Photovoice, Kaiser Permanente puts cameras into the hands of community residents so they can document the barriers to healthy eating and active living in their own communities. By creating a visual record of the environmental conditions in their neighborhoods, residents identify opportunities for community change, help set priorities, and act as advocates for change with city officials, policy makers, and legislators. Photovoice is being implemented in at least nine Kaiser Permanente...
Capital Learning Community Convening Creating common approaches to promote community and family healing through resiliency WHEN: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 TIME: 9:30am - 12:30pm, Check-in at 9:00 am Join online or in-person in Sacramento To register: http://strategiesca.org/servic es/learning-communities/ This convening will guide participants in working toward developing a common understanding of the regional needs and issues. We will introduce the newly developed Strategies 2.0 the...
The Office of Child Abuse and Prevention ( OCAP ) recently announced a funding opportunity that may align with the work of California based ACEs champions. Please see the details below, the OCAP Grants link, and the attached document for further details. Copied from the website : The Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) administers federal grants, contracts, and state programs designed to promote best practices and innovative approaches to child abuse prevention, intervention, and...
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has $10 million in its budget this year for its Community Reinvestment Grant Program (CRGP) and plans to make these grants to community-based non-profits and local health departments by June 2019 . The goal of this grant is to support communities disproportionately affected by past federal and state drug policies. This week, GO-Biz kicked off by leading the first 15 local workshops in California which will run through the...
For more information or to register, click here . See attached flier for detailed information. Bringing together proven systematic behavioral communication and conflict resolution strategies to diffuse, calm and heal so that schools become more resilient. Anxiety and depression in students is running rampant. Workplace stress for educators and staff as well as rising litigation costs for schools are also top concerns for communities across the country. How can we reduce tension and improve...
This workshop series is being held at the UC Davis Medical Center campus in Sacramento. It is free- follow link to register. Remaining dates are: October 18, November 15, and December 20. Each session meets from 6:00-9:00PM.
For more information or to see class listings, click here . NAMI Sacramento offers classes to educate people with mental illness and their families so that they are better equipped to navigate through experiences and challenges. All of NAMI's courses were developed by experts, and they are taught in cities all across the country. The Family-to-Family Course is taught by trained volunteers who have a mentally ill family member themselves. The Peer-to-Peer Course is taught by trained people...
“White women like me” is a phrase you hear often when you talk with Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner. Rowe-Finkbeiner is the cofounder, executive director and CEO of MomsRising.org – a grassroots organizing nonprofit that takes on “the most critical issues facing women, mothers, and families by educating the public and mobilizing massive grassroots actions.” Both her activism at MomsRising.org and her latest book, Keep Marching: How Every Woman Can Change Our World, focus on the idea that we can...
Our recent webinar on structural racism and health equity set a record. While HealthBegins’ monthly webinars typically attract several hundred registrants, this one drew nearly 800. Not only did hundreds of health professionals come to this discussion, but they vigorously engaged , with questions on how to acknowledge the health effects of racial injustice in the exam room, how to make an impact in the community, and how to convince others to care. This show of passion tells us that health...