Common Themes from the Morning School-Community Partnerships Joint Research projects – Common areas of research across programs – Become known for an area of research Inter-program collaboration Practice-based education with TU students Grant opportunities Plan into our programs how to have crucial conversations during meetings – How do we remind ourselves to use the tools – Commit to each other to better collaborate and move forward How can I help you? See each other as customers – Plan a Touro sponsored service opportunity How do we outreach – communicate internally and to the public Staff Senate

Jigsaw Instructional Method Nursing PA PH GSOE Form Expert Groups

Cross-Expert Discussion Brainstorm and Develop Proposed Activities

What is a cross-program activity that we can engage in that could become the signature for the CEHS?

Poverty Homelessness Integration into all programs after assessment of needs School-based collaboration and partnerships School-to-prison pipeline Nutrition Diabetes and chronic disease management Mental health Involving spiritual leaders in the community and Touro

Next steps… Fact finding… Topic: Poverty in Solano County – Jim: The Solano County 2013 children’s report card to focus on poverty (addresses the many data points on the issue…and homelessness is addressed (types of homelessness (sheltered/unsheltered) – Homelessness Task Force – Directors will facilitate volunteers from each program – TF will investigate this focus; data gathering, grants, etc – report back on March 6 CEHS meeting

Suggestions on going forward… Priorities: Task force (priority dependent; committed to launching a college-wide specific focus) Subgroups of “poverty” to address the different areas of the problem Collaborate with the community groups/ organizations to determine HOW we will join forces Engage families and communities (health centers/ family resources centers / teen centers / FOCI: Poverty; school-based collaborations/resource guides for teachers in schools; Diabetes prevention and additional health services/screenings/ outreach prevent prison / youth and schools who are integral in reaching adults / homelessness and its impact

Table 1 Homelessness / poverty What is the problem and all of its facets of the problems Homelessness of school children (health/behavioral needs) What’s being done: grants available to address the problem Thinking: making Touro a resource center for homelessness and poverty

Table 2 Series of Days of Services Center it around schools in the districts (based on what’s going on around TU school efforts i.e. School of Education bringing students to campus…) Homelessness – helping with the children; church transportation process /opportunities CPR into the schools (lobby in Sacramento) Public health can do a Needs Assessment then evaluation our interventions success Diabetes prevention program (integration into schools)

Table 3 Educational symposium (needs of the issues, services provided by faculty, staff & students) Homeless in Solano County and greater BayArea (downtown Vallejo, by library, and school age children) – Impact – Clean clothes – Homework Helps – Work collaboratively with other organizations in the area

Table 4 Ways to empower the community to be culturally sensitive – Food banks – Health foods source – Train the trainer (teaching teachers to ID needs and provide them a resource guide) – Services – Support systems – Research opportunities (on the resource utilization and follow up

Table 5 Mental Health Touro Sponsored Service Activities Research Strand (access to data, dev. Research question, analysis, to write grants/funding