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Bold Steps for Children Newsletter
DECEMBER 2013 


Mark your calendars!  I wanted to be sure you put the 2014 Children's Summit on your calendars now.  The 2014 Children's Summit will be held on February 28th, 2014.  We are grateful that Microsoft will be providing the venue for the Children's Summit. Our theme is "We are all in this together".

The keynote speaker is Stephen Black, the grandson of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black and the founder and president of Impact Alabama. Mr. Black has led some innovative work in Alabama, utilizing students from the University of Alabama, where he directs the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, to improve health and education results for Alabama's children and youth.  For more information go to:
www.impactalabama.org .

Participants at the Children's Summit will also have the opportunity to attend workshops on a variety of topics including social emotional learning and the Common Core, the legislative landscape for children in California, linking your programmatic outcomes to community results, and other interesting subjects.

Save the date - you won't want to miss this event.   Registration materials will be sent out about mid-month.
Have a wonderful holiday season and see you in 2014!

In community spirit,

Dana Bunnett
Director of Kids in Common
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Kids in Common wants every child safe, healthy, successful in learning, successful in life!

     

Kids in Common advocates for policies, partnerships and investments that improve children's lives in Santa Clara County. The cornerstone of our work is the Children's Agenda, a county-wide initiative working to create measurable, positive change for Santa Clara County children and families.
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3rd Annual SVCN Health Care Reform Summit
The 3rd Annual SVCN Health Care Reform Summit Presented by Palo Alto Medical Foundation - This conference will provide the A-B-C's in what you need to know in Health Care Reform much of which will be available in January 2014! Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013                      
Time: 8:30am to 2:00pm
Location: Sobrato Center for Nonprofits - San Jose
Registration Fee $50 members, $60 nonmembers
For more information Contact Alison Braun at alisonb@svcn.org or 408.260.3915 if you have any questions

 

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For Your Reading Pleasure

Are Children Simply Small Adults? by Judge Leonard Edwards (Ret.) Santa Clara Superior Court. - This sounds like a foolish question. We all know that this is not true, yet do we design our public policy to reflect the reality that children are not small adults?  Read more...
 
Kidsdata.org "In its first major update since 2009, Kidsdata.org has been completely redesigned to make it quicker and easier for you to find, customize, and use data on more than 500 measures of children's health and well being in California. See what's new     

Kidpower Safety Tips for Babysitters and Caregivers.
Taking care of children is the most important job in the world. For advice on how to be a safe caregiver - whether a new babysitter, or a seasoned nanny - see the article from Kidpower's extensive free online library: Click Here
Community Events
Starting Strong with Kidpower Workshop for 3-5 year-olds
with their adults through puppets and fun, interactive stories, learn how to introduce People Safety Skills and to continue to practice them in your daily life.
Date: Sunday, December 15
Time: 9:00am to 9:50am
For more information: call (800) 467-6997 ext. 1#,email
or visit http://www.kidpower.org/what-we-do/california-services/register/ Classes fill-up quickly, so let us know right away if you're interested!

2-hour Kidpower Parent-Child Workshop for 5-8 year-olds
with their adults.
Protect your child from harm and gain valuable tools for building better relationships.
Date: Sunday, December 15
Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Palo Alto
For more information: call (800) 467-6997 ext. 1#, email safety@kidpower.org
Classes fill-up quickly, so let us know right away if you're interested!

4-hour Kidpower Full-Force Parent-Child Workshop for 6-12 year-olds
with their adults. Families practice personal safety skills together for handling every day emotional and physical safety problems and self-defense skills for stopping emergencies.
Date: Sunday, December 15
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Palo Alto
For more information: call (800) 467-6997 ext. 1#, email
Classes fill-up quickly, so let us know right away if you're interested!

