[Comm-partners] Tuesday Tidbits - Youth, Parenting & Child Development

Tue Dec 30 09:25:44 PST 2025

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Tuesday Tidbits for D5 Child Welfare staff, Oregon Eligibility Partnership staff, Self-Sufficiency staff, and Community Partners!

Tuesday Tidbits are short, specific info bites you can use and share to increase collective knowledge of Lane County's wide-ranging community resource landscape.

Below are resources for Youth, Parenting & Child Development - Youth services, classes, trainings, support & respite, community connection, and more. Please click links and check out attachments for more information.

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Click here to go to RESOURCES.
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Click here to go to IMPORTANT REPEATS.

TIME SENSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

DECEMBER:

[cid:image004.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://www.instagram.com/euglibrary/p/DSbFHtokuvo/>NEW YEAR'S AT NOON - Año Nuevo al Mediodía

WHEN: Wednesday, December 31st, 10:30am - 12:30pm
WHERE: Downtown Eugene Library, 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene

A bilingual party for kids and family! / ¡Una fiesta bilingüe para niños y familia!

Kids, tweens, teens and family: celebrate the new year together at a bilingual party with games, crafts, face painting, dancing and a balloon drop.

Niños, adolescentes y familia: celebren juntos el año nuevo en una fiesta bilingüe con juegos, manualidades, pintura de la cara, baile y una caída de globos.

JANUARY:

[cid:image007.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://www.lanecc.edu/community/resources-community/quality-care-connections/finding-quality-child-care>QCC MONTHLY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS CLASSES
WHEN: Monday, January 5th, 6 - 7pm and the first Monday of each month in 2026!
WHERE: Online via Zoom

These events are open to both families and local childcare and early education providers to connect, learn, and discuss a variety of topics relating to your care of young children. Click here to register<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxf-pqxeHYAVp4hXbtsYcBhCFOZM1pJ2FAZpUPzY_FvpIAQQ/viewform>!

Quality Care Connections<https://www.lanecc.edu/community/resources-community/quality-care-connections/finding-quality-child-care> is Lane County's Child Care Resource and Referral Agency. We partner with providers, families, and larger community to promote access to high quality early learning and care experiences for young children. Connect with us to learn more about our services and how we can support you! lanecc.edu/qcc

RESOURCES

[cid:image009.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://shpbeds.org/chapter/or-eugene/>SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE - FREE BEDS FOR KIDS

CONTACT: Connie Jonas 541-729-0420 for more information

Sleep In Heavenly Peace<https://shpbeds.org/chapter/or-eugene/> provides free beds to kids in need! They provide the frame, mattress, sheets, pillow and comforter (twin size only). They haven't met their goal of how many beds to give away this year, and they want to get the word out for next year too (they hope to increase the amount of beds they provide).

Contact Connie Jonas 541-729-0420 for more information!

[cid:image013.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://southernequality.org/tyep/>TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY PROJECT

The Trans Youth Emergency Project (TYEP)<https://southernequality.org/tyep/> is here to help families navigate this complex and exhausting maze, offering logistical and financial support. Our team provides 1-on-1 custom patient navigation services to unimpacted providers and supports families of transgender youth with travel grants.

Accessing best-practice gender-affirming care for transgender youth is more challenging than ever: 27 states have passed cruel laws banning or restricting care, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld these bans in the Skrmetti v. L.W. case, and the Trump Administration has pursued a relentless campaign attacking access. As a result, thousands of transgender youth and their families are being forced to identify new healthcare providers, travel extreme distances, and take on significant expenses just to get the care they need.

At this time TYEP services are available to: A parent or legal guardian of a transgender person under the age of 18 whose access to healthcare has been impacted by a restriction on gender-affirming care.

IMPORTANT REPEATS

[cid:image023.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1455194783274440&id=100063517962548&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=exV4VLylJKf4xQ1p>CAFECITO PLATICA

WHEN: cada miercoles, 6pm
WHERE: virtual via Zoom

Si hay alguien interesado/a en este evento para lidiar con todo lo que está pasando, pueden comunicarse con Jessica por texto al 458-239-2738 para registrarse y recibir el enlace de Zoom. El evento es cada miércoles a las 9:00 am. Taller guiado por una terepeuta<https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1455194783274440&id=100063517962548&mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=exV4VLylJKf4xQ1p>. Aprenda como lidiar cones estres y como hablar con sus hijos sobre la inmigracion.

