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The Commission funds a complimentary array of programs of prevention, early
intervention, education and outreach to improve the physical and emotional health
of young children and works collaboratively with many government and private
organizations to provide services to children and their families in Sutter County.
The Commission has identified four focus areas for service planning:
- Parent Education and Support Services
- Early Childhood Care and Development
- Healthy Children
- Integrated services for Families and Children
For each focus area the Commission has adopted a comprehensive set of goals and
objectives. For a more complete description please refer to the Commission’s
Strategic Plan also available on this website.
The Sutter County Children & Families Commission and it's programs are
Tobacco Tax (Prop 10) funded programs.
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Sutter County Smiles, Mobile Dental Services
Sutter County Smiles is a school
based mobile dental clinic providing full service dentistry including screening,
cleaning, restorative treatment and dental health education. Sutter County Smiles
is a result of a five year Oral Health Initiative approved by the Sutter County Children
and Families Commission in 2004 to expand dental care services for children in Sutter
County.
The program is a collaborative effort of the Sutter County Children and Families
Commission, Yuba City Unified School District and Peach Tree Healthcare. Since 2003 the
Sutter County Smiles program has provided dental care to over 2600 children. This is an
unduplicated count and many of the children served have received multiple treatments
and have been seen multiple times.
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Bright Futures, Child Health and Development Screening
This is a monthly program providing FREE health and developmental screenings to
children in Sutter County up to the age of five.
Bright Futures is
in its third year and to date has screened over 600 children. Bright Futures was
selected as a winner in the 2005 Acts of Caring Awards Program. The
Acts of Caring Awards
recognize the top county volunteer programs in the country. The awards program is
carried out by the National Association of Counties (NACo) in partnership with
Nationwide Retirement Solutions.
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The School Readiness program has coordinators at three school
sites in Yuba City, Bridge Street School, King Avenue School and Park Avenue
School, and one at Luther Elementary School in Live Oak, and is a part of the Sutter
County Children & Families Commission School Readiness Initiative. The Coordinators
provide a variety of programs and services which help families to enhance
their children’s readiness to learn. In addition to the activities at each site the
coordinators distribute and provide training and follow-up for Beauregard’s Backpack
Program. The backpacks have school readiness activities for children and their
parents to work on together. The Backpacks are also funded by the Sutter County
Children & Families Commission. For information about the School Readiness
program, contact 822-3206.
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Smart Start, Kindergarten Transition Program
The Smart Start program continues the Commission’s commitment to school readiness
services. The Yuba City Unified School District is the administrator of the program
which continues to expand. The Smart Start program provides pre Kindergarten students
with a wide variety of activities including academic readiness, socialization,
self-help skills, physical development and enrichment activities in addition to
health and dental assessments, immunizations and referral services. Families are
offered literacy support services, parenting skills classes and information on
community resources.
Smart Start pre-kindergarten program registration is open, enroll now! Smart Start will be
held at Barry School, Central Gaither, King Avenue, Lincoln, Park Avenue, Tierra Buena,
West Walton and Luther in Live Oak. Classes start June 10, 2009. Complete the
registration form* and return it to your elementary school.
For more information call Smart Start at 822-3206.
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Child Development Behavioral Specialist
The Commission approved a five year commitment to funding a Child Development
Behavioral Specialist to provide early screening and intervention for children under
six in Sutter County who are exhibiting behavioral problems to the extent that they
have been identified in pre-school, kindergarten, health or child care settings as in
danger of failing. The goal is to help children successfully transition into the
school setting.
This program serves all residents of Sutter County with children under the age of six.
In most cases, difficult behavior can be corrected by improving the skills and
understanding of the adults that interact with the child and establishing a plan to
modify the behavior. In some cases, the child may need to be referred for specialized
services.
Linda Gladney is the CDBS for Sutter County. Linda has a B.A in Child Development and
an MA in Human Development. For more that twenty-five years, she taught and administered
Early Education and School Readiness Programs funded by the California Department of
Education and First 5 California. Throughout her career, Linda has provided support
and training in child development and positive discipline both individually and in
workshop format to parents and educators. Linda believes the goal of discipline is
to help children develop the self discipline skills that will teach them to make the
choices to help assure their success in school
and throughout life.
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In an effort to assist the community with one of the many health care costs faced by
families and recognizing that out of pocket expenses for immunizations can be a barrier
to having children immunized, the Commission has developed a
free immunization program*
for the children under six residing in Sutter County. Immunizations will be provided by
the Sutter County Health Department.
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Family SOUP, Special Needs Project
Family SOUP is a family resource center dedicated to supporting,
encouraging and providing information and facilitated referral to families of
children with special needs. We offer a variety of programs for parents / caregivers
and children. The Special Needs Project is a program funded by the Sutter County
Children & Families Commission. It provides services to families of children
between the ages of zero and six. Our goal is to enhance school readiness of special
needs children by providing their families with support and education.
Family SOUP serves children with special needs of any age.
While Early Start and the Special Needs Project have age limitations, Family SOUP is able to
provide similar supports and services to families regardless of age. We serve all
disability and medical areas - if a parent feels they have a child with special needs
their concern is real and we are here to help. For more information you can go the
Family SOUP website.
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