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SFTS November 2002 News
SFTS co-sponsored a local event held on October 7th in Imperial County. Attorney General Bill Lockyer made the opening remarks and Linda Chamberlain made a presentation on the impact of violence on a child's developing brain.
The October 9th Butte County/Native American SFTS forum in Oroville was a huge success! The event was attended by over 265 professionals and community members who heard the Attorney General, Dr. Linda Chamberlain and a local panel regarding the harm suffered by exposing children to violence. An evening forum was attended by 70 parents, foster grandparents, and child care providers who heard the presentation and received resource information from numerous local child-serving organizations.
SFTS also made presentations and supplied materials to local collaborative groups in Siskiyou, Modoc, Kern, Glenn, Sonoma, Los Angeles and Sacramento counties. SFTS training and technical assistance (T&TA) is available through your County Contacts. For a list of SFTS County Contacts contact Craig Pierini at (916) 322-2956 or check out our Web site at www.safefromthestart.org.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Funding is available for schools and their collaborative partners for developing and expanding comprehensive, school-linked services and supports. Applicants must be a school district or county office of education in California. Priority is given to elementary schools where 50% of the students receive free/reduced meals and middle and high schools where 35% do.
The Indian Health Service Agency (IHS) announces that approximately $700,000 is available for the support of Tribal, Urban and nonprofit Indian organizations to improve the health and wellbeing of American Indian Women. For more information, check out
http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/funding/reader/0,1854,554991,00.html.
Nonprofit child-health groups in Santa Clara or San Mateo counties are eligible to apply for a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. The Foundation is focusing on programs which either protect children under 5 from injury, abuse and neglect, or improve mental health for children 9 to 13.
For more information, check out www.lpfch.org.
RESOURCES
Research has shown that traditional mentoring programs can help children in foster care do better in school and beyond. Now there is a new wrinkle on this time-tested idea - "eMentoring". Learn about an email exchange program run by the Orphan Foundation of America, for kids who "age out" of foster care.
For more information, check out www.connectforkids.org/content1552/content_show.htm?attrib_id=314&doc_id=122710
The 2002 edition of the Directory features key facts on the nation's top 10,000 foundations by total giving. Together, these major foundations total more than $405 billion and donate well over $19 billion each year. The Foundation Directory provides fundraisers with insight into foundation giving priorities.
For more information, check out fconline.fdncenter.org.
Like many other ethnic groups, Latinos bear a disproportionate share of violence-related injuries and deaths. This guide presents a demographic profile of Latinos, information on risk factors in Latino communities, recommendations for developing effective programs, and the role of maternal and child health professionals.
For more information, check out
www.ask.hrsa.gov/detail.cfm?id=MCHL107.
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) has launched a new initiative aimed at keeping students safe at schools. This campaign, called "Be Safe & Sound," mobilizes parents, school officials, and policy makers to create safer and more secure schools. This initiative combines attention to requisite physical security with the need to have available effective prevention strategies such as mentoring and after school programs.
For more information, check out www.ncpc.org/nssc/index.html.
The SAFE KIDS Worldwide Research Report identifies the leading causes of childhood injuries and death across the globe. In industrialized countries, injury rates have declined by 50 percent since 1970, but preventable injury is still the leading cause of childhood death.
For more information, check out
http://www.safekidsworldwide.org/tier3.cfm?content_item_id=7770&folder_id=1800.
The Prevention Researcher is a quarterly newsletter devoted to helping professionals who work with at-risk youth. Each issue focuses on a single topic and contains new and timely research by leading scientists in the prevention field.
To order call 1-800-929-2955 or check out www.tpronline.org/index.cfm.
TRAINING
The Children in Trauma conference is a two-day event that features nationally recognized scholars and authors who will address the impact of trauma on children. Local, regional and national non-profit, commercial and government agencies will be on hand with information and resources. The conference will be held January 10th and 11th at the CSU, Chico Center for Regional and Continuing Education. For more information, check out rce.csuchico.edu/inservice.
The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) will host grant-writing and technical assistance workshops to small, faith-based and community groups. The workshops will be held in Los Angeles in February and in San Francisco in May. If you are interested in learning more about this training opportunity, check out www.samhsa.gov/news/newsreleases/021104ma_faithbased.htm.
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