The Community Caring Collaborative

Cultural Humility Training Registration
2024-10-11 09:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott Township, ME, 04652, United States
Please join the CCC for a newly developed training presented by Elizabeth Neptune of Neptune Advantage, Cultural Humility, designed for Family Futures Downeast partners, but open to all partners of the Community Caring Collaborative. This training is in-person only and will be held at Cobscook Institute in Trescott from 9:30 am to Noon on Friday, October 11th. Learning Objectives for this training include:

Understanding the difference between diversity, cultural awareness, & cultural competence, and barriers to working relationships with community members from diverse cultures;
Identifying where you are on the cultural awareness continuum, ways to improve working relationships, and ways to continue a cultural competency journey.

Registration for this training is now closed. Thank you!

Impacts of Poverty & the Power of Two-Gen Approaches
2025-03-18 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
You’re invited to join Community Caring Collaborative Director, Charley Martin-Berry, and Pleasant Point Health Center CNA/Home Health Aide for Elders, Mercedes McCoy, in an interactive, virtual learning opportunity on the effects of poverty and strategies that can help individuals and families experience stability and success.
Participants will explore concepts of scarcity and bandwidth, and the role of flexible financial supports, social connectedness, and two-generational strategies for family economic mobility. Mercedes, who is a Family Futures Downeast alumni from cohort 2, will offer perspectives from her educational and professional pathways that help illustrate the impact of two-gen strategies in the context of lived experiences.
Participants will be encouraged to ask questions, share experiences that have supported their own personal and professional success, and add insights from their professional practices on what helps individuals and families succeed.
This training will be held on Zoom. Register here.

Tools for Change Registration
2025-04-17 09:00 - 12:00 | University of Maine, Machias, 116 O'Brien Ave, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The Community Caring Collaborative invites you to a new training on April 17th, Tools for Change: Understanding Substance Use and Supporting Safer Choices, presented by Abby Frutchey, LMSW, LADC, CCS. The practice of harm reduction has evolved significantly, offering a comprehensive approach to creating safer outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. Join us for a 3 hour in-person, partner-wide training that will examine the core principles of harm reduction through interactive methods, including case studies, discussions, and practical applications. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding harm reduction as a vital component of substance use recovery interventions, highlighting how these practices meet people where they are while fostering pathways to improved health and well-being. Participants will also explore foundational substance use and recovery knowledge, including recognizing multiple recovery pathways, reducing stigma through person-first language, and promoting dignity in their work. Participants will gain strategies and tools to effectively integrate these practices into their work with students, families, and community members affected by alcohol and substance use disorders. Download a flyer to share.
This training will be held in Science 102 at the University of Maine Machias, from 9 am to 12 Noon. Please arrive early for some delicious morning refreshments and to get comfortably settled. Participants will receive a certificate for three contact hours upon completion of the digital post-training evaluation. Registration for this training is closed. Contact Christy at claurel@cccmaine.org if you would like to attend.

What Brain Science and Toxic Stress Teach us - Registration
2025-06-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott Township, ME, 04652, United States
The CCC welcomes you to a free, in-person session on Wednesday, June 11th, from 9 am – 12 Noon at Cobscook Institute: What Brain Science and Toxic Stress Teach us about Weathering Rough Roads, presented by Julie Redding, LCPC. This learning opportunity will explore the intersection of stress and decision-making in the face of financial hardships and include a Heart of Maine United Way presentation of the ALICE data (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). This data reveals the growing number of families who are unable to afford the basics of housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, and technology. Designed for Family Futures Downeast partners, staff from all CCC partner organizations are welcome. Three Contact Hours are available for this training. Please fill out the form below to register. You can calendar this event by clicking “add to calendar” below the “submit” button.

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Companion Training to Stress? What Stress?
2025-07-23 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
CCC is excited to offer a one-hour virtual companion to the 3-hour in person training, Stress? What Stress?: What Brain Science and Toxic Stress Teach us about Weather Rough Roads, held on June 11th focusing on Toxic Stress & ALICE data. This extended session is scheduled for Wednesday, July 23rd at 9 am and will incorporate more of the material not covered on June 11th due to time constraints. Presenter, Julie Redding, will dive more deeply into research on effects of stress on the brain and strategies to support program participants as well as ourselves. This companion training is open to all CCC partners, not only participants who attended the original June 11th training. Register here for our virtual one-hour session on July 23rd.

