Welcome to the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)!
We are a California-based nonprofit dedicated to enriching the behavioral and public health field by promoting evidence-based practice and workforce development. We provide training, consultation, and coaching to individuals, organizations, and initiatives. In all our work, our mission is to foster safe, healthy, and engaged persons and communities.We're moved to announce the launch of The Parents' Network, a global community for parents and caregivers impacted by online harm, created in partnership with The Archewell Foundation. CARS is proud to play a key role in this initiative by providing programming design, facilitation, and resources that support parents in bereavement, trauma recovery, and leadership development.
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We’re here to support your success in school! Check out our one-stop resource page where you can find a variety of mental health and wellness tools to help you thrive as a student.
We also offer resources for school staff to better support their students.
Visit www.cccstudentmentalhealth.org/resource to learn more!
#StudentMentalHealth, #OneStopShopWellness, #CalFresh, #FAFSA
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SCRR After May 2025: Imagining the Possibilities
🗓️ February 28th, 2025
⏰ 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT/ 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET
The grant that funds SCRR (a National Traumatic Stress Network Category II grant via SAMHSA) ends May 30, 2025 with no current option for rebid.
Join us for our “SCRR After May 2025” Town Hall on February 28th where we’ll share more information about our project’s sunset and get to generate ideas for how the programming, content, and vision of SCRR can live beyond this current grant cycle and format.
We need your ideas! Imaginations! Inquiries! Insights!
Hosted by Leora Wolf-Prusan (SCRR Project Director) and SCRR staff, we are eager to hear you, learn with you, and ideate possibilities.
Register at: bit.ly/SCRR_AfterMay
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Exploring the 8 Dimensions of Wellness
Join us for an interactive session on the 8 dimensions of wellness—intellectual, emotional, financial, social, physical, spiritual, environmental, and vocational. Discover ways to cultivate balance and well-being in all aspects of your life.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Second Baptist Church, 4300 Westminster Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92703
Learn more about this event by visiting: bit.ly/OCWellnessWednesday
We look forward to seeing you there!
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We’re here to support your success in school! Check out our one-stop resource page where you can find a variety of mental health and wellness tools to help you thrive as a student.
We also offer resources for school staff to better support their students.
Visit www.cccstudentmentalhealth.org/resource to learn more!
#StudentMentalHealth, #OneStopShopWellness, #CalFresh, #FAFSA
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!
We want to take this time to celebrate the amazing and wonderfully diverse community we are in. During this time, let's highlight the wonderful achievements and the future work that still needs to be done.
Here are some highlighted quotes from Black icons and leaders from our past, both big and small, to honor this month’s celebration.
To learn how you can participate in no-cost mental health and wellness events happening in Orange County, please visit us at www.ocmentalhealthevents.org
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A Moment of Pause:
Time to Cultivate Trauma Informed Communication
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT/ 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET
This is a timely, no cost, virtual offering!
This series of coaching clinics focuses on trauma-informed communication after a big experience (e.g., crises). Throughout four facilitated sessions, SCRR Field Coach Antoine Moore leads you through a combination of content learning, practice, and reflection.
Leading through a crisis requires that we communicate in ways that are clear, transparent and prioritize the health and well-being of the workforce. Trauma-informed communication during, through, and after a crisis acknowledges that how you frame and deliver information will influence how people will experience events and circumstances. Leaders must be highly attentive or they risk inadvertently exacerbating distress in how they communicate.
Find out more and register at bit.ly/SCRR_Pause2425
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February 16-22, 2025, marks Random Acts of Kindness Week, a global celebration encouraging people to spread kindness through good deeds.
Here are some reminders on how we can support and care for one another.
Discover no-cost mental health and wellness events in Orange County by visiting www.ocmentalhealthevents.org
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH!
We want to take this time to celebrate the amazing and wonderfully diverse community we are in. During this time, let's highlight the wonderful achievements and the future work that still needs to be done.
Here are some highlighted quotes from Black icons and leaders from our past, both big and small, to honor this month’s celebration.
To learn how you can participate in no-cost mental health and wellness events happening in Orange County, please visit us at www.ocmentalhealthevents.org
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Join our mindfulness group to learn simple techniques for stress relief, improved focus, and greater self-awareness.
Each week, you’ll gain easy-to-use tools to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life.
Start your journey to a calmer, more focused you! To explore more no-cost events like this, visit www.ocmentalhealthevents.org for a full calendar.
bit.ly/SerenitySundays
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