Welcome to the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)!
We are a California-based nonprofit dedicated to enriching the behavioral and public health field by promoting evidence-based practice and workforce development. We provide training, consultation, and coaching to individuals, organizations, and initiatives. In all our work, our mission is to foster safe, healthy, and engaged persons and communities.We're moved to announce the launch of The Parents' Network, a global community for parents and caregivers impacted by online harm, created in partnership with The Archewell Foundation. CARS is proud to play a key role in this initiative by providing programming design, facilitation, and resources that support parents in bereavement, trauma recovery, and leadership development.
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March 14th is Holi Celebrations, the vibrant Festival of Colors, celebrating the arrival of spring, the triumph of good over evil, and the joy of new beginnings!
To learn how you can participate in no-cost wellness events happening throughout Orange County, please visit www.ocmentalhealthevents.org
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Join us for "Navigating Uncertainty: Trauma-Informed Relational Leadership Strategies" (Session 2) on April 9, 2025, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Explore how our relationship with ourselves impacts external connections in the education community, and uncover trauma-informed approaches to conflict management and leading through uncertainty.
Register now at bit.ly/LeadingwithSteadiness!
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March is Social Work Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the vital contributions social workers make in improving lives and strengthening communities.
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Ramadan Mubarak!
Wishing all who celebrate a peaceful and blessed #ramadan2025. May this month bring you reflection, connection, and renewal.
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March is Women’s History Month!
This month, we honor the trailblazers, advocates, and leaders who have shaped history and continue to inspire change.
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#WomensHistoryMonth #HerStory
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Join us for "Reflecting on Our Relationship to Change: Insights for Growth" (Session 1) on April 2, 2025, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Explore strategies to stay calm, grounded, and strengthen your work with students, colleagues, and communities.
Register now at bit.ly/LeadingwithSteadiness!
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Family Leaders: Enhance Your Skills in Fostering Family Engagement
Please join us on February 26 for an interactive discussion on Supporting Families in Policy Work!
This will be an open, interactive discussion about what are the core principles for meaningfully engaging families as partners and valuing those partnerships for achieving policy goals. We will discuss methods for recruiting, supporting and retaining family experience on governance and policy bodies. Facilitated by experienced family leader Lori Cerar.
Register Today: bit.ly/NTTACFamilyExchange
#familyengagement #Peernetworking #FamilySupport #PolicyDevelopment #communityservices #leadershipdevelopment #mentalhealth
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What is a crisis? Crises are events, yes. They are also experiences that sharply surface whose lives are validated by society and culture who’s deaths pierce our collective hearts.
Jocelynn Rojo’s life mattered and matters, and her death pierces our hearts. Jocelynn, a 11-year-old girl, who lived in Gainesville Texas, loved dancing, singing, playing the French horn, swimming, and getting her nails done with her grandmother. According to several sources, Jocelynn was bullied at school for her family’s immigration status. In distress, she ended her life.
Our SCRR community - you - is made of beautiful and brilliant educators, leaders, and community members who are witnessing this story, this life, and this crisis with personal and professional grief.
SCRR Field Coach Oriana Ides teaches us that metabolizing grief is necessary for us as educators, and for our recovery and renewal. We can give ourselves and each other permission to feel, process, and make meaning when we witness experiences that have become normal when they are deeply not.
Join us this Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 3-4 pm PT / 6-7 pm ET to come together and create a container for processing Jocelynn’s death, anti-immigrant violence, our hostile political climate, and its devastating impact on our students, staff and communities. Let’s support each other so that we can support our students.
Find out more and register at: bit.ly/SCRR_LALT_JR
This is a no-cost, virtual opportunity.
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We’re here to support your success in school! Check out our one-stop resource page where you can find a variety of mental health and wellness tools to help you thrive as a student.
We also offer resources for school staff to better support their students.
Visit www.cccstudentmentalhealth.org/resource to learn more!
#StudentMentalHealth, #OneStopShopWellness, #CalFresh, #FAFSA
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