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Southern Oregon ACEs Training Team

We continue to expand a common understanding of the root causes of challenges faced by children and families, along with a common approach and common vocabulary to address those root causes.

The ACEs team has presented over 450 sessions to over 15,000 people in our region since 2016. In addition, workshops in Self-Regulation and deeper dives into the brain science have been presented to close to 2,000 participants in the past two years.

There continue to be ACEs sessions on Zoom every month, open to any and all in the community, and we continue to schedule sessions with any and all schools, programs and community groups. We have ongoing trainings for all new employees for Providence and Rogue Retreat, as well as with residents of the Women’s and Men’s residential programs at Addictions Recovery Center.

Earlier this year, we participated in training volunteers from Coos, Curry and Douglas counties in the ACE Interface curriculum we use. We now have the same information being presented throughout Southern Oregon, and we have received inquiries on possible expansion of the effort to Klamath County as well.

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Southern Oregon Success Innovation Network

In 2019, we proposed an ambitious goal for our region--making sure it aligned with our regional Community Health Improvement Plan priorities--and spent 6 months interviewing people from all walks of life to get feedback.
In June of 2020, our Network partners met to discuss and adopt the goal, to define what our current state is in relation to the goal, and what our future state needs to look like in order to reach that goal.

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The Goal:

By 2025, all parents and caregivers in Jackson and Josephine counties will have the knowledge, skills, connections and support needed for all of their children to enter Kindergarten ready to thrive.�
Strong families, thriving children.

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Strengthening Families �Protective Factors

Parental resilience

Social connections

Knowledge of parenting and child development

Concrete support in times of need

Social and emotional competence of children

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From Current State to Future State: Critical Shifts

--Preschool/K12 Alignment Work Group

--Family Capacity for Resilience Work Group

--Early Childhood Supports Work Group

-Human-Centered Equitable Services Work Group

--Southern Oregon Family Advisory Council

--Southern Oregon UpTogether Pilot

--Early Childhood Workforce Partnership

--Behavioral Health Workforce Partnership

--Youth Development Work Group

--Southern Oregon ACEs Training Team

--Southern Oregon Legislative Caucus

--Design Team

--Network

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Preschool/K12 Alignment Work Group

Two Summits Held in 2020-21: great connections made between early childhood educators, Kindergarten teachers, elementary school administrators and parents.
Strong focus on Social/Emotional Learning
Three Summits are being proposed for 2021-22: in January to promote Kindergarten Launch in our region, in April to focus on effective summer transition programs, and in August to increase connections and share resources for the next school year.

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Family Capacity for Resilience Work Group

In 2020-21, this work group developed the Southern Oregon Family Advisory Council, recruited 18 members, and launched the council in May.
For 2021-22, the group is developing a regional, cross-sector distribution network for “Help That Helps,” a very parent-friendly booklet on parenting, child development and tools for resilience, developed by our partner collaboration in Coos and Curry, South Coast Together.
(Note: “Help That Helps” was vetted by our Family Advisory Council and by participants at the Preschool/K12 Summit in August.)

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Southern Oregon Family Advisory Council

Diverse group of community members and people who work with children and families. All are parents themselves.
The council meets monthly and has decided to focus on a single issue every three months: the first month to discuss first-hand experience with the issue, the second month to hear what is going on in our region to address the issue, and the third month to decide on how best to raise awareness and advocate for ways to make things better.
The current issue under discussion is access to resources for all families. Our October meeting featured a panel discussion with the Rogue Hub, Connect Oregon and a variety of health care and social service navigators.

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Early Childhood Supports Work Group

Set goal in 2020-21 to expand peer support group for parents and caregivers.
Helped to develop two Spanish-speaking peer support groups in Phoenix/Talent following the Almeda fire.
Worked with community partners to raise over $150,000 to launch Southern Oregon UpTogether, a pilot project with 110 families in Jackson and Josephine.
For 2021-22, the group plans to continue to organize and promote agencies providing peer support groups, and to begin the organization of a regional Social/Emotional Learning Network with all levels of education and a number of community partners. The network will include “Help That Helps” workshops and Positive Discipline for Parents.

