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Sonoma County COVID recovery program helps thousands with food, housing, financial aid and other services
An initiative created by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to help underserved communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered nearly 40,000 individual services to people in need, including food, housing, financial assistance, mental health counseling and other supports. Read full story
Sonoma County celebrates Community Resilience Program successes on the third anniversary of ARPA bill signing
The County of Sonoma is recognizing the anniversary of President Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID recovery bill, by recognizing the multiple ways ARPA funds continue to support the community. Read full story
Free mental health counseling from Sonoma County’s Black Therapy Fund (Sonoma County Gazette)
"The Black Therapy Fund is accepting applications for free mental health counseling in Sonoma County. The fund will provide 230 Sonoma County residents with up to 12 free video counseling sessions with culturally competent therapists." Read full story
Feature Grow Local — “Nothing Basic About It” (Made Local Magazine)
"In late summer, a consortium of cities and community organizations in Sonoma County made a big announcement. Following in the footsteps of Stockton and Los Angeles, Sonoma County would be launching Pathway to Income Equity, a new guaranteed basic income program that will provide unrestricted, non-taxable payments of $500 a month to 305 families for two years." Read full story
Visit Native California website hopes to bring tourism to Bay Area tribes (pressdemocrat.com)
"A new initiative to bring tourism to Native American communities in California has launched and organizers hope to work with North Bay tribes to amplify their stories." Read full story
Sonoma County launches pilot program to provide guaranteed income to 305 families (Sonoma County Press Release)
The County of Sonoma is teaming up with Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Healdsburg and a coalition of community groups to launch a two-year pilot program that will provide a guaranteed minimum income of $500 a month to 305 low-income families while studying the program’s impacts on reducing poverty and promoting economic stability and mobility. Read full story
Meet our New Staff
We are excited to welcome Jake Harpin and Norine Doherty to the Upstream team! Read full story
Sonoma County officials vow to combat inequities inwell-being report
Sonoma County officials are vowing to combat the inequitiesthat exist among local residents in the areas of education, wealth and health,conditions illustrated in a newly published report that gauges the region’swell-being. Read full story
10 key findings from the 2021 Portrait of Sonoma County
The 2021 Portrait of SonomaCounty, a data-driven report that gauges the well-being of Sonoma County’scommunities, contained a number of significant findings. Read full story
Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Launch Event
The launch of A Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Update. Sonoma County leaders and organizations will use the results of A Portrait of Sonoma 2021 to identify pressing priorities, turning this report into a platform to guide important investment and policy decisions in the next few years. Watch the recording to learn what is in the report.El Retrato del Condado de Sonoma 2021 Evento de Lanzamiento del Informe [YouTube Video]El evento del informe de lanzamiento. Discubre mas de los datos del poblaciones del condado de Sonoma. Los líderes y organizaciones del condado de Sonoma utilizarán los resultados de Un Retrato de Sonoma 2021 para identificar prioridades locales, convirtiendo este informe en una plataforma para guiar decisiones importantes de inversión y políticas en los próximos años. Ven a aprender lo que incluye el informe. Read full story
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