Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Conferences, Voting, and New Resources

Oct 12, 2004

This e-mail includes information on the following:
1. Linkages II Conference
2. Children's Defense Fund "Children Can't Vote. You can."
3. Prevent Child Abuse California's California Policy Conference
4. California Center for Research on Women and Families Primer on Nutrition


1. Linkages II Conference - The CalWORKs/Child Welfare Partnership Project and the California Center for Research on Women & Families is hosting a conference on coordinating CalWORKs and Child Welfare Services to support families on Thursday, October 28. Additional information can be found at this website: http://www.ccrwf.org/events/index.html. The agenda and registration form are attached.
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2. Children's Defense Fund (CDF) "Children Can't Vote. You can." - CDF has launched a nonpartisan ?“Children Can?’t Vote. You Can.?” Voter Registration & Education Project. The purpose of this get-out-the-vote initiative is to help citizens understand the importance of voting, the critical issues affecting children and the need to pass these lessons along to the next generation of voters. The campaign seeks to, among other things, register voters and have voters pledge to take a child to the polls. For more information visit, http://www.cdfca.org/2004/cdfca-vote.htm.

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3. Prevent Child Abuse California's California (PCAC) Policy Conference - Attached is a flier about PCAC's policy conferences. There will be one held in Northern California (Nov. 9) and one in Southern California (Nov. 30). For more information, please contact Scott Moak at smoak@capcsac.org.

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4. California Center for Research on Women and Families (CCRWF) Primer on Nutrition - CCRWF has released "Understanding Nutrition: A Primer on Programs and Policies in California." It is one in a series of primers developed by the California Center for Research
on Women and Families (CCRWF) offered to assist practitioners and policy leaders in advancing their basic knowledge of complex social service systems. CCRWF is a program of the Public Health Institute.

This Primer offers a statistical profile of the weight, dietary practices, and physical activity of Californians, a review of the relevant federal and
state governmental structures and laws, a description of the programs supporting nutrition and community food security, and a review of the key policy issues.

Funding for the Primer was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp Program, an equal opportunity employer and provider, through the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families.

The primer can be accessed here: http://www.ccrwf.org/publications/index.html