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Current political climate brings out the worst, but also brings out the best in people. Seeing more people stepping up, people helping.

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Practicing gratitude, mindfulness, being there for people

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spending time in community, talking to coworkers, talking to families, being around people with shared values

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Lidia - Sunday Friends (Room 6)

- by sharing resources

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Hearing from the families, how grateful they are for the services, seeing them at our sites. Letting families speak to us with what they are feeling.

Being intentional about the balance, what do we tune into? So many soundbites and headlines that are meant to distract us. Tuning up the wins - Friday there was a beautiful graduation event - left feeling restored.

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Learned a lot from families about what works for them and what doesn't. The sense of community that is built is amazing, like a little piece of Zen. Being consistent, being supportive, has been the most impactful.

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Being present for our families and the community, continuing to show up. Being Creative and flexible.

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practicing grounding and mindfulness, what we teach families, practice ourselves

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Treating them like families, having their trust, confidence, so that they will open up, like their safe place. Time to heal, if they don't have that person or place for them to open up.

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Karina - CC (Room 6)

check with each other to support families and each other. Self care and thinking of families impact and never to lose empathy

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Building friendship, connections, doing events that prevent people

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2x a week, team meetings, what's going on, what client needs extra help, more communication. We ask team members, what can we do? Team work. Have al ot of resource, ask someone in a different department.

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Trying to keep a really active pulse, especially with all the things coming at us. Checking in, doesn't even have to be about work. So many triggers around us, the changes we're seeing, being magnified, allowing this extra time to be vulnerable and share.

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Kay - ICAN - (Room 6) Volunteer work and forming strong relationships where volunteers can become your staff. We all support each other while encouraging our staff with flexibility to do their job. We meet the employees where they are. We keep a positive look for the future.

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The best conversations aren't about clients, connecting with each other, making sure that we know it's okay to give some space and some grace. Role modelling for families, empathy and compassion for one another.

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Knowing that your team has created this sense of belonging and family and care for one another helps. Changes are inevitable, we just have to keep rolling with the punches. Our leadership team has been super helpful in helping us understand that we are also a family, we have to take care of ourselves.

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Karina CC- (Room 6)

We have the best staff and they are so committed. They can emphasize with the families and know what it's like to be on the other side in receiving services as once they started out the same way. They are always thinking better for community. Our volunteers are actually leaders of the community.

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Thinkin about applying, what are others doing?

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(Room 6)

Little things can make a big difference. Showing up for people, advocating makes a big difference...knowing they are not alone.

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In the past have had "fun day" for staff, more informal connections, lunch, Division check-in, create space

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the love just resonates

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Focus/re-focus on the North Star which is serving foster children.

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unrestricted funding for staff. staff input and team building or fun and relaxing. strengthen relationships and addressing wellness.

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Knowing that partners are available if support is needed.

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Karina - (Room 6)

We're looking to staff and support staff for input and want to be thoughtful in how to utilize the funding...depending on the feedback on whether it should go towards a luncheon, beach outing or other plans that resonate with the team.

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Past work - massage therapists - 20 minute massage, very popular

Being intentional about small things like that, to connect

Giving an experience, previous opportunity: Family Leaves California/Simons Family Foundation - allowed one person to do 2x a month to do leadership coaching - topics were whatever you felt was standing out that week, no structured agenda

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Focus on families first and remind staff to take care of themselves in order to effectively serve the community.

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Yoga instructor

Mindfulness meditation

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Lidia -Sunday Friends (Room 6)

Love to see even more opportunities for staff.

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Would be nice to brainstorm as a larger group, would like to thinking more about wellness - body, mind, food, etc.

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Let teams know that we can always ask others for support within the organization and externally.

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Staff leaning on one another. They have a strong team and strong leadership which gives motivation to continue forward.

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Offering leadership workshops to empower and support staff with enhancing their advocacy skills. Providing these offerings to families as well and seeing them transform provides hope.

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Creating spaces within the organization to focus on mental health, such as creating support groups with cultural/traditional healing.

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Provide trainings to staff focused on empowerment, advocacy, and leadership.

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Leadership sets the tone by remaining calm in stressful situations. Staff remain calm when families are in distress.

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Seeing the children daily, taking breaks throughout the day, focusing on the why behind what we do, and having happy hours.

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Connecting to the why we do the work.

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Being in nature and around others.

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Families and success stores.

Leadership team being able to listen and help us do better.

Support from external funding.

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Quotes on impacts from families, testimonials.

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Success stories from programs - seeing the impact.

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Connecting to success stories and seeing the impact.

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How to get educational resources for staff on Trauma Informed Care, Wellness. Would like to promote wellness.

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Host off-site meetings to be in the nature with sunlight and bring food to share.

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Will gather feedback from staff on what wellness looks like for them. Stipends for what wellness means - getting your hair done, massage, or money to pay for rent.

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Focus on time outside of the office doing fun things, such as, walks to the bakery as a team.