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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
Parents/caregivers of DC students, make your voices heard! Complete the Strengthening School Behavioral Health Survey during the months of February and March. Available in Spanish (Español) and Amharic (አማርኛ) #StrengthenSBHinDC 👉 bit.ly/3eXtw62
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Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Any day is a good day to celebrate Indigenous Peoples. However, if you have limited knowledge of the amazing and diverse first Peoples of the lands we now call the U.S., today is a great day to start learning more. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
It’s a new school year. I’m working on a list of best practice tools for #schoolmentalhealth. Please drop your favorite/go-to resource below. I’m looking for general implementation resources, not program-specific guides. Thanks! @SMARTCtr @NCSMHtweets @MHTTCNetwork @nctsn @CHHCS
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DC students in grades 4-12, make your voices heard! Complete the Strengthening School Behavioral Health Survey during the months of February and March. Available in Spanish (Español) and Amharic (አማርኛ) #StrengthenSBHinDC 👉 bit.ly/3eXtrPM
Parents/caregivers of DC students, make your voices heard! Complete the Strengthening School Behavioral Health Survey during the months of February and March. Available in Spanish (Español) and Amharic (አማርኛ) #StrengthenSBHinDC 👉 bit.ly/3eXtw62
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
Sending @GovKathyHochul a sincere plea to grant clemency to Nikki Addimando. This young mother is a member of my community and was put in a domestic violence nightmare. I would love to do whatever I can to help in your decision to bring her home to her children. Xoxo
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📢‘Ready for Work’ Nonprofit Capacity Building Program expands to include free interactive workshops and support for nonprofits in Prince George’s County. Read the official @PGCCouncilMedia announcement here: vppartners.org/press-release…. @FairChanceDC #PrinceGeorgesSOAR
Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
Exciting news! The #EERS22 conference theme has been announced: Rethinking Evidence. I hope many of you can join me for the @EasternEval conference in April!
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
As you can imagine, I have a professional and personal interest in helping @THELAYC fill their newly open Learning and Evaluation Director position. Here is the position announcement: tinyurl.com/2rcuxupc #evaluation #evaltwitter #eval
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Join us Wednesday, July 14 at 11:30 a.m. ET for a moderated conversation focused on the challenges of #earlychildhood #workforcedevelopment: RSVP at vppartners.org/about/events/. #VPPRaiseDC #20thSpeakerSeries
Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
As the #ACEs field of study grows, an equity lens can facilitate a greater understanding of the structural, historic, and systemic contexts that relate to limited ACEs data for American Indians and Alaska Natives. childtrends.org/american-ind…
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
April 1 at 3-4:30pm ET: Join @ChildTrends @NASBE @thrivingschools @HealthierGen @MidAmericaMHTTC for a discussion funded by @CDC_DASH on opportunities for state health and education leaders to support school #StaffWellness during #COVID19 Register👉buff.ly/3pp9iFu
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
Join us on Thursday at 3pm ET! Registration link below👇 #staffwellness
Related, we're glad to co-host a webinar Thursday, March 4 with @ChildTrends to highlight research, state examples, and @CDCgov guidance around staff wellness. Register here: nasbe.org/event/how-state-le…
Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
Looking for DC Youth Self Advocates: Apply to join the Family and Youth Committee of the Coordinating Council for School Behavioral Health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… Please spread the word! @BlackSwanAcad @itskhadijah @dcpave @AJEInc @DCChildrensLaw @DCChildrensLaw @DBHRecoversDC
The Coordinating Council on School Behavioral Health Services is working to ensure that the voices of Students are central in the decision making process on how the system delivers school-based behavioral health services. DC youth see below for details bit.ly/dcyouthadvisorycommit…
📣 Your evaluation findings are valuable—but that might not matter if they don't reach the right audiences or if the takeaways and relevance aren't clear. Join us on Jan. 28 to get tips from HMRE evaluation experts on disseminating your findings! mastresearchcenter.org/webin…
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Schools, emergency departments, and law enforcement have become a de facto #mentalhealth system. We need a MH system that is coordinated across the many sectors that touch the lives of children and families and equips all staff with MH literacy skills. npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Vanessa Harbin Sacks retweeted
So many more people in DC’s wealthiest wards quickly signed up for vaccinations appointments than residents in more low-income wards that Bowser is specifically opening up more appointments for every ward except 2, 3 and 6. These numbers are staggering: – at Washington, DC
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This week has been stressful for many of us. View a message from NCSMH that includes resources on how to discuss the events of this week with children. buff.ly/2LDllRy