Tag: prevention
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More Help for Homeless: Fontana Path Resource Center
By Dianne Anderson For some homeless individuals and families in Fontana, more help is on the way. Last month, the city held its ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Path, a model Homeless Prevention Resource & Care Center, providing shelter for up to 120 in need for those referred by the city’s police HOST Team. Full wraparound services for clients ... -
Groups Address Violence Intervention and Prevention
By Dianne Anderson Terrance Stone and Rick Alanis are partners in crime, so to speak, but in a good way. At times, they liken their crew to first responders working some of the most gang impacted neighborhoods in San Bernardino with ears to the ground before catastrophe strikes. They compare it to ground zero. “If ... -
Vaccination Protects Children From Dangers of COVID-19
COMMENTARY By Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH Special to California Black Media Partners Our state experienced the most devastating point of the pandemic last winter. More than 21,000 Californians were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the last week of December, and we lost 18,518 mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers to this deadly virus in January. The ...