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Products -- SFTS March 2008 Newsletter
Kudos to Local Trainers and Collaboratives!
A multi-agency committee recently completed the 2008 update to the San Diego County
“Domestic Violence and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Law Enforcement Protocol.” The original protocol was developed in 1990 and updated in 1998 by the Law Enforcement Committee of the San Diego Domestic Violence Council.
The 2008 revision specifically addresses children exposed to domestic violence and the removal of firearms from domestic violence incidents. The San Diego County Protocol begins with a strong policy statement which sets the tone for implementation of the protocol. The document is signed by over twenty San Diego law enforcement agency leaders including police chiefs, the sheriff, the district attorney, the city attorney, the probation chief, and numerous military and border patrol agencies. If you’d like a copy of the San Diego protocol, email your request to sfts@doj.ca.gov.
To download a copy of the Statewide Law Enforcement Protocol for Children Exposed to Violence, click here.
Orange County Safe from the Start program specialist, Rosemarie Hedegard, and her colleagues, Dr. Kathy Nickerson and Dr. Debra Stout, were invited to Cox Communications to tape a show for the Cox Forum entitled "
Kids and Our Media." The program aired February 7th through February 14th on Cox 3, Orange County. The discussion focused on children's exposure to violence through television. Many thanks to Rosemarie for getting the word out in discussing the role exposure to violence may play in influencing the behavior of our next generation.
Congratulations to long-time Safe from the Start team member, Arlene Greene, who was recently promoted to Assistant Director of the Youth, Schools and Communities Programs in the Crime and Violence Prevention Center.
Sandi Gaarder, formerly the Domestic Violence Prevention Program Manager, will now lead the Safe from the Start project and Lazandra Dial, a new addition to the Center, will assume primary responsibilities for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program.
Sandi can be reached at: sandra.gaarder@doj.ca.gov and Lazandra can be reached at: lazandra.dial@doj.ca.gov.
This will be the last monthly edition of the e-newsletter. It will become a quarterly newsletter next issued in June 2008.
A one-day training conference for Safe from the Start County Contacts, the 2005 and 2007 Train the Trainer (TTT) graduates, and other community team members will be held in Sacramento at the Radisson Hotel on April 21, 2008. The conference will feature Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Lt. Mark Wynn, Nashville Police Department (retired) and will focus on taking the brain science - exposure to violence message to the community level. Discussion of the Statewide Law Enforcement Protocol for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence will also be featured. Look for registration flyers in your mailbox by mid-March.
The Rand Corporation recently released a study that shows a sizeable number of California's students fall short of the state's proficiency standards in English-language arts and mathematics when assessed in second and third grade. The study also indicates that several well-designed studies show high-quality preschool programs serving children one or two years before kindergarten can improve school readiness and raise performance on academic achievement tests in the early elementary grades through middle school. For more, click on http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/11/08/.
An interactive brain map of children ages birth to 18 months is available on the Zero to Three website. By clicking on a specific age group and hot spots on the brain graphic, youll see how a baby's brain develops during this period of brain growth. Check out http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_util_babybrainflash.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Name of Grant: New York Life Foundation Grants
Funding Source: New York Life Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
Brief Description of the Funding: Currently, the foundation is focusing its efforts on organizations, programs and services which target children, particularly in the areas of: mentoring, tutoring, after-school programs, educational enhancement activities and safe places to learn and grow.
Information on Grant: 51 Madison Avenue, Room 1600, New York, NY 10010-1655, (212) 576-7341 phone; http://www.newyorklife.com/foundation.
Name of Grant/Funding: Verizon Foundation/National Grants
Funding Source: Verizon Foundation
Deadline: Proposals are reviewed continuously until November 30th
Brief Description of the Funding: The two major priorities of the Verizon Foundation are literacy and domestic violence. These are the national grant-making programs which are different from the regional and state funding efforts. National proposals will be considered from elementary and secondary schools (public and private) that are registered with the Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics as well as eligible tax-exempt organizations in certain 501(c)(3) subsections.
Information on Grant/Funding Provider: For further information please visit the Verison Foundation Resource Center.
UPCOMING TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
March 10, 2008
Location:
Los Angeles County
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Contact: Sandra Gaarder
March 11, 2008
Location:
Riverside County
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Contact: Sandra Gaarder
March 12, 2008
Location: Orange County, City of Westminster
Contact:
Orange County Department of Education, 714.327.1072 or Safe from the Start
March 13-15, 2008
Location:
Long Beach
Presented by: Association of Batterer’s Intervention Programs
Contact:
Maria Vasquez at 626.968.1925
March 26-27, 2008
Location:
San Diego
Contact:
San Diego SafeStart Chesley Blevins:
April 3-4, 2008
Location: Long Beach
Presenters: Dr. Linda Chamberlain & David Love, MFT
Information: www.caeyc.org
April 4, 2008
Location: Loma Linda University Childrens Hospital
Speaker: Harvey Karp, M.D.
Information: Call Childrens Network - (909) 387-8966
April 21, 2008
Location: Radisson Hotel, Sacramento
Speakers: Dr. Bruce Perry, MD, PhD and Lt. Mark Wynn, Nashville Police Department (retired)
Contact: Safe from the Start
April 22-24, 2008
Location: Westin Hotel, San Diego
Information:
www.familyjusticecenter.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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