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SFTS June 2007 Newsletter
SFTS NEWS
Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, the California Attorney General’s Safe from the Start
initiative has completed ten training days for criminal justice professionals on “Children and Domestic Violence.”
The POST-certified course was held on May 16th and May 17th in San Bernardino. Over 150 law enforcement officers,
probation officers, DA investigators, prosecutors, and domestic violence advocates received information on the impact
exposure to domestic violence can have on a child’s developing brain. Trainers Dr. Linda Chamberlain and David Love,
MFT, explored how criminal justice response, interaction, and interviewing of children in crisis situations can assist
in prosecution and reduce trauma to the child. A big thank you to the local co-sponsors, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s
Department and the Children and Families Commission of San Bernardino County.
If you are a law enforcement agency interested in bringing this free-of-charge training to your region, contact Arlene
Greene at Arlene.Greene@doj.ca.gov
SCHOOL READINESS INFORMATION
A new report from the National Council of La Raza examines school readiness for Latino infants and toddlers.
Buenos Principios: Latino Children in the Earliest Years of Life provides demographic profiles of Latino babies,
and makes policy recommendations for investment in high-quality, comprehensive early childhood education programs.
Data from the 2007 Right Start for America's Newborns report is now available online. The report includes data
on the eight indicators of healthy birth outcomes, going back to 1990, and is available for states and cities. The Right
Start report is a joint project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Child Trends.
RELATED RESEARCH
The National Council on Child Abuse and Family Violence addresses the issue of whether children’s exposure to adult
domestic violence should be defined as child maltreatment. They describe studies with varying results as to whether
children exposed to violence exhibited signs of distress or externalized problems in a social or school setting.
For additional information on these studies, click on
http://nccafv.org/childrenfamily.html.
Does continued exposure to media violence affect children’s thought processes and desensitize them to acts of violence? Research by the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence shows some startling statistics. For that information, click on
http://www.nccev.org/violence/media.html. This website also provides additional relevant links to other websites and literature on this subject.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Mattel is offering grants to organizations whose mission focuses on the direct service of children up to the age of 12.
The grant offering indicates that grantees must be able to demonstrate creative and/or innovating methods to address
locally defined needs impacting children, have an annual operating budget of less than $1 million, and not be affiliated
in any way with a national organization. Applications are due June 15, 2007.
For additional information, visit the Mattel website at http://www.mattel.com/about_us/philanthropy/ci_mcf_philanthropy_grantmaking.asp.
JPMorganChase, a leader in investment banking, is also a philanthropic organization that grants over $100 million to
programs that focus on community asset development, community life, and youth education. They support programs that
promote early childhood literacy and school readiness and are offering grant opportunities through their website
http://www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community/grants/educ.
UPCOMING SFTS TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
September 5-6, 2007
Location: Doubletree Hotel, Ontario
Keynote: Dr. Bruce Perry
Contact: Sue Taylor (909) 387-5394
September 17-19, 2007
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sacramento
Contact: Christine Feenstra-Gray Christine.feenstra@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu or register@canconference.com
October 3, 2007
Location: Bakersfield
Contact: Lupe Perez, Kern Co. Probation Dept. (661) 868-4507
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