Kinship Calendar‐September 2016 Monday Tuesday 5) Moving Mondays 9:00am,Antelope Valley Mall, Palmdale, CA. RSVP to Kassandra at 661‐468‐5519 ______________________ Overview of the Child Protective System, 6‐9pm. Call Cerritos College to Register. 6) KSG @ Kinship Resource Center North, 10am‐12pm, 5035 W. Slauson Ave., LA,CA 90056, Contact Barbara at: (323) 298‐3515 ___________________ The Struggle of Personal Hygiene, Call Los Angeles City College to Register. Wednesday Thursday 1) Kinship Advisory Meeting with DCFS Division Chief, Nina Powell, 10‐12pm at Kinship Resource Center South, 421 S. Glendora Ave., Suite 100, West Covina,CA 91790, Call (626) 430‐
3200 ______________ ROCK Support Group (Raising Our Children’s Kids), 1038 W Avenue J‐5 Lancaster CA 93535 9:30 – 11:30am Contact Cheral Hymen at 661‐478‐1881 7) Free Tutoring for Children 8) Spanish KSG Kindergarten‐High School, @DCFS Kinship South, 4:00‐5:30pm at DCFS Kinship 9‐12pm, 421 S. North, Call (323) 298‐3515 Glendora Ave., West _____________________ Covina,CA 91790, Foster Youth Rights: What Contact Jacquie (626) Teens Should Know, 6‐9pm, 430‐3200 Call Cerritos College to _____________ Register. ROCK Support Group (Raising Our Children’s Kids), 1038 W Avenue J‐5 Lancaster CA 93535 9:30 – 11:30am Contact Cheral at 661‐
478‐1881 Friday 2) How to Keep Your Child Safe From Predators/Sexual Exploitation, 9‐12pm. Call Cerritos College to register. Saturday 3) The Warning Signs of Depression and Suicidal Thoughts. 9‐12pm. Call Cerritos College to Register. Sunday 4) 9)KSG,10‐12pm, at Heart Foundation, 1451 E. 100th St., LA, CA 90002, Contact Charles @ (323) 298‐3515 10) Heart Parenting (Trauma Focused) 8:30‐5 pm, Call College of the Canyons to Register. 11) 12)Anger, Fear and Pain. Call Los Angeles City College to Register. 13)Spanish KSG @10am‐
12pm, 9200 State St., South Gate,CA 90280, Contact Jacquie (626) 430‐
3200 __________________ Spanish KSG @DCFS Glendora Office, Conference Room 1689, 10‐12pm, 725 S. Grand Ave., Glendora,CA 91740, Contact Martha (626) 430‐3200 __________________ Setting Consequences and Following Through, Call Los Angeles City College to Register. 19) Shaken Baby Syndrome, 9‐12pm, Call Cerritos College to Register. ______________________ Can We Talk About Me? I Feel Different. Call Los Angeles City College to Register. 20) KSG @ Victory Christian Center, 10‐
12pm, 4260 3rd Ave., Los Ángeles, CA 90008. Call Beverly at 323‐333‐
1481 ___________________ School Success: Parent Involvement and Teamwork, 6‐9pm, Call Cerritos college to Register. __________________ Loving Me. The Importance of Self Care. Call Los Angeles City College to Register. 14) Free Tutoring for Children Kindergarten‐High School, 4:00‐5:30pm at DCFS Kinship North, Call (323) 298‐3515 ___________________ KSG @ Kinship Resource Center, 10‐11:30am, 5035 W. Slauson Ave., LA,CA 90056, Contact Elizabeth @ (323) 298‐3515 ____________________ Independent Living Resources for Foster Youth, 9‐12pm, Call Cerritos College to Register. _____________________ Are You too Involved in Your Child's Lives‐Dangers of Helicopter Parenting, 6:30‐8:30pm. Call College of the Canyons to Register. 21) Free Tutoring for Children Kindergarten‐High School, 4:00‐5:30pm at DCFS Kinship North, Call (323) 298‐3515 15) Spanish KSG @ Centro Maravilla, 9:30‐11:30am, 4716 Cesar Chavez Ave., LA,CA 90022, Contact Jacquie (626) 430‐