The aim is to provide parents with positive coping skills to manage the high levels of stress and to discuss ways to talk to their children about immigration and emergency preparedness. Please help by spreading the word and sending this out in your bulletins. We talk about how to deal with stress and how to talk to your kids about immigration. Open to all lane county residents. Parents are free to text me to receive the zoom link.

[cid:image026.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<http://www.shinecounseling.com/>SHINE COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN

Trauma-informed care for children ages 0 - 6 and their families.

Shine counseling specializes in early childhood development, offering play-based therapy and caregiver support to foster strong connections and build healthy foundations for lifelong growth.

Now accepting referrals for children ages 0 - 6! www.shinecounseling.com<http://www.shinecounseling.com/> and 541-600-2300

[cid:image027.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/project-10-million>FREE INTERNET FOR STUDENTS K - 12

T-Mobile is offering free internet to families who qualify.  Get 200GB at no cost and an optional data pass for $10-all current and newly qualifying customers included. It takes 5 minutes to apply and you'll have it for 5 years. Plus, there are no annual fees or re-certifications. Check eligibility<https://www.t-mobile.com/support/account/project-10million-direct-to-parent-guardian-eligibility?icid=MGPO_TMO_U_20TENMM_6BRGAVTKUD4AUN8W23252> or see the list of qualifying programs below. Qualification examples: recipients of SNAP, TANF, or Medicaid).

Please take a look at https://www.t-mobile.com/brand/project-10-million and share this information with your families.

[cid:image028.png at 01DC796E.41ABBDD0]<https://www.honeynonprofit.org/>BrainiPocS - A Homework and Literacy Support Club for K-12 students

WHEN: Tutoring open now! 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
BrainiPocs is a program created by H.O.N.E.Y. Inc<https://www.honeynonprofit.org/>. to help multiracial, Black, Indigenous and students of color be successful in school by offering no cost tutoring, homework and reading support for K-12 students.

Sign up here<https://cusc44bab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017TOYYq9DSTS9j82vAUyTx9fBykUVeHxbBRB1TRJr99jO48k6wf-LiCo2317SjzIsthkcx4WMBCE6VZuhw5EOi-iIOAnCi9jXa8xNMgRB2ykzBNwQpZQUB8fe2ico3okqNf0Qn1cx5TF5Dz0fRL0wd80dtDZQAXlqxdH7ME787HOWebSS2cfze2-BgBOPuLSBL77UIpPD1BKy4rCMRFN62FTEv--DHvub0pZsrjCqZLwtp8TvH-d9uMMOO65Gq5yNfyE9Szix50U=&c=CPJ_qm2uk3tGuBIU29roaOabHfdpPhTquA_gdKPEjsI_ukk7vgl1XQ==&ch=8pRccu92E-Ry0FZo2yT4DCbVjdStxD686WEJDRAGe986C6blcQHU0Q==>!

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As always, ODHS staff please visit and bookmark the D5 Community Resources OWL page<https://dhsoha.sharepoint.com/teams/Hub-ODHS-District5/SitePages/Community-Resources.aspx> for resources, flyer library and more.

Questions, requests, submissions, feedback? Send it our way - D5 Communications D5Communications at odhsoha.oregon.gov<mailto:D5Communications at odhsoha.oregon.gov>
Are you outside ODHS and want to get Tuesday Tidbits in your inbox? Sign up by clicking this link!<https://omls.oregon.gov/mailman/listinfo/comm-partners>

Xana McCrea (she/her)
Policy Analyst 1/Community Partnership Coordinator (PA1/CPC)
District 5 Self-Sufficiency Program (D5 SSP)
Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS)
Text or call: 541.321.3339
xana.mccrea at odhs.oregon.gov<mailto:xana.mccrea at odhs.oregon.gov>
2101 W 11th Ave, Eugene, OR

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