You are cordially invited to our third virtual event in the Community Grant Spotlight on Tuesday, June 122, at 4:30 pm for presentations by two agencies serving some of the most vulnerable children in Sonoma County. SOS Community Counseling (SOS) is a collective of mental health therapists, associates, trainees and supervisors who share the goal of helping young people, adult individuals, couples, and families develop tools and perspectives to facilitate greater self awareness and esteem, healthier relationships, and ultimately a greater opportunity to live healthy, happy, and fulfilled lives. Impact 100 Redwood Circle’s 2021 Community Grant will be supporting SOS’ Juvenile Diversion Program, an alternative to detention. The grant will allow the law enforcement department to divert juveniles into outcomes-based therapeutic programs. SOS measures impact by tracking recidivism. Last year’s programming succeeded in reducing youth recidivism by over 90 percent in both Windsor and Healdsburg. The Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation (VMCF) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the educational achievement and overall health and well-being of current and former foster youth in Sonoma County. The foundation also provides funding and resources to the Valley of the Moon Children’s Center (VMCC), Sonoma County’s only 24-hour emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children. Impact 100 Redwood Circle’s 2021 Community Grant will be used for funding to replace the “Blue Bags” lost in the 2020 Glass Fires. A Blue Bag is a duffle bag full of clothing, hygiene products, toys, blankets, and other necessities (such as diapers and formula) that is given to children entering foster care. The bag is of vital importance as children often arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The contents of this bag provide vulnerable children with a sense of well-being, security and autonomy. Even more importantly, they provide much needed support to foster families who welcome these children into their homes at all hours of the day or night and sometimes with little or no prior notice.
You are cordially invited to our third virtual event in the Community Grant Spotlight on Tuesday, June 122, at 4:30 pm for presentations by two agencies serving some of the most vulnerable children in Sonoma County.
SOS Community Counseling (SOS) is a collective of mental health therapists, associates, trainees and supervisors who share the goal of helping young people, adult individuals, couples, and families develop tools and perspectives to facilitate greater self awareness and esteem, healthier relationships, and ultimately a greater opportunity to live healthy, happy, and fulfilled lives.
Impact 100 Redwood Circle’s 2021 Community Grant will be supporting SOS’ Juvenile Diversion Program, an alternative to detention. The grant will allow the law enforcement department to divert juveniles into outcomes-based therapeutic programs. SOS measures impact by tracking recidivism. Last year’s programming succeeded in reducing youth recidivism by over 90 percent in both Windsor and Healdsburg.
The Valley of the Moon Children’s Foundation (VMCF) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the educational achievement and overall health and well-being of current and former foster youth in Sonoma County. The foundation also provides funding and resources to the Valley of the Moon Children’s Center (VMCC), Sonoma County’s only 24-hour emergency shelter for abused, abandoned, and neglected children.
Impact 100 Redwood Circle’s 2021 Community Grant will be used for funding to replace the “Blue Bags” lost in the 2020 Glass Fires. A Blue Bag is a duffle bag full of clothing, hygiene products, toys, blankets, and other necessities (such as diapers and formula) that is given to children entering foster care. The bag is of vital importance as children often arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The contents of this bag provide vulnerable children with a sense of well-being, security and autonomy. Even more importantly, they provide much needed support to foster families who welcome these children into their homes at all hours of the day or night and sometimes with little or no prior notice.