Episodios

  • Healthy Crownz Provides Black Hair Care and Support for Foster Youth and Caregivers
    May 13 2025

    Every child deserves to feel proud of their crown! In the latest episode of the The Service Station podcast, two guests spotlight a progam called Healthy Crownz. They share how Riverside County is empowering foster youth, their caregivers, and social workers through culturally sensitive hair care, mentorship, and support.

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    Channel and at www.rivcodpss.org/podcast

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    15 m
  • Childhood Memories Fuel Social Worker’s Drive to Help Kids Heal from Loss
    Apr 7 2025

    Social Worker Angie Cruz is with Riverside County Department of Public Social Services. As a guest on the department's podcast, The Service Station, Cruz dives into her career journey and explains how a life-changing experience from her childhood factored into choosing social work as her profession.

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    14 m
  • The Coachella Valley's Biggest Job Fair and Career Help Available Year-Round
    Aug 28 2024

    The Valley-wide Employment Expo happens every year. It's the Coachella Valley's biggest job fair with over 100 employers offering available jobs in many industries. The 2024 event is Sept. 19 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Fantasy Springs Casino Special Event Center in Indio. It's free to attend. Learn more at DesertJobExpo.com. This episode features two guests discussing the opportunities available, how to best prepare, help available so job seekers can put their best foot forward, and career assistance available year-round in Riverside County.

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    9 m
  • Experts Spotlight Ways to Prevent Child Abuse & Local Facility That Helps Victims
    Apr 24 2024

    Crystal Shackleford leads the Riverside County Child Assessment Team or RCCAT and Jennifer Kopfler is a Deputy Director in the Children's Services Division at Riverside County DPSS. Both are passionate about efforts to prevent child abuse and are discussing services available at the facility which serves victims & families as well as ways the public can take action to protect at-risk kids from child abuse.

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    22 m
  • Single Mom Credits Unique Program for Putting Her on a New Career Path
    Mar 21 2024

    21-year-old Marcy Palomar is forging a path to a brighter future, thanks to the dynamic partnership between RivCoDPSS and RCOE’s School of Career Education. Listen as Marcy shares her story and her hope for the future. Also, experts from DPSS (Ken Sandefur) and RCOE (Trisha Jenkins) take a deep dive into how this hands-on program works and how it can help others find fresh careers and a new beginning in life.

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    21 m
  • Mother Stabilizes Family & Closes CPS Case With Help from Wrap-Around Services
    Aug 15 2023

    On the latest episode of the department's podcast, The Service Station, Moreno Valley mother Rosa Cisneros shares how DPSS' Linkages program helped her find a path to economic independence and close her Child Protective Services case after she suffered domestic -- a crime her children witnessed.

    In the podcast, one of Rosa’s case workers, Employment Services Counselor Lisa Duran, Lisa shares how the program has progressed and the rewards of helping Rosa and customers like her.

    Listen here! Have an idea for a podcast? We’re all ears! Email us at DPSSComm@rivco.org

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    13 m
  • ¡Cómo evitar que le roben sus beneficios de asistencia social!
    May 17 2023

    Cada mes, ladrones roban millones de dólares de los californianos más necesitados. Escuche cómo un agente del Departamento de Servicios Sociales Públicos del Condado de Riverside describe cómo la gente puede protegerse del delito conocido como "skimming" y cómo se adopta un enfoque proactivo para reducir este crimen y prevenir de que siga ocurriendo en la comunidad.

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    19 m
  • How to keep your food and cash benefits from being stolen!
    May 17 2023

    Millions of dollars in food and cash benefits are stolen from Californians, including in Riverside County, every month.

    Listen as the Chief from the Department of Public Social Services and his welfare fraud investigators describe how customers can protect themselves from a crime known as “skimming” and how Riverside County DPSS is taking an aggressive, proactive approach to reduce this crime and protect customers.

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    29 m