3200 _____________ ROCK Support Group (Raising Our Children’s Kids), 1038 W Avenue J‐5 Lancaster CA 93535 9:30 – 11:30am Contact Cheral Hymen at 661‐478‐1881 16) 17) Adult/Child/Infant CPR & First Aid, 9‐1pm, Call Cerritos College to Register. _________________ Birth to 5 Seminar. Call Citrus College to Register. _________________ Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity, 9‐12pm, Call Antelope Valley College to Register. ________________ Taking Care of The Caregiver: Breast Cancer. 12:30‐3:30pm, Call Antelope Valley College to Register. 18) 22) DCFS Kinship County Wide Meeting with Deputy Director and Division Chief‐ 10am at KRCN: 5035 W. Slauson Ave. Suite G, LA, CA 90056, (323) 298‐3515 ________________ KSG @San Gabriel Valley Service Center, 10‐12pm, 1441 Santa Anita Ave., South El Monte, CA 91733, Contact Heidi, (626) 430‐3200. _____________ ROCK Support Group (Raising Our Children’s Kids), 1038 W Avenue J‐5 Lancaster CA 93535 9:30 – 11:30am Contact Cheral@661‐
478‐1881 23) KSG,10‐12pm, at Heart Foundation, 1451 E. 100th St., LA, CA 90002, Contact Charles @ (323) 298‐3515 ________________ Kinship Orientation at DCFS Kinship South through Citrus College. 9:30‐12:30pm ________________ Emancipation: Independent Living, 4‐7pm, Call Antelope Valley College to Register. 24) Are You the Monster Under the Bed? Seeing Yourself from the Eyes of a Traumatized Child. 9‐12pm, Call Antelope Valley College to Register. ________________ LGBTQ 101: You Can't Stop Who You Love, 12:30‐
3:30pm, Call Antelope Valley College to Register. 25) 26) How to Manage Conflicts at Home, 5:30‐
8:30pm. Call Cerritos College to Register. _____________________ Understanding Culture. Call Los Angeles City College to Register. 27) KSG @ Palomares 29) ROCK Support 30) Human Trafficking‐What is 28) Free Tutoring for Senior Center, 10‐12pm, It, 8:30‐4pm, Call College of Children Kindergarten‐High Group (Raising Our 499 E. Arrow Highway, the Canyons to Register. School, 4:00‐5:30pm at DCFS Children’s Kids), _________________ Pomona, CA 91767 1038 W Avenue J‐5 Kinship North, Call (323) Providing the Wings to Their 298‐3515 Contact Cecilia @ (626) Lancaster CA 93535 Self Esteem, 9‐12pm, Call ___________________ 430‐3200 9:30 – 11:30am KSG @ DCFS Glendora ____________________ Contact Cheral Hymen Antelope Valley College to Register. Office, 9:30‐11:30am, Domestic Violence at 661‐478‐1881 Conference Room 1361, 725 Awareness and Prevention, 6‐9pm. Call S. Grand Ave., Glendora, CA 91740 Contact Cecilia @ Cerritos College to Register. (626) 430‐3200 ___________________ ____________________ Teaching Basic Life Skills KSG @Whittier Uptown to Foster Youth, Call Senior Center, 10‐
Citrus College to Register. 1pm,13225 Walnut St., ____________________ Whittier, CA 90602,Contact Finding Quality Childcare, Heidi at (626) 430‐3200 6:30‐8:30pm, Call College ____________________ Peaceful Parenting, 6:30‐
of the Canyons to 8:30pm, Call College of the Register. Canyons to Register. **KSG= Kinship Support Group For More Information and all of your Kinship needs, please contact:
DCFS Kinship Resource Center South: 421 S. Glendora Ave, Suite 100, West Covina, CA 91790, (626) 430‐3200
DCFS Kinship Resource Center North: 5035 W. Slauson Ave., Suite G, LosAngeles, CA 90056, (323) 298‐3515.
For class registration at Colleges, please call/email colleges below:
Antelope Valley College: (661) 722-6300 X 6497 to register
Cerritos College: Call (562) 860‐2451 X2496 to register.
College of the Canyons: email: [email protected] to register.
Mission College: Call (818) 364‐7664 to register.
Rio Hondo College: Call (562) 908‐3435 to register.
Citrus College: Call (626) 857‐4028 to register.
LA City College: Call (323) 953‐4000 x2335 to register.
Pasadena City College: Call (626) 585‐3037 to register.
West LA College: Call (310) 287‐7255 to register.
***There are numerous other classes provided at your local community colleges. Please check online under the Community College in your area, under FKCE Programs. All classes are free. ***Registration is required for most classes, and some classes/support groups may cancel classes without notification. *If you have any Kinship related events/educational opportunities that you would like on this calendar, please contact Marianne Yamato at: [email protected]