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SUMMARY:Investing Early: Community Partner Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Early Childhood Resiliency Fund: Community Update & Panel \n\n\n\nJoin HCDVCC for a community conversation on strengthening early childhood resilience for children exposed to domestic violence. \n\n\n\nThis session will provide an update on the Early Childhood Resiliency Fund—an investment in local organizations advancing innovative\, developmentally responsive support for young children and their families. We’ll hear directly from practitioners about what’s working\, where gaps remain\, and how early intervention can shift long-term outcomes. \n\n\n\nThis conversation is designed for professionals across sectors working with children\, families\, and survivors\, as well as those interested in prevention\, systems coordination\, and community-based solutions. \n\n\n\nWe’re joined by leaders and practitioners advancing this work across Harris County:Robin Gandara\, LPCDirector of Client Services\, FamilyTime Crisis & Counseling Center \n\n\n\nRobin Gandara is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Director of Client Services at FamilyTime\, where she oversees counseling\, shelter operations\, case management\, outreach\, and the 24-hour crisis hotline. Over eight years\, she has advanced from counselor to senior leadership\, helping shape the organization’s direct service approach. \n\n\n\nShe led the transformation of FamilyTime’s emergency shelter into a trauma-informed\, healing-centered space—redesigning the environment\, updating policies to center survivor voices\, and expanding programming to better support survivors and their children. \n\n\n\nRobin is deeply committed to providing culturally responsive\, compassionate care and expanding access to mental health services. She holds a B.S. in Psychology and M.A. in Counseling from Sam Houston State University and is an active member of ACA\, TCA\, and Harris County SART.Charity Eames\, Ph.D.Senior Director of Counseling and Family Services\, DePelchin Children’s Center \n\n\n\nCharity Eames is the Senior Director of Counseling and Family Services at DePelchin Children’s Center\, where she oversees counseling\, mental health\, case management\, and parenting support programs. With over 22 years of experience in child abuse prevention\, she has worked as a home- and school-based counselor and family therapist supporting children and families. \n\n\n\nShe provides clinical supervision to staff and leads a range of state and federal grant-funded programs\, including initiatives where DePelchin serves as both lead agency and service provider. Charity is trained in nine levels of the Triple P parenting model and brings deep expertise in family-centered\, evidence-based care. \n\n\n\nCharity holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision and is a licensed counselor and family therapist. Her work is grounded in strengthening families and expanding access to high-quality mental health support for children and caregivers.Pastor Raymond Steward IICEO & Founder\, Hope Active \n\n\n\nRaymond Steward II is the CEO and Founder of Hope Active\, a Houston-based organization supporting families and at-risk youth. With over 20 years of experience in community service\, leadership\, and team building\, he launched Hope Active in 2017—following Hurricane Harvey—to create consistent\, community-driven support for underserved populations. \n\n\n\nHe leads initiatives that partner with local schools and juvenile justice programs to connect youth and families with resources\, guidance\, and opportunities. His work is rooted in the belief that support should be ongoing—not only in moments of crisis—and focused on creating pathways forward. \n\n\n\nRaymond’s approach centers on connection\, accountability\, and community care—offering a hand up\, not a handout. His vision for Hope Active is to serve as a bridge between people and possibility\, strengthening communities through sustained support.
URL:https://www.hcdvcc.org/event/april-cpm/
LOCATION:United Way of Greater Houston\, 50 Waugh Street\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Meeting,Community Partner Meetings
ORGANIZER;CN="Thecia Jenkins":MAILTO:theciajenkins@hcdvcc.org
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SUMMARY:March Community Partner Meeting
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to our Monthly Community Partner Meeting\, where community voices come together to shape our shared future. \n\n\n\nTopic: The Lived Experience of Women with Initmate partner Violence Accompanied by Mild Traumatic Brain Injury \n\n\n\nIntimate partner violence affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime worldwide. The head and face are the most common targets during intimate partner violences episodes\, occurring almost 90% of the time. Of these\, approximately half will have symptoms consistent with mild traumatic brain injury\, yet only a third of them will seek healthcare services. Even when they do seek services\, many mild traumatic brain injuries go unrecognized by clinicians. This leaves this population at risk for experiencing chronic symptoms such as\, poor health\, back pain\, headaches\, depression\, anxiety\, PTSD\, insomnia\, poor concentration\, and emotional dysregulation. While plenty of surveys and screening tools have provided researchers with quantitative data in recent years\, no one has asked these women how the mild traumatic brain injury from intimate partner violence has impacted their daily functioning. This presentation will share narratives from the women themselves along with the overall interpretation of the data so that we may be able to better understand their challenges in the aftermath of intimate partner violence. \n\n\n\nABOUT OUR SPEAKER: \n\n\n\nSandra Sanchez\, PhD\, RN\, SANE-A\, SANE-P\, AFN-C has been a registered nurse for more than 30 years. As the current nursing program director for the Forensic Nursing Program at Harris Health\, Sandra leads a team of nurses that care for sexual assault\, intimate partner violence\, child abuse\, elder abuse\, and human trafficking. Her practice as a forensic nurse since 2003 has allowed her to care for more than 2\,400 victims of violence. She has also testified in court on numerous occasions as an expert in sexual assault and intimate partner violence cases. She received her PhD in Nursing Science in 2025. Her research focuses on the lived experience of women with traumatic brain injury from intimate partner violence patient. Her goal is to improve the overall quality of care to victims and minimize the physical and psychological impact of interpersonal violence by promoting hope\, resilience\, and restoration of the lives of those afflicted by interpersonal violence.
URL:https://www.hcdvcc.org/event/march-cpm/
LOCATION:United Way of Greater Houston\, 50 Waugh Street\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Meeting,Community Partner Meetings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thecia Jenkins":MAILTO:theciajenkins@hcdvcc.org
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SUMMARY:February Community Partner Meeting
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to our Monthly Community Partner Meeting\, where community voices come together to shape our shared future. \n\n\n\nTopic: Immigration & Legal Updates \n\n\n\nThis presentation will cover an update on law and policy changes impacting immigrant survivors of domestic violence\, sexual assault\, human trafficking\, and other forms of violence over the last year. The training will also briefly include important tools for advocates serving survivors and tips for enhanced safety planning. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \n\n\n\nKatharina Dechert is the Houston Policy & Advocacy Manager at the Tahirih Justice Center. Katharina leads the advancement of Tahirih’s Houston and Texas advocacy campaigns to change the laws and policies that prevent immigrant survivors from accessing safety and justice. Before stepping into this role\, she worked on Tahirih’s legal team for 6 years as a legal advocate\, working with immigrant survivors as they navigate various legal systems in their journeys to safety and justice\, and representing survivors before USCIS as a DOJ Accredited Representative. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you register\, you’ll be added to our newsletter so you can stay connected and hear about upcoming events and updates. \n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have questions\, please contact:
URL:https://www.hcdvcc.org/event/february-community-partner-meeting/
LOCATION:United Way of Greater Houston\, 50 Waugh Street\, Houston\, TX\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Partner Meeting,Community Partner Meetings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Thecia Jenkins":MAILTO:theciajenkins@hcdvcc.org
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