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CSOC Sector Report
This monthly report serves as a resource to amplify the voices of family and youth receiving services and those family and youth partners providing peer support services. The purpose of this document...
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Honoring Men’s Health Week 2013!
Summer is right around the corner! And with the added stress/responsibilities of planning fun and healthy snacks and activities for yourself and/or your family, as well as...
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Man up
Subject: Man up Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. HHS HealthBeat (June 14, 2013) Man Up Take the Next Step Preventive Care Minority men face certain health challenges. Black men...
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The self-medicating drinker
From: U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services [mailto:subscriptions@hhs.gov] Subject: The self-medicating drinker Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. HHS HealthBeat (June 20,...
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Kids’ ER Visits Decline If Doctor Has Evening Hours: Study
Kids’ ER Visits Decline If Doctor Has Evening Hours: Study Availability of later appointments cut trips to emergency room by half, researchers say By Robert Preidt Friday, June 21, 2013 Source:...
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Health Reform Update
Covered California (California’s Exchange) held a June 20 board meeting during which the Board approved the 2013-14 budget providing expenditure authority of $399,690,000. The Board also approved...
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A must read for the Children’s Advocate on the go…Children’s Mental Health...
Friday Update 6-28-13 Greetings faithful readers. We were so fortunate this week to have had the opportunity to visit with wonderful Network faithful steeped in the conviction of the importance of...
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Participate in the Rulemaking Process
. Participate in the Rulemaking Process The public plays an extremely important role in the rulemaking process by commenting on proposed rules. Your comments can help shape the decisions the Department...
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The teen’s secret message
. HHS HealthBeat (July 2, 2013) The teen’s secret message Take the Next Step Talk to Your Kids The peer pressure to drink – or get into some other kind of trouble – can be tough on a teen. But there’s...
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#THRIVEcast
#THRIVEcast Special Broadcast Special Time and Day TODAY Friday 11:00 AM PST Today’s Topic: We End Violence, with Join Jeffrey Bucholtz San Diego Domestic Violence What is bystander intervention?...
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CSOC Sector Report
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The Pits & Peaks of Pregnancy-My Personal Journey
At one of my first OBGYN appts, our midwife told us that the three trimesters can be dubbed “Dreary, Cheery & Weary.” Little did I know how accurate of a portrayal that would be** Side note**I am...
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The Day My Life Changed
If someone would have asked me today if I thought 5 years ago I would have gotten my son taken away from me, and put in foster care, I would have said “HELL NO!” My son is home with me now, and has...
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The Case For Older Foster Children
Regina Calcaterra survived homelessness and abuse before she emancipated herself at age 14. Now an accomplished lawyer, politician, and author of the upcoming ‘Etched in Sand,’ she makes the case for...
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The Pits & Peaks of Pregnancy-My Personal Journey
Hello all! I hope this entry finds you all well and that any expectant mothers enjoyed my last entry (if not informative, I would like to believe I got a few giggles out of you guys). This week I am...
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Mental Health Care in California: Painting a Picture
Nearly 1 in 6 California adults has a mental health need, and approximately 1 in 20 suffers from a serious mental illness that makes it difficult to carry out major life activities. The rate among...
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The Argument For Juvenile Justice Reform
I. The Issue Cost-effective interventions that leverage the strengths of families and communities to reform troubled youths are critical to a successful juvenile justice system. Youths who “slip...
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A Short History of Youth Voice in the United States
Introduction Advocates and critics rightfully argue that the circumstances, experiences, ideas, knowledge, opinions, and actions of young people across the United States are too diverse to summarize a...
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The Pits & Peaks of Pregnancy-My Personal Journey
Hello everyone. Hope this entry finds everyone well and in good spirits. I’d like to address a personal “peak,” of mine during this pregnancy, and that has been the resources I have been given...
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