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Reading Club: Sexual Assault Prevention for Women With Intellectual Disabilities

September 8, 2009

posted in: prevention

People involved in prevention rarely have an opportunity to discuss the impact of emerging research on their work. Prevention Connection Reading Clubs meetings provide a way for these people to meet online and have these discussions. These small, one hour meetings meetings happen over an open phone line, with the web conference used as a common

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CALCASA Testifies for Several Bills

June 24, 2008

posted in: Public Affairs

As the June 27th deadline for bills to pass their final policy committee and be reported to the floor, a slew of CALCASA supported bills came through Assembly and Senate Public Safety and Judiciary Committes along with the Senate Human Services committees. A few highlights from the day: SB 1649 (Steinberg) Human trafficking “would require

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CALCASA Testifies in Assembly Public Safety

April 2, 2008

posted in: Public Affairs

Tuesday in the Assembly Public Safety Committee CALCASA testified on AB 2038 (Lieber) Persons with disabilities; victims of crime. According to Lieber’s office, “crime against victims with disabilities has been called an ‘invisible epidemic,’ comparable with domestic violence before society awakened to the horror and widespread extent of that terrible problem. Children and elders with

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