Kids and Families Together

Support & Resources Group- Santa Paula
2020-02-11 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CAUSE, 115 Dean Dr. Ste. C, Santa Paula, CA, 93060, United States
2nd Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm, C.A.U.S.E- 115 Dean Drive Ste. C, Santa Paula
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Are you a grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling raising a related child with full responsibility?
You are not alone!
Kids & Families Together is offering Kinship Support and Resource Groups in a number of Ventura cities to help you and your family thrive! In partnership with Ventura Foster & Kinship Care Education Program of Ventura County Community College District.
Please contact us for more information- (805) 643-1446.
*Child care for groups is available through Channel Islands Social Services for foster/kinship resource families. Contact Miriam Magana at 805-384-0983, ext. 859. Must call 48 hours in advance.

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Hold Me Tight Couples Workshop
2020-02-11 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Kids & Families Together, 864 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura, CA, 93001, United States
Who Should Attend: Foster/Resource/Adoptive/Kinship Caregivers; general public
Description: 8 weekly sessions in which couples learn to deepen their connection, change painful/frustrating cycles, and make sense of their relationship/attachment needs. Based on the book Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson.
Contact: Please contact us at 805-643-1446 Ext. 106 for the latest information and to register.

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Proyecto de Padres (Sesiónes en Español)
2020-02-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2020-02-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Pacifica High School, 600 East Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
Fortaleciendo Padres. Transformando Adolescentes.
Empowering Parents. Transforming Teens
Contacte: Cristina Magallanes, (805) 278-3104
Para más información por favor de hablar con: Hilda Gomez, (805) 486-1809

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Parent Project (English Session)
2020-02-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Pacifica High School, 600 East Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
Empowering Parents. Transforming Teens.
Contact: Cristina Magallanes, (805) 278-3104
For more information: Hilda Gomez, (805) 278-3104

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Support & Resources Group- Thousand Oaks
2020-02-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Senior Concerns, 401 Hodencamp Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360, United States
2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:30-8:30pm, Senior Concerns- 401 Hodencamp Rd., Thousand Oaks
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Are you a grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling raising a related child with full responsibility?
You are not alone!
Kids & Families Together is offering Kinship Support and Resource Groups in a number of Ventura cities to help you and your family thrive! In partnership with Ventura Foster & Kinship Care Education Program of Ventura County Community College District.
Please contact us for more information- (805) 643-1446.
*Child care for groups is available through Channel Islands Social Services for foster/kinship resource families. Contact Miriam Magana at 805-384-0983, ext. 859. Must call 48 hours in advance.

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Proyecto de Padres (Sesiónes en Español)
2020-02-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2020-02-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2020-02-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Hueneme High School, 500 West Bard Rd., Oxnard, CA, 93033, United States
Fortaleciendo Padres. Transformando Adolescentes.
Empowering Parents. Transforming Teens
Contacte: Esther Ultreras, (805) 385-2692
Para más información por favor de hablar con: Hilda Gomez, (805) 486-1809

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Share the Love Event
2020-02-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Ullman Building at Cal Lutheran University, 60 W Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360, United States
The event will feature nonprofit organizations and an opportunity to share your love with charitable contributions.
We serve foster/resource, kinship and adoptive families who are always in need of: twin bedding, personal care products, items for teens, gift cards, diapers, wipes and more!
We are also seeking items to fill the kids’ baskets at our Spring Fling Gift Away in April: toys, books, personal care items, stickers, etc.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Valentine’s Day with your loved ones!

Parent Support Group
2020-02-17 15:30 - 17:00, 2020-02-24 15:30 - 17:00 | Colonia Multi-Service Center, 1500 Camino Del Sol, Oxnard, CA, 93030, United States
Who should attend: Parents involved with CFS
Description: Join other parents to talk about the challenges of the system and how to be successful. Groups are run by Parent Partners who have been there and have successfully reunified with their children. They know what you’re going through!
Contact: Gina Ruiz, (805) 940-6391 or Janel Noonkester, (805) 978-2073