FutureArtsNow! hosts weekly Open Dance Sessions at the Edenvale Community Center. .  
Open Dance Sessions. Youth and young adults are invited to come hone their Hip Hop Dance skills during our weekly sessions inside the Edenvale Dance Studio/Gym
When: Every Wednesday & Thursday from 8p-10p 
Where: Edenvale Community Center, 330 Branham Lane, San Jose
Cost: $3
Contact: Program Director Demone
Carter 408.320.5022 (futureartsnow@gmail.com)
Inclusion Collaborative Professional Development Training
provides professional development to improve child and family outcomes for children with and without disabilities and/or special needs so that they may have equal access to full participation in inclusive learning and community environments.
Fees: Training fees are the sole responsibility of the registrant. Accepted payment methods are cash, check (make checks payable to: SCCOE-Inclusion Collaborative) or by credit card using PayPal. There are limited funds available for financial assistance; it is intended for those with financial restraints. Please request an application for Professional Development Financial Aid at inclusion@sccoe.org.
For more information, contact Kim Boverio at (408) 453-6756 or mail Kim_Boverio@sccoe.org. Visit www.inclusioncollaborative.org or www.cpin.us
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Volunteer Opportunities
 
 
The Santa Clara County Youth Task Force is Seeking New Members!
YTF is an appointed body of 15 high-school aged youth who serve as an advisory body to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Members are involved with making policy recommendations concerning youth in the County and work to find solutions that will make improvements to the lives of young people in our community today.Whether you're a student leader, community activist, are interested in applying to be a member, or would like to see what YTF is all about, please contact   Tiffany Lee, tiffany.lee@bos.sccgov.org or  http://www.sccgov.org/sites/bos/bnc/bnc-listing/Pages/default.aspx to apply.
Date & Time: Members meet every third Wednesday of the month from 5:30pm-7:00pm 
Location: County Government Center (70 W. Hedding Street, San Jose).

  

Now recruiting for Year Up March 2014 class! 
Year Up is looking for motivated young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 who want to take a step forward in their careers, but may not know where to look.
Deadline: The Priority Registration Date is Friday December 6th and Hard Deadline for registration will be on Friday February 7th.
For more information, please contact Rodney Tabares, Manager of Admissions and Outreach, RTabares@YearUp.org or call  408-513-3004. 

Inspire Students at Local Elementary Schools with Junior Achievement!   Junior Achievement prepares youth for economic success through a short series of age-appropriate lessons on entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and work readiness. You can volunteer to work in schools to teach these lessons (the teacher will still be in the classroom to provide support).  
Date: Flexible
Time: Flexible. One mandatory one-hour training.
Location: Any school (includes all schools and after-school programs i.e. public, private, charter, etc.)
For more information: Amanda Lopez, District  Manager, Silicon Valley 408-217-7906,
Collaborative Community Program (CCP) is Seeking Mentors:
(nonprofit status pending) is seeking mentors for children from Washington Elementary School in downtown San Jose.  CCP is a 3-year-old organization, Mentors meet with children K-5 on Thursdays from 3:30-5pm at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch Library. 
For more information contact:  CCPSantaClara@gmail.com, Rochelle @ 408.634.2125.  More info on Facebook:  Collaborative Community Program.  

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In The News
Kaiser Permanente, along with other funders and partners, kicked off the local effort to support State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson's Team California for Healthy Kids initiative. The initiative brings together schools and community support to increase physical activity in students and ensure they have access to fresh water and fresh food, through avenues such as salad bars. The initiative also supports First Lady Michelle Obama's, "Let's Move Salad Bars Schools" campaign, that seeks to increase children's fruit and vegetable consumption through placing salad bars in schools.
Award Winners

Gay Krause, executive director of the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at Foothill College, has received the highest award given by the Penn State Alumni Association - Alumni Fellow  - Read More

Janice Battaglia, Santa Clara County Office of Education, Inclusion Collaborative Program. 3 BiG AWARDS! Hoffmann Award 2013 for an outstanding student service program, "Inclusion Award" honored by the Supported Life Institute at their 20th annual Inclusion Celebration, and the "Golden Bell Award" presented by the California School Board Association (CSBA).
Community Resources

Food for Families - For the Holidays and Year-Round Food is available to low-income families through a network of partners who get food from Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. During the holidays, families can sign up for special holiday food baskets or be referred to holiday hot meals. Food programs such as Family Harvest, Produce Mobile, Pantries and Senior Brown Bag have space to add new participants.
Dates: Ongoing. Food distributions and meal programs are available weekdays and on weekends.
Location: Community locations throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.
For more information: Call Second Harvest's Food Connection, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday, 1-800-984-3663 or go to http://www.shfb.org/getfood

