This report assesses Humboldt County’s Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Services, and Humboldt County’s Sheriff’s Office’s progress in sustaining and performing corrective actions, focusing on September 1, 2019–February 29,2020, of a stipulated judgment filed by California’s Attorney General’s Office. The report contains recommendations of CSSP (the compliance monitor) for meeting and sustaining outstanding requirements of the Judgment. (79 pp)
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Building Cognitive & Social-Emotional Competence Participant Manual
June 2020
This is the participant manual for Building Cognitive and Social-Emotional (CSE) Competencies, a one-day training, created by Youth in Focus, that takes a deeper dive into one of the five Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors and builds on content in other Youth Thrive training. This Module explores how cognitive and social-emotional abilities operate in youth’s daily experience and personal lives and what we can do to help young people develop and strengthen these skills in order to thrive.
Find other CSE materials, including a trainer guide, worksheets, and PowerPoint slides, here.
Building Cognitive & Social-Emotional Competence Trainer Guide
June 2020
This is the trainer guide for Building Cognitive and Social-Emotional (CSE) Competencies, a one-day training, created by Youth in Focus, that takes a deeper dive into one of the five Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors and builds on content in other Youth Thrive training. This Module explores how cognitive and social-emotional abilities operate in youth’s daily experience and personal lives and what we can do to help young people develop and strengthen these skills in order to thrive.
Building Cognitive & Social-Emotional Competence List and Worksheet
June 2020
These are the list and worksheets for Building Cognitive and Social-Emotional (CSE) Competencies, a one-day training, created by Youth in Focus, that takes a deeper dive into one of the five Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors and builds on content in other Youth Thrive training. This Module explores how cognitive and social-emotional abilities operate in youth’s daily experience and personal lives and what we can do to help young people develop and strengthen these skills in order to thrive.
Find other CSE materials, including a trainer guide, participant manual, and PowerPoint slides, here.
Building Cognitive & Social-Emotional Competence PowerPoint Slides
June 2020
This is the PowerPoint presentation for Building Cognitive and Social-Emotional (CSE) Competencies is a one-day training, created by Youth in Focus, that takes a deeper dive into one of the five Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors and builds on content in other Youth Thrive training. This Module explores how cognitive and social-emotional abilities operate in youth’s daily experience and personal lives and what we can do to help young people develop and strengthen these skills in order to thrive.
Find other CSE materials, including a trainer guide, participant manual, and worksheets, here.
Early Relational Health and Protective Factors
June 2020
This webinar offered an opportunity to reflect on the importance of foundational relationships and how this work can strengthen the protective factors framework and be integrated with your implementation of Strengthening Families.
LaShawn A. v. Bowser Progress Report (April 1-December 31, 2019)
June 2020
This report examines the performance of the District of Columbia’s child welfare system for the period of April 1 - December 31, 2019 and determines its progress.
(86 pp)
A Critical Resource at Risk: Supporting Kinship Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
May 2020
As the current pandemic upends daily lives, among the families suffering the most are kinship caregivers. This brief explores kinship care and how this critical resource is at risk now and in the future.
(10 pp)
Anti-Racist Intersectional Frame
May 2020
This anti-racist intersectional frame is an action-oriented frame that critiques society’s structures and its treatment of people and communities while providing a guiding approach for how to work towards a more just and equitable society.
(2 pp)
Strengthening Families Webinar: During a Pandemic and Beyond
May 2020
Experts discussed how family support professionals and organizations have adapted to serve families during the COVID-19 outbreak, and what we are learning that we will carry forward from this time.
Find the resources shared by the panelists here.