The Desert Hot Springs Library will close its doors at 3 p.m. on May 1 as it prepares to relocate to a new facility.
After 17 years at its current 3,527 square-foot location at 11-691 West Dr., the library will be moved to a new 15,000-square-foot facility at 14-380 Palm Drive.
The new library will feature study rooms, adult and teen spaces, a children s library, a family reading area, technology stations, “opportunity spaces” to be used for a variety of activities, a community room and more programs.
The new facility is currently under construction. The Riverside County Library System plans a summer 2021 reopening at the new facility, although no exact opening date has been set.
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As the pandemic has progressed, children have suffered from increased rates of depression, anxiety and other mental health problems, health officials say.
However, kids are often not able to receive the care they need in a timely manner as COVID-19 patients fill hospitals and require the majority of medical resources.
Western Youth Services, a Laguna Hills-based nonprofit, has been developing an online resource for teachers and parents to proactively engage with children to treat the secondary effects of the pandemic that are responsible for childhood trauma housing and food insecurity, disrupted education and lack of socializing.
“Kids were sent home, people were isolated in their homes and there was physical distancing and lots of loss of their social system,” said Lorry Belhumeur, chief executive of Western Youth Services. . So we started looking at and anticipating the grief response. So we put our heads together and said, ‘OK, what are the resources that ar
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