CalFresh Outreach and Application Assistance Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties can do pre-screening, answer questions and help clients complete applications for CalFresh benefits.
Date: Ongoing. Application assistance can be arranged for weekdays, weekends and evenings.
Location: Community locations throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
For more information: Call Second Harvest's Food Connection, 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Friday, 1-800-984-3663 or go to http://www.shfb.org/getfood

For all of our MFCC's and Other Professionals Under the Board of Behavioral Sciences: Kidpower is now certified as a Continuing Education Provider under the California State Board of Behavioral Sciences! For more information on what Kidpower does, go to www.kidpower.org

 

Kaiser Permanente Child Health Plan. 
Did you know that Kaiser Permanente provides full membership to over 50,000 low income children in Northern California through our subsidized Child Health Plan? The Kaiser Permanente Child Health Plan is pleased to offer a quality option in California that gives children the health care they need for just $8 or $15 per child, per month, for up to three children. Additional children are covered at no extra premium.
For More Information: Contact Sarah Hurd at sarah.m.hurd@kp.org.  Additional info (including eligibility guidelines and how to apply) can be also be found by clicking this link - http://info.kaiserpermanente.org/html/child_health_plan/index.html
.  Application assistance is available and recommended - click on the link above to find the Enrollment Assistance Center in your area. 

Making Online Giving Personal - Benevolent creates a direct link between donors and low-income individuals with one-time needs through their crowd-giving platform. For more information contact Ken at 408.389.4024 or ken@benevolent.net or  visit http://benevolent.net 
Teen Talk -
A popular Blog for Teens:
Adolescent Counseling Services http://www.acs-teens.org/ an organization whose mission is to empower teens and their families in the community to realize their emotional and social potential through counseling and preventive education, has a popular blog named Teen Talk, (acsteens.wordpress.com). To learn more about Teen Talk go to http://acsteens.wordpress.com/.
  
Host a Panel From the LGBTQ Youth Space Speakers Bureau! Interested in learning more about gender identity and sexual orientation through first hand experiences? The LGBTQ Youth Space Speakers Bureau is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and ally youth and young adults ages 13-25 who speak about their experiences as members of the LGBTQ community.
For more info, or to request a panel, contact Adrienne Keel at: akeel@fcservices.org or (408)343-7942.

The Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC)
has a lot of events coming up! You can find great resources and information for children with special health care needs on the new website recently launched by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.  E-mail California Advocacy Network for Children with Special Health Care Needs Manager Janis Connallon at Janis.Connallon@lpfch.org
with your suggestions for resources or other information to add to the website.
New Website: Children with Special Health Care Needs - For up-to-date information, go to their website at www.svilc.org - SVILC Address: 2202 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95131 - 408.894.9041 (Voice) or 408.894.9012 (TTY)
 
The Juvenile Welfare Office of the Ombudsman Can Help to Resolve Concerns -
The Office of the Ombudsman is an independent and neutral function, whose primary purpose is to serve as a key component of the Department of Family and Children's Services complaint system. Some people consider the ombudsman as the "hallmark of an ethical organization," or the Jiminy Cricket of Child Protective Services. For more information: Click Here   

Chat 4 Teens - Instant Help Through Instant Messaging. Chat 4 Teens connects teens directly with trained peer counselors in a live instant message chat environment.
Date: Chat Lines Open Tuesday - Thursday
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Visit www.chat4teens.org to chat live
For more information:
 

PARENT PROJECT. 

The Parent Project is a 12 week program which offers classes through the Santa Clara County. The program is specifically designed for parents with difficult or out-of-control adolescents. Parents learn specific prevention and intervention strategies for destructive behaviors.

For more information: www. ParentProject.com 
or call: 408.808.3794 or email  parentproject@da.sccgov.org
 

Silicon Valley Kids Climate Club.

This club offers children - and grownups - important lessons about conserving  energy and water, recycling trash and finding new food sources.  Supervisor Dave Cortese started the Climate Kids Club to introduce children in grades 3 through 12 to simple tips they can use to help protect the environment.  If you would like Supervisor Cortese to give a presentation to your school or youth group, call (408) 299-3050 or email  dave.cortese@bos.sccgov.org  

 
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