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Southern Oregon UpTogether

UpTogether (formerly the Family Independence Initiative) features a user-friendly online platform for families to use to set goals.
If they desire, families are organized into teams of 5 to 8 families who meet together to share resources and help each other reach family goals.
UpTogether has an excellent track record of helping families succeed.
Thanks to Rogue Community Health, ODHS, HCCSO, the Family Nurturing Center, UCAN, WIC in Jackson and Josephine, SOU and the UpTogether organization itself, we are launching a pilot this month with 110 families receiving $100 per month to go towards their goals. The SOU research component will provide vital data on outcomes.

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Human-Centered Equitable Services Work Group

Set goal in 2020-21 to work with K12 districts to have School Based Health Centers in every school in Jackson and Josephine counties.
La Clinica, Rogue Community Health and Siskiyou Community Health, as well as AllCare and Jackson Care Connect, are committed partners in this effort.
Rogue River School District has a wellness and childcare center in development; Grants Pass is developing SBHCs this year at North and South Middle Schools; Central Point is adding a SBHC to its new K-2 campus next year.
Goal for 2021-22 is to map out expansions through 2025.

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Youth Development Work Group

Made up of school districts and partner organizations who work with children from ages 5 to 24 and their families.
Meets monthly to align efforts and leverage resources.
Each month also features a deeper dive into new or evolving programs. In September, we had presentations on Unite Us/Connect Oregon and the SOU/SOESD/Community Partner courses that make up the SOU Micro-Credential Program in Behavioral Health.

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Behavioral Health Workforce Partnership

This group includes Rogue Workforce Partnership, SOU, SOESD, Options, Jackson County Mental Health, La Clinica, Rogue Community Health, Resolve, Rogue Valley Mentoring, OnTrack, AllCare, Jackson Care Connect and other community partners working to expand the behavioral health workforce in our region.
We’ve partnered with SOU and SOESD to help launch and promote the SOU Micro-credential program, and we’re currently working to develop and promote pathways into the workforce with Rogue Community Partnership on roguecareers.org.
We’re looking to work with OnTrack as their training program grows for the recovery community and the community at large.

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Early Childhood Workforce Partnership

Led by Southern Oregon Early Learning Services (SOELS) and the Child Care Resource Network (CCRN), this group also includes Rogue Workforce Partnership and a number of community partners.
The group has inspired the state Early Learning Council to begin what the ELC chair calls the “North Star” project to develop and promote a budget for quality childcare and preschool opportunities across the state, including living wages and benefits for the early childhood workforce.
Work by this group has led to a campaign to connect early childhood workers with local insurance representatives to access subsidized health care on the Oregon Health Exchange. This effort led to former Governor Kitzhaber and his proposals for long-term changes that he will be presenting today.

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Southern Oregon Caucus

Southern Oregon Success is a neutral convener for our local legislators, as well as a resource for cross-sector information.
In 2020 and 2021, the caucus able to achieve bipartisan support for projects concerning early childhood education and services, including funding for the Kids Time facility and the Rogue River Wimer Wellness Center (which includes an infant/toddler care center).
The Southern Oregon Caucus also gave support for the Homeless Navigation Center in Medford.
There was positive communication and cooperation amongst the caucus members surrounding the projects funded in each district from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The caucus was also supportive of funding to address community needs following the Almeda fire as well as funding for construction projects at SOU and RCC.
A current focus for the caucus is on water issues, looking at possible state/federal projects, and also on how to effectively address the significant problems caused here by illegal marijuana grows.

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Design Team & Network

Nancy McKinnis, Jackson Care Connect
William North, Rogue Community Health
Rene Brandon, SOELS
John King, SOU
Todd Bloomquist, Grants Pass School District

Two additional full Network meetings being planned for 2021-22.

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“If anything were possible”�

How do we ensure that all our children:

Have a calm and nurturing in-utero experience
Are welcomed and wanted by a safe and emotionally stable adult
Have at least one adult to attach to and who can be relied upon – someone who is predictable, constant, warm, and loving
Have basic needs met and have access to basic resources that are predictable and constant
Feel safe and loved throughout childhood
Are protected from violence and racism, and are consoled when bad things happen

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How It’s All Funded

SOELS
Our local school districts
SOESD
AllCare, Jackson Care Connect
Options for Southern Oregon
Rogue Workforce Partnership
Rogue Community Health, La Clinica, Siskiyou Community Health
With project funding added by the Oregon Community Foundation and the Ford Family Foundation