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Love and Logic Series
2020-02-18 17:30 - 19:30, 2020-02-25 17:30 - 19:30 | Day Road Center- Training Room, 71 Day Road, Ventura, CA, 93003, United States
Trainer: Dr. Judy Sullivan Osterhage
An Early Childhood Specialist with a degree in Elementary education, Dr. Judy Sullivan Osterhage has worked with the Santa Barbara City College Foster and Kinship Care Education program for over 20 years.
Judy’s research is on early trauma effects on brain development and behavior. She is a Parent Coach Consultant with Parenting Matters Consulting and is a certified Love & Logic Instructor.
Love and Logic dedicated to making parenting and teaching fun and rewarding, instead of stressful and chaotic. We provide practical tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children
The 4-week class will cover:

Steps to having kids take responsibility, Parenting with Empathy, Consequences
Sharing Control with Choice, Parenting Styles, Ownership of the problem
Setting Limits, Teaching kids to listen the first time, Family Meetings
Sibling Rivalry, Chores and Allowance, Strategic plans for chronic behaviors

*Participants will receive a certificate for 8 hours of training upon completion of the series.
RSVP: To Leticia at leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu (Please put Love and Logic in the Subject Line and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship provider in your RSVP).

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Support & Resources Group- Ventura
2020-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Kids & Families Together Support Programs and Training Center, 1317 Del Norte Rd., Suite 150, Camarillo, CA, 93010, United States
1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month, 6-8pm, Kids & Families Together- 864 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura
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Are you a grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling raising a related child with full responsibility?
You are not alone!
Kids & Families Together is offering Kinship Support and Resource Groups in a number of Ventura cities to help you and your family thrive! In partnership with Ventura Foster & Kinship Care Education Program of Ventura County Community College District.
Please contact us for more information- (805) 643-1446.
*Child care for groups is available through Channel Islands Social Services for foster/kinship resource families. Contact Miriam Magana at 805-384-0983, ext. 859. Must call 48 hours in advance.

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Hold Me Tight Couples Workshop
2020-02-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Kids & Families Together, 864 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura, CA, 93001, United States
Who Should Attend: Foster/Resource/Adoptive/Kinship Caregivers; general public
Description: 8 weekly sessions in which couples learn to deepen their connection, change painful/frustrating cycles, and make sense of their relationship/attachment needs. Based on the book Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson.
Contact: Please contact us at 805-643-1446 Ext. 106 for the latest information and to register.

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Parent Project (English Session)
2020-02-18 18:00 - 21:00, 2020-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Pacifica High School, 600 East Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
Empowering Parents. Transformign Teens.
Contact: Cristina Magallanes, (805) 278-3104
For more information: Hilda Gomez, (805) 278-3104

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Support & Resources Group- Oxnard
2020-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Sierra Linda Elementary, 2201 Jasmine Ave., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
1st (Bilingual) & 3rd (Spanish) Wednesday of the month, 6-8pm, Sierra Linda Elementary School- 2201 Jasmine Ave., Oxnard.
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Are you a grandparent, aunt, uncle or older sibling raising a related child with full responsibility?
You are not alone!
Kids & Families Together is offering Kinship Support and Resource Groups in a number of Ventura cities to help you and your family thrive! In partnership with Ventura Foster & Kinship Care Education Program of Ventura County Community College District.
Please contact us for more information- (805) 643-1446.
*Child care for groups is available through Channel Islands Social Services for foster/kinship resource families. Contact Miriam Magana at 805-384-0983, ext. 859. Must call 48 hours in advance.

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Nurturing Connections Group- Ventura
2020-02-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Kids & Families Together, 864 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura, CA, 93001, United States
Who Should Attend: Foster/resource/adoptive/kinship resource caregivers
Description: Support and training, led by a therapist, in a safe and supportive environment where participants can share their experiences as a foster or adopted parent. Participants have a chance to explore their own attachment histories and strengthen their therapeutic parenting skills. Learn about attachment, trauma, development, self-care, and more. Resource parents can earn training hours!
Contact: Please contact us at 805-643-1446 Ext. 133 for the latest information and to register.

