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Held on November 13-15 as an online conference, the 2024 UC Davis Human Services Autumn Institute brought together leaders and professionals statewide from across the field to virtually explore strategies for fostering resilience, leadership and meaningful change.

Earlier this year, the academic journal Criminology & Public Policy published a report highlighting Stockton’s progress in reducing gun violence through the Stockton Ceasefire program.

As September's National Kinship Care Month comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude to our colleagues and community partners who continue to put the safety and stability of families first. This date also marks the end of our first full year featuring the monthly Kin-first Systems Spotlight series.

Imagine, as a child or youth, being guided by someone you don’t know to their car, to be driven to the house of someone you don’t know. You are told this is where you will stay. When you ask how long that will be you are told “we are not sure.” When you ask when you will be able to see your family again, you are told “soon.” What comes up for you imagining this scenario? 

Human Services at UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education is pleased to announce Lucy Fuentes and Rose Chahla have accepted positions with its new, fifth program: The California Title IV-E Education Program, which was previously administered by the California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC). Fuentes will lead the development of this new and growing team as the Title IV-E Northern site director, and Chahla will support the team as a senior project officer. 

Listening to a bunch of acronyms can feel like trying to make sense of a bowl of alphabet soup! Once too many unfamiliar acronyms get strung together, the output becomes a murky, confusing mess where the letters don't quite spell out anything we understand.