Cultural Sensitivity Registration -- 2025
2025-09-26 10:00 - 15:00 | Bear Lodge, 314 New Pit Road, Princeton, ME, 04668, United States
The CCC invites you to participate in a thought-provoking training session presented by Elizabeth Neptune of Neptune Advantage, focused on Cultural Sensitivity. This session, designed specifically for Family Futures Downeast partners, is open to staff at all member organizations of the Community Caring Collaborative. Training objectives include:

Understand the distinctions between diversity, cultural awareness, and cultural competence, as well as the barriers that can affect working relationships with community members from diverse backgrounds.
Reflect on your position within the cultural awareness continuum and explore strategies for enhancing your relationships with diverse community members.
Identify actionable steps to continue your journey towards greater cultural competence.

This training is in person on September 26th from 10 am — 3 pm at Bear Lodge, situated on the north side of beautiful Long Lake. Get directions. Participants are eligible for 5 contact hours and .5 CEUs.
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Unfortunately, we have reached our seating limit for this training - sorry! If you'd like to be on a waiting list, please email claurel@cccmaine.org. Thank you!

Guiding with Purpose
2025-10-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
The CCC is excited to be bringing a new training: Guiding with Purpose: Strengthening Skills for Collaborative Dialogue, presented by Abby Frutchey, LMSW, LADC, CCS. This 3-hour virtual training, developed for FFD but open to all CCC partners, is designed to enhance participants’ ability to lead meaningful, person-centered conversations that foster connection, motivation, and growth. Emphasis is placed on the practice of deep listening and the use of collaborative strategies to create an empowering environment that supports sustainable change.
Through interactive exercises and “real-play” practice, participants will refine foundational skills such as open-ended questioning, affirmations, reflections, and summarization. These techniques strengthen rapport, encourage personal autonomy, and build confidence in facilitating collaborative dialogue. Because the training is highly interactive and skill-based, full participation and attendance for the entire session is requested. Participants will receive a certificate for three contact hours.
Register for this training by clicking/tapping on this link.

Poverty in Washington County - 2025
2025-11-21 09:00 - 12:00 | University of Maine, Machias, 116 O'Brien Ave, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC is excited to announce a new training this November, Poverty in Washington County: emerging concerns and responses, Friday, November 21st, 9 am — 12 Noon at the University of Maine, Machias in Science 102. Presented by CCC Director Charley Martin-Berry with guest speaker Ana Hicks, Policy Director in the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, this training will examine changes in public benefits that will impact people already in poverty. We will also discuss what works and look at poverty bias and worthiness, asking where these assumptions and beliefs come from and what are barriers to accessing supports. This free, informative and timely educational opportunity is open to all CCC partners. Contact Hour Certificate available. Register by November 14th using the form below.

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Frontline Worker Forum - registration
2026-02-27 10:00 - 14:00 | St. Anne’s Parish Hall, Calais, 29 Church Street, Calais, ME, 04619, United States
Please join the CCC for our Frontline Worker Forum: Strategies for support during a rapidly changing landscape, facilitated by Julie Redding, LCPC, from 10 am — 2 pm in St. Anne’s Parish Hall, Calais.
Families and individuals are experiencing challenges unlike anything else in recent times. However, the frontline staff who support them face unparalleled challenges across resource sectors with rapidly changing information, access and reliability in a previously steady public benefits landscape, and how these impact their professional self-worth. Together, we’ll bring together data and voices from varying roles to understand the impacts these stressors have on the workforce and programs they make up and wisdom from the fields of stress and relational studies that can provide insight into strategies to support them.
Designed for Family Futures Downeast partners, this learning event is open to all CCC partner staff. Participants will receive a certificate for 3.5 contact hours. Please register by Monday, February 23rd.

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