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Advocating for Children in your Care
2020-02-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2020-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | RISE Church, 2572 Barry St., Camarillo, CA, 93010, United States
Trainer: Renee Cervantez
Description: As a caregiver of a child in the foster care system, there is a lot of support and many resources available to you! Navigating resources for children who have experienced trauma and identifying the tips and tools for children with special needs can be overwhelming at times. This brand new mini-series will walk you through some areas to help you identify and advocate for services that will benefit your whole family. The three part series will explore:
Week 1: Identifying & managing in-home and out of home support services
Week 2: Effectively working with Schools
Week 3: Creating positive visitation experiences
Renee Cervantez has recently joined the FKCE training team and would like to share the following about herself: Renee Cervantez is a Ventura, CA native and lives in Ventura County with her husband and three children along with 2 dogs, 1 cat and 2 fish! When she isn’t chasing the kids or animals around, she can be found enjoying a cup of coffee and reading or catching up on TV shows! She has a passion for young people and enjoys being of service. Renee has her Master’s Degree in Education and taught for 7 years. She has been a stay at home mom since 2018 in order to better meet the needs of her family. Renee and her husband are a Resource Family Approved Home, first becoming foster parents in 2015. They have been blessed by adoption 3 times and each of their kiddos brings a special piece to their home.
Participants will receive a certificate for 6 hours of training upon completion of the series.
Please plan to attend ALL dates.
RSVP to leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu
*Please put Advocating for your Child in the Subject line, let us know your full name, and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship provider in your RSVP
Sponsors: Foster & Kinship Care Education

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Charles the Therapy Dog's 4th Birthday Party!
2020-02-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Rincon Brewery, 4100 Telegraph Rd., Ventura, CA, 93003, United States
Come out and celebrate Sir Charles 4th Birthday Party! This is a community event and all are welcomed. There will be raffles, live music, cake, and a good time. Rincon will be donating a % of food back to Kids & Families Together. Hope you all can make it!
When: Thursday, February 20 from 5pm-8pm
Where: Rincon Brewery, Ventura- 4100 Telegraph Rd., Ventura
For more information: Please visit- https://www.facebook.com/events/183422196047099/.

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CSEC: Awareness & Identification
2020-02-20 17:30 - 20:30 | Channel Islands Social Services, 4000 Calle Tecate, Suite 218, Camarillo, CA, 93012, United States
Trainer: Carrie McAuliffe Sandoval
When: Thursday, February 20th | 5:30-8:30pm
Where: Channel Islands Social Services- 4000 Calle Tecate, Suite 218 Camarillo
Human trafficking disproportionately impacts young people in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Many children do not receive help because they are misidentified or not recognized at all. This training will help participants understand the psychological and social dynamics, life events, and contributing factors that can lead to the sexual exploitation of a child. Participants will learn how to recognize risks and warning signs associated with young people in out-of-home care.
Carrie is a long-time FKCE trainer and has been training the CSEC: Awareness & Identification Training since 2016.
*Participants will receive certificate for 3 hours of training upon completion of the class.
RSVP to leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu
*Please put CSEC in the Subject line, let us know your full name, and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship provider in your RSVP
Sponsors: Oxnard & Ventura College, Channel Islands Social Services

Nurturing Connections Group- Simi Valley
2020-02-21 09:00 - 11:00 | Ventura County Human Services Agency, 2900 Madera Rd., Simi Valley, CA, 93065, United States

Resource Parent Tool Kit: The Nuts & Bolts of Caregiving
2020-02-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Kids & Families Together Support Programs and Training Center, 1317 Del Norte Rd., Suite 150, Camarillo, CA, 93010, United States
Trainers: Carrie McAuliffe Sandoval & Wendy Homan
If you have gotten your license to be a Resource Parent within the last couple of years, this class is for you!
Long-time FKCE trainer Carrie McAuliffe Sandoval and long-time Foster, turned Resource Parent, Wendy Homan, designed this series for our “newer” families.
Real-life scenarios will be used each week as case studies!
The 4-week class will explore:

Building Your Support System (family & friends, professional contacts, when to reach out)
Creating Responsible Resource Families (rights & responsibilities, acronyms, record- keeping)
Welcoming a Child/Sibling Group into your Home (the “First Day”, communication, positive discipline, resiliency)
Transitions (children arriving & departing, grief & loss, birth parent interaction)

*Participants will receive a certificate for 12 hours of training upon completion of the series.
RSVP: To Leticia at leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu (Please put Nuts and Bolts in the Subject Line and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship provider in your RSVP).

