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SFTS November 2007 Newsletter
Safe from the Start is currently working on the development of a DVD for parents. The DVD will explain the effect exposure to violence has on a child's developing brain. It should be completed in Spring 2008.
In coordination with First 5 California, UCLA's Center for Children, Families and Communities has posted several links on its website that promote successful school readiness programs and services.
Check it out at http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/DROPDOWNMENU/AREASOFEXPERTISE/SchoolReadiness.asp.
According to a recent report by Jeffrey M. Lacker, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond VA, early childhood education is similar to early investment in capital. The most important investment parents can make in their children’s growth is to provide them with skills early – between birth and age 5. Enhancing early childhood development appears to improve a child’s ability to learn at later stages. For more on Mr. Lacker’s presentation at the Virginia Governor’s Summit on Early Childhood Development, click on
http://www.richmondfed.org/news_and_speeches/presidents_speeches/index.cfm/id=101.
The California State Library, California Research Bureau, has published a July 2007 research paper by Ginny Puddefoot, MPH, MPP and Lisa K. Foster, MSW, MPA, titled "Keeping Children Safe When Their Parents Are Arrested" Local Approaches That Work." The paper addresses law enforcement’s role in working with child welfare agencies. San Francisco , Los Angeles , San Jose and Santa Clara protocols/materials are linked in this publication. For more information, click on
http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/07/07-006.pdf.
A groundbreaking new study finds a significant connection between abusive relationships and teen pregnancy. Published in the journal, Ambulatory Pediatrics, and released last week, the study finds that one quarter of adolescents with histories of abusive relationships said that their abusive partners had actively tried to get them pregnant by manipulating condom use, sabotaging birth control, and making explicit statements about wanting them to become pregnant. Read more at
http://www.endabuse.org/newsflash/index.php3?Search=Article&NewsFlashID=910.
Connect is a mini-magazine for foster parents and relatives that provides information on meeting the needs of children who have been exposed to domestic violence and are in the child welfare system. To download the most recent copy, click on
http://endabuse.org/programs/children/files/Connect_Issue_2.pdf.
The latest version of Connect is also available in Spanish at www.nomasabuso.org.
Helping Traumatized Children Learn opens up the conversation on how to best help children who have been victims or witnesses of violence. Removing their roadblocks can give them the opportunity to be active and enthusiastic learners. For the complete document, click on
http://www.massadvocates.org/uploads/Gf/UQ/GfUQpE26bVAtZ54Hz3hSnQ/Help_Tram_Child-Med.pdf.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Name of Grant/Funding: William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Funding Source: William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
Brief Description of the Funding: The Hearst Foundations support human service agencies that foster effective solutions to social and economic problems. Preference is given to well-established organizations that provide comprehensive, direct-service programs that include, but are not limited to, strengthening families and ensuring healthy childhood development.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: 90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 1212 , San Francisco , CA 94105 , (415) 543-0400 or www.hearstfdn.org.
Name of Grant/Funding: 21 st Century Community Learning Centers
Funding Source: California Department of Education
Deadline: November 20, 2007
Brief Description of the Funding: Eligible agencies include successful 21st CCLC and After School Education and Safety grantees that have demonstrated the capacity, knowledge, and expertise to demonstrate successful before and after-school practices to new, existing and potential grantees.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=1207.
Name of Grant/Funding: Domestic
Violence Training and Education, and Family Violence Prevention
Funding Source: California Department of Health Services
Deadline: Ongoing
Brief Description of the Funding: Domestic Violence Training and Education, and Family Violence Prevention grants are available.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: For additional information, visit www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/epic/fdv/default.htm, or call (916) 657-4643.
Name of Grant/Funding: Human Services Grants
Funding Source: Deluxe Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
Brief Description of the Funding: The Deluxe Foundation is offering grants for at-risk youth, domestic violence victims and others. The organization must be located in Antelope Valley , Chatsworth, Commerce or Santa Fe Springs where Deluxe is located.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: For further information, visit www.deluxe.com/dlxab/deluxe-foundation-grants.jsp.
UPCOMING TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
November 14, 2007
Location: Sheraton Universal Hotel, Universal City, CA.
Regostration Fee: $130
Information or registration: http://www.cce.csus.edu/conferences/ican/07/index.htm
December 12, 2007
Location: San Diego
Presenters: Linda Chamberlain, Ph.D., MPH & David Love, MFT
Co-Hosted by: San Diego Family Justice Center
Contact: Else Christianson, California Institute on Human Services, Sonoma State University, Phone: (707) 664-2243 or Arlene Greene at arlene.greene@doj.ca.gov.
January 28-30,2008
Location: Town & Country, San Diego
Presenters: Linda Chamberlain, Ph.D., MPH & David Love, MFT
Contact: http://www.chadwickcenter.org/conference.htm
February 24-26, 2008
Location: Radisson Hotel in Sacramento
Keynote: Dr. Linda Chamberlain
Sponsored by: The California AG’s Safe from the Start Initiative
Information: http://www.cippp.org/conf-08/conf08.htm
April 3-4, 2008
Location: Long Beach
Presenters: Linda Chamberlain, Ph.D., MPH & David Love, MFT
Information: www.caeyc.org
For more information on reducing children’s exposure to violence,
go to www.safefromthestart.org or call the Attorney General’s Crime and Violence Prevention Center at (916) 324-7863.
The California Attorney General’s Safe from the Start initiative
is funded, in part, by
First 5 California.
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