Hosted by: CORE Investments
Interpreter: Stella Lauerman
Bilingual meeting support: Gisella Carrasco
Language: English, with simultaneous Spanish interpretation
Imagine a community designed with equity and well-being at the forefront, with thriving children, youth, and families living in a just, resilient, and connected community. What would it take to make this vision a reality for everyone?
Join your hosts, Nicole Young and Nicole Lezin, for the next CORE Coffee Chat on Moving Prevention “Upstream”, with fellow consultant, Sarah Marschall, Robin Luckett (Human Services Department – Family and Children’s Services Division Director), and Jose Flores (Santa Cruz County Probation, Juvenile Division Director). Join us to learn about and provide input on Santa Cruz County’s Comprehensive Prevention Plan (CPP), a countywide, cross-sector plan that is being developed in response to federal and state child abuse prevention initiatives, including the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and Family First Prevention Services (FFPS) program.
Preventing child abuse and neglect is a great example of an outcome that spans many sectors, organizations, and CORE Conditions. Many of us work at different points along a prevention path. Often, we’re trying to support individuals and families in some stage of crisis, so that the adversity they are experiencing doesn’t become even more harmful. That’s valuable and essential work, but it also raises many questions that we have an opportunity to answer. What supports and services are available and accessible to meet families’ needs as they arise? What gaps and barriers contribute to inequitable outcomes, and what can we do to address them? How can we co-create more equitable systems and structures that prevent “the Pair of ACEs” — Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adverse Community Environments — and create the conditions for all children, youth, and families to thrive? Across many different sectors and CORE Conditions for Health and Well-being, that’s what we mean by moving “upstream.” We hope that you’ll join us next week and share your ideas for moving upstream, together.
Missed the Event?
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