WG, PB & TCI Meeting
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-04-05 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-05-03 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-06-07 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-08-02 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-09-06 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-10-04 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-11-01 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC Work Group, Poverty Busters and TCI Resource Partners meet virtually from 1-2:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Poverty Busters are low-income community members, partners from agencies, and other community members working on grassroots strategies to increase poverty awareness locally and to remove the barriers that poverty creates. TCI Resource Partners are community members, business owners, health care and service providers who work to connect community members to needed resources. All three groups have come together to improve communication and to ensure that the CCC is effective in helping to change outcomes for those it serves. Parents, service providers and other community members are welcome! Join these meetings using this Zoom link, Meeting ID: 896 0273 1221 and Passcode: [REDACTED]

C4 Meeting
2023-03-03 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-04-07 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-05-05 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-06-02 08:30 - 10:30 | ME
Meeting of the CCC Council on Zoom. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.

The Reflective Practitioner
2023-03-31 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join the CCC from 9 am to 12 Noon for a 3-hour virtual training on reflective practice presented by Julie Redding, LCPC, Elin MacKinnon, LCSW, and Abby Frutchey, LMSW, LADC, CCS. This training is designed for staff in helping and educational settings who work with children and families and would like to learn more about reflective practice. What is “reflective practice” you ask? Here’s a hint from philosopher and Learning Society theorist Donald Schön: “the ability to reflect on one’s actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning.” Join the CCC on March 31st where we’ll explore what this means, whether it really works, and how to develop reflective practice skills when working with others or when working alone. We’ll provide you with some practical tips and tools to get you started. Register here.

Substance Use & its Impacts 2023 -- Registration
2023-04-12 09:00 - 12:30 | WCCC St Croix Hall, 1 College Drive, Calais, ME, 04619, United States
The CCC is excited to announce a free, in-person training on April 12th: Substance Use and its Impacts, presented by Abby Frutchey, LMSW, LADC, CCS, from 9 am — 12:30 pm in St Croix Lecture Hall at Washington County Community College, Calais. This training will explore substance use related stigma and how we each play a role in reducing this; the underpinnings of SUD, risk and protective factors; and resources to support recovery across communities Please fill out the information requested to register. Morning refreshments will be provided. CEUs from UMM will be available (bring $5 cash or check payable to UMM). CCC will provide certificates for 3.5 contact hours. Registration for this event is now closed.

CCC Vision Day 2023
2023-05-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott Township, ME, 04652, United States
The Community Caring Collaborative invites you to 2023 CCC Vision Day: Taking Flex Funds to the Next Level, May 22nd from 10 am — 3 pm at Cobscook Institute in Trescott. Join the CCC for a day of envisioning:

How to fully meet the needs of community members facing financial barriers
Streamlining access and processes across programs
Accelerating impact for families

Morning Refreshments & lunch provided. Download a flyer to share. Registration is now closed. You can add this event to your calendar using the “Add to calendar” option below the “submit” button.

No WG/PB/TCI meeting
2023-07-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC Work Group, Poverty Busters and TCI Resource Partners usually meet virtually from 1-2:30 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, but this month there will be no meeting due to its proximity to Independence day and vacations.

No C4 Meeting
2023-07-07 08:30 - 10:30 | ME
Meeting of the CCC Council on Zoom, usually on the first Friday of the month, but this month there will be no meeting due to its proximity to Independence Day and vacations.

C4 Meeting
2023-08-04 09:00 - 12:30 | UMM Reynolds Center, 116 O'Brien Avenue, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
In-person-only meeting of the CCC Council. Location: UMM Reynolds Center Conference Room. Use the Add to Calendar button below to calendar this event.

C4 Meeting
2023-09-01 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-10-06 08:30 - 10:30, 2023-11-03 08:30 - 10:30, 2024-01-05 08:30 - 10:30 | ME
Hybrid meeting of the CCC Council. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.

Effectively Communicating & Relating Across Poverty Barriers
2023-09-13 09:00 - 12:00 | WCCC St Croix Hall, 1 College Drive, Calais, ME, 04619, United States
Please join the Community Caring Collaborative and Working Communities Challenge for an impactful morning workshop with national poverty expert Dr. Donna Beegle. In this 3-hour, in-person training, Dr. Beegle uses activities to engage service providers, leaders and educators to explore the impact of life experiences on communication styles and provide a framework for improving communication and relationships with people who live in the war zone of poverty. Washington County Community College is hosting this event in their St Croix Lecture Hall (Gym building). Morning refreshments and Contact Hour Certificates will be provided. Dr. Beegle will also be signing copies of her books for sale.
We are no longer accepting registrations for this training.

Best Practice Tools for Interprofessional Collaboration
2023-10-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
Join the CCC for Best Practice Tools for Interprofessional Collaboration, a new free, virtual training. We’ve probably all had some kind of memorable team meeting experience. For some, it was worthwhile and for others it wasn’t. For many of us, it was somewhere in between. In this training we’ll take a look at what it takes to make wraparound supports between helping professionals productive and meaningful. We’ll look at the evidence base, core competencies, real teamwork scenarios and we’ll use a simple pencil and paper tool to enhance best practice. 9 am — 12 Noon. Register here to join this Zoom training.

Building Cultural Competency 2023 - Registration
2023-10-20 10:00 - 14:00 | Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott Township, ME, 04652, United States
The CCC invites you to Building Cultural Competency, a free training presented by Elizabeth Neptune of Neptune Advantage on October 20, 2023, from 10 am — 2 pm at Cobscook Institute in Trescott. Designed for Families Future Downeast staff and partners, this training is open to all CCC partner staff. Objectives 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

Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided. All participants will receive a certificate for 4 contact hours. Registration is now closed. Please notify Christy if you’d like to attend.

Family Harvest Meal 2023
2023-10-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Lee Pellon Center, 90 Main Street, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Everyone loves a roast chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy, especially if Angie Garrison from Angie’s Comfort Kitchen is cooking! The Community Caring Collaborative is delighted to invite community members to join us for dinner at our 5th annual Family Harvest Meal in Machias on October 27th at the Lee Pellon Center. We know that not everyone has the means, the time, or sometimes the energy to make a big meal at home. And for busy parents taking their kids trick or treating down Main Street in Machias, having a meal ready at the end of the route means they don’t have to think about dinner when they get home.
We’re planning on hundreds of meals, and we’re asking for your help in making sure families get to enjoy dinner after trick or treating down Main Street in Machias. We have resource tables available for your organization to share materials or run/donate kids’ activities. We’re looking for volunteers to help us set up, serve, and clean up. Contact Christy at claurel@cccmaine.org if you’d like a table or to volunteer.
This year we’re accepting donations where people can choose to sponsor meals at $15 each on our Givebutter site.
You can also download and share this flyer to help spread the word.

C4 Meeting
2023-12-01 08:30 - 10:30 | ME
In-person-only meeting of the CCC Council. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting. Location tbd.

From Trauma to Trauma-Informed
2024-01-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
CCC is please to announce a new training: From Trauma to Trauma-Informed: enhancing the customer experience, for FFD Partners but open to all CCC partner organizations. Julie Redding, LCPC, presents a resilience-oriented approach, moving from trauma information to neuroscience-based action, supporting practical skills to build greater capacity for self-regulation and self-care in both service providers and clients. January 12th, 9 am — 12 pm on Zoom. Participants will receive a certificate for 3 contact hours. Register here.
