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Harnessing Local Data to Create the CORE Conditions for: Thriving Families & Community Connectedness || Aprovechando los datos locales para crear las condiciones de CORE para: Familias Prósperas y Conexiones Comunitarias

Virtual Via Zoom
[Información en español a continuación] Register here | Inscríbase aquí: https://bit.ly/DataShare-CORE-12-01-22 Join DataShare Santa Cruz County and CORE Investments for a community conversation about harnessing local data to foster Thriving Families and Community Connectedness (two of the eight CORE Conditions for Health & Well-being) so that all community members in Santa Cruz County experience Safe, […]
Free

Coffee Chat: Moving Prevention “Upstream”—A Conversation About Santa Cruz County’s Family First Prevention Services Program // Plática con un Café: Moviendo la prevención “río arriba”—Una conversación sobre el programa de servicios de prevención Family First (Primero la Familia)

Virtual Via Zoom
Register here: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-02-21-23 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). We’ll learn about and contribute to Santa Cruz […]
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CORE Coffee Chat: Combining Helpline & Health Information Resources to Meet Community Needs // Plática con un Café de CORE: Combinando los recursos de la Línea de Ayuda y información de salud para cumplir con las necesidades de la comunidad

Virtual Via Zoom
Register here//Inscríbase aquí: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-02-28-23 [Información en español a continuación] Recent storm and flood damage, power outages, and dislocations remind us how quickly circumstances can change. When people reach out for assistance, whether it’s for housing or food or health care, the last thing they need is the additional burden of repeating information, telling their stories […]
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CORE Coffee Chat: Writing for Funding: Tips on Organizing and Pitching Your Ideas in Grant Proposals // Plática con un Café de CORE: Consejos sobre organizar y presentar sus ideas en propuestas de subvenciones

Virtual Via Zoom
Register here// Inscríbase aquí: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-04-27-23 [Información en español a continuación] In the public and nonprofit sectors, launching and then sustaining a program often requires writing grant proposals that make the case for supporting your work. Whether the proposals are short or long, simple or complicated, due next week or next month, they’re almost always a […]
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CORE Coffee Chat:Connecting the Community to Resources: An Update on Unite Us Santa Cruz County // Platica con un Café de CORE: Conectando a la comunidad a recursos: Una actualización sobre Unite Us en la Condado de Santa Cruz

Virtual Via Zoom
Register // Inscríbase: https://bit.ly/CoffeeChat-09-06-23 When your patients or clients need resources or services beyond the scope of what you can offer, where do you send them? Once you do refer them elsewhere, what happens to them? Did they receive the services you hoped they would, or did they fall through the many cracks between multiple […]
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CORE Coffee Chat: Multisolving for Equitable Health and Well-being // Plática con un Café: “Resolver simultáneamente” para la salud y bienestar equitativo

Virtual Via Zoom
(Información en español a continuación) You know about problem-solving, but have you heard of multisolving? “Multisolving” is a type of collaboration that came out of global environmental work. It brings together different people and groups to tackle multiple problems with a focused policy or investment that has many benefits, including an explicit commitment to equity. […]
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CORE Coffee Chat: Using Community Data for Planning and Evaluation / Usando datos comunitarios para la planificación y evaluación

On Zoom
Register/Inscríbase: https://bit.ly/CORE-DataLiteracy-11-28-23 Attend this practical, interactive workshop on how community-level data on DataShare can be used for program planning and evaluation. Participants will learn: Why community-level data are important for improving well-being and advancing equity  How data are used to assess community needs and assets How local organizations and collaboratives are using community-level data in […]
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CORE Coffee Chat: Tips and Tools for Integrative Design

On Zoom
Register/Inscríbase: https://bit.ly/Coffee-Chat-12-14-23  Attend this Coffee Chat to learn from local colleagues who are participating in the current “Learn, Do, Share with CORE: Designing for Social Systems” Community of Practice. Get an overview of key concepts and tools for using integrative design practices (human-centered design, systems thinking, equity and anti-racism, and strategy) to solve complex social […]
Free

CORE Coffee Chat: Seeding the Future with Semillitas

Virtual Via Zoom
Learn about Semillitas program, a locally tailored version of a national model (the Savings and Engagement for Education and Development Success, or SEEDS model), powered by Ventures. Semillitas creates automatic Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) for all children born in Santa Cruz County. The funds are augmented when health and other milestones are reached, such as […]
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A Beginners Guide to Data Literacy: Practicing with DataShare

Virtual Via Zoom
Designed for people who are less familiar with data, this interactive workshop will provide an opportunity to understand population health data and learn how to apply a data lens in advocacy, policy, and program planning efforts. Participants will learn to: Identify crucial data elements in graphs and visualizations Navigate key data sources provided on DataShare […]
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Making Meaning of Community-level Data // Dar sentido a los datos a nivel comunitario

Virtual Via Zoom
Attend this workshop to learn how to make meaning of community-level data on DataShare (and other sources) when you’re doing planning, evaluation, grantwriting, advocacy, or research. Participants will learn: Why community-level data are important for improving well-being and advancing equity; How to understand and make meaning of the data that are (and aren’t) available on […]
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