One Pomona One Voice
IN THIS ISSUE:
FACT: Firearm injuries are among the top ten causes of death for anyone under the age of 45 in the United States. Read more
POMONA YFMP MEETINGS

YFMP Community Board
2nd Thursday of the month
3:30pm to 5pm
Ganesha Park Community Center
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rico, andrea_rico@ci.pomona.ca.us
Bernardo Rosa,
nardorosa@aol.com

Adriana Pinedo adrianapinedo@tmail.com,

Active Community Empowerment (ACE)
For date, time, and location, please contact: Nancy Matarrita,
nancy@pomonafirstbaptist.com

Promoting Academic Achievement (PAA)
1st Tuesday of the month
4:30pm to 6pm
Pomona Unified School District
Strategic Planning Room
Contact:
Sarah Ross, sarahross@aim.com

Pomona Youth Advisory Committee (PYAC)

Mondays, 4pm to 6pm
City Hall, Administration Board Room
Contacts:
Adriana Pinedo adrianapinedo@tmail.com,
Paul Robinson paulmax404@tmail.com
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS (CRC)

Pomona residents may visit the following centers to obtain information and to access services:

Jaycee Park Community Center
1pm – 5pm

Kennedy Park Community Center
1pm – 5pm

Palomares Park Community Center
10am - 5pm

Ralph Welch Park Community Center
1pm – 5pm

Renacimiento Community Center
10am - 5pm

Washington Park Community Center
10am - 5pm

Westmont Park Community Center
10am - 5pm

For more information, please call (909) 620-2324
MHSA COMMUNITY NAGIVATORS
Tri-City Mental Health Center

- Community Navigators   funded by Mental Health Services Act

- Serving the Tri-City areas of Pomona, Claremont and La Verne

- Resource Specialists that provide information and referrals for mental health and other needed services

- Provide education and awareness to community organizations

Available Monday through Friday, 9am - 5pm.  Also available after-hours by phone, if needed.

Please contact:
(888) 436-3246

VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 2 | JUNE 2010

The Youth and Family Master Plan is an outline for a community based approach to linking best practice programs, policies, providing resources and identifying gaps to support youth and family services in the City of Pomona.

Members represent various youth and family serving entities, including education, government, faith-based and, non-profit agencies along with Pomona residents.  The group meets to discuss and share resources in the City of Pomona.  Local youth are encouraged to participate.  Membership is open to any individual who attends community board or task force meetings.

Gift of Time Mentoring Group: Mentoring Programs in Jeopardy
By Regina Ramsey

Gift of Time Mentoring Collaborative currently has mentoring programs that will lose funding as of September 2010. In our efforts to sustain these current programs, we are looking for funders to support us. We serve youth in the Inland Empire and Pomona area. We currently have over 100 young people ranging from ages 7 to 17 who are considered at-risk youth due to the demographic area they reside in. We also serve children of incarcerated parents, sibling of children with terminal illness, foster youth, homeless youth, and pregnant and parenting teens. 

Our focus is helping youth to develop vital life skills and in creating opportunities for youth-driven, positive change which will allow them to experience success in changing their lives and their communities. It has been proven that young people who meet regularly with their mentors are less likely to start drinking, less likely to start using illicit drugs, go to college, and be more successful.

We cannot do this alone and today we need your help in keeping theses program going. The programs are currently budgeted at 200k a year to support staff salaries, educational and cultural outings, mentor and mentee training, family programming, background checks for mentors, and transportation cost for outings. Your generous contribution towards our efforts would be greatly appreciated. The Gift of Time Mentoring Collaborative meets every Friday at 12 noon for more information please contact Candace Barry at barynassoc@aol.com, or Regina Ramsey at regina@we-reachout.org.


KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

California’s Children Report Card and Violence Prevention

Children Now: CA Report Card 2010
Setting the Agenda for Children
http://www.childrennow.org/uploads/
documents/reportcard_2010.pdf


Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/index.html

The UNITY Urban Agenda for Preventing Violence
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/component/
jlibrary/article/id-263/127.html


Dr. Becky Bailey’s Loving Guidance: Conscious Discipline
http://www.consciousdiscipline.com/



Engaging Older Youth: Program and City-Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
(Reprinted from Harvard Family Research Project)

A new report from Harvard Family Research Project and Private/Public Ventures highlights key strategies to promote out-of-school-time (OST) program participation among older youth. There is growing recognition among educators and policymakers that OST programs are important not just for elementary school students, who need supervision when they are not in school, but also for middle and high school youth, whose participation in OST programs can help keep them engaged in their education at a time when many students are beginning to disengage from school.

To better understand how to promote sustained participation among older youth in OST programs, Harvard Family Research Project and Private/Public Ventures, with support from The Wallace Foundation, examined programs with high participation and retention rates to identify the program characteristics found to be the most successful in retaining older youth, as well as the strategies that cities are using to support participation.  

Click here to download a PDF of the research synopsis or the full report.



Tri-City Mental Health Center Full Service Partnership
Dana Stein Community Navigator Coordinator & Staff

Thanks to the effort of the community and our delegates, Tri-City Mental Health Center Full Service Partnership Program is now ready to take on referrals for those who currently are receiving Medi-Cal.  Our FSP program for those who do not have funding will begin taking referrals on Aug 1st, 2010.  As part of the Community Services and Supports Plan, FSP Program’s aim is to service consumers with mental illness in addition to their life challenges.  FSP Programs are capable of providing an array of services beyond the scope of traditional mental health outpatient services. 

The FSP Program is a partnership program designed to support the individuals, families, and the communities.  In order for the individuals to succeed, FSP program requires the collaborations and commitment of the individuals/families/significant others to support our consumer throughout their treatment process. 

For referral process or more information about Tri-City Mental Health Center Full Service Partnership Program, please visit our website at: http://www.tricitymhs.org/index.aspx  


Youth Job Opportunities

Youth & Family Master Plan, Pomona Family Resources
http://www.pomonafamilyresources.org/referral.html?
&taxonomy_code=N&user_long=-117.75588&user_lat=
34.06076&clientId=&2&page=1


County of Los Angeles Summer Youth Jobs
http://css.lacounty.gov/adm/hr/docs/summeryouthjobs.pdf

Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services/
Youth Jobs

http://www.ladpss.org/new_portal/dpss_other_svcs.cfm

Los Angeles Urban League Pomona Work Source Center
http://www.laul.org/worksource-centers

Event Announcements

Nancy McCracken Science, Math, Service Learning and Arts Fair
Saturday, June 12, 2010
10:00 AM until 1:00 PM
The Fairplex, Gate 9 (Off White Avenue), Building 9

English Flyer      Spanish Flyer       Timeline








For any questions please contact Andrea Rico at: andrea_rico@ci.pomona.ca.us
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