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Proyecto de Padres (Sesiónes en Español)
2020-02-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Pacifica High School, 600 East Gonzales Rd., Oxnard, CA, 93036, United States
Fortaleciendo Padres. Transformando Adolescentes.
Empowering Parents. Transforming Teens.
Contacte: Cristina Magallanes, (805) 278-3104
Para más información por favor de hablar con: Hilda Gomez, (805) 486-1809

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"Finding Kind" Film Screening & Panel
2020-02-25 18:30 - 20:30 | CASA of Ventura County Office, 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd., Camarillo, 93012, United States
Two Options:
When: Tuesday, February 25th |6:30 8:30pm
Where: CASA of Ventura County Office – 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd Camarillo
Or
When: Wednesday, February 26th |1:00–4:00pm
Where: Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center- 5100 Adolfo Road Camarillo
Description: In February 2009, while attending Pepperdine University, Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson joined forces. Having both been affected by female bullying throughout their youth, the young women decided to create change by giving females a platform to speak out about this universal experience. What began as an idea for a documentary about girl-against-girl bullying, ultimately became Kind Campaign, a multi-platform movement that has transformed hundreds of thousands of lives, friendships, classrooms and communities around the world. Upon graduating with degrees in Film and Television production, Lauren and Molly drove across the country for two months to shoot their documentary and began to implement their assembly program into schools across the nation. Girls across the country were deeply impacted and word spread quickly about their life-changing assembly program. After a year of working on their documentary and spreading their movement, they were ready to bring their finished film into schools and venues across the world.
Their documentary, Finding Kind, was released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, was accepted and awarded in over 20 film festivals and has screened in thousands of schools across the world. Finding Kind is at the heart of the Kind Campaign Assembly, which now takes place in schools almost every day of the school year and serves as a life-changing educational tool for students, faculty and parents across North America.
Kind campaign is an internationally recognized non-profit organization that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl bullying through their global movement, documentary film, in-school assemblies and educational curriculums.
RSVP:
For Tuesday 2/25, RSVP by calling (805) 389-3120
For Wednesday 2/26 RSVP to http://vcoe.k12oms.org/1627-176907
If you are a Resource, Foster or Kinship Parent who would like to receive a training certificate for your participation (either 2 or 3 hours as appropriate) please also notify FKCE by emailing: leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu
*Please put Finding Kind in the Subject line, let us know your full name, and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship
Sponsors: Ventura County Office of Education, CASA of Ventura County, Oxnard & Ventura Colleges FKCE

"Finding Kind" Film Screening & Panel
2020-02-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center, 5100 Adolfo Rd., Camarillo, CA, 93012, United States
Two Options:
When: Tuesday, February 25th |6:30 8:30pm
Where: CASA of Ventura County Office – 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd Camarillo
Or
When: Wednesday, February 26th |1:00–4:00pm
Where: Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center- 5100 Adolfo Road Camarillo
Description: In February 2009, while attending Pepperdine University, Lauren Paul and Molly Thompson joined forces. Having both been affected by female bullying throughout their youth, the young women decided to create change by giving females a platform to speak out about this universal experience. What began as an idea for a documentary about girl-against-girl bullying, ultimately became Kind Campaign, a multi-platform movement that has transformed hundreds of thousands of lives, friendships, classrooms and communities around the world. Upon graduating with degrees in Film and Television production, Lauren and Molly drove across the country for two months to shoot their documentary and began to implement their assembly program into schools across the nation. Girls across the country were deeply impacted and word spread quickly about their life-changing assembly program. After a year of working on their documentary and spreading their movement, they were ready to bring their finished film into schools and venues across the world.
Their documentary, Finding Kind, was released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, was accepted and awarded in over 20 film festivals and has screened in thousands of schools across the world. Finding Kind is at the heart of the Kind Campaign Assembly, which now takes place in schools almost every day of the school year and serves as a life-changing educational tool for students, faculty and parents across North America.
Kind campaign is an internationally recognized non-profit organization that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of girl-against-girl bullying through their global movement, documentary film, in-school assemblies and educational curriculums.
RSVP:
For Tuesday 2/25, RSVP by calling (805) 389-3120
For Wednesday 2/26 RSVP to http://vcoe.k12oms.org/1627-176907
If you are a Resource, Foster or Kinship Parent who would like to receive a training certificate for your participation (either 2 or 3 hours as appropriate) please also notify FKCE by emailing: leticia_sandoval1@vcccd.edu
*Please put Finding Kind in the Subject line, let us know your full name, and indicate if you are a foster/resource parent/kinship
Sponsors: Ventura County Office of Education, CASA of Ve
