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