The Washington County Thriving in Place Initiative invites all seniors to its first annual Senior Safety Expo on Saturday, October 21st from 9 am to 12 Noon in the Multipurpose room at the Maine Veterans' Home in Machias. Come with your medications to this free event and sit with a pharmacist for a personal medication […]
Join the CCC's Work Group & Poverty Busters on November 1st at the Kay Parker Building in Machias (not 7 Ames Way) for an extended brown bag lunch beginning at 12:30 pm and concluding at 3:30 pm, preempting the WG/PB meeting this month. We will be exploring local resources for families, elders, individuals with substance […]
Join Maine Equal Justice Partners and your colleagues in Washington County on December 18th from 2-4 pm at the Kay Parker Building in Machias to continue the conversation about child poverty from last spring's community forum: Invest in Tomorrow: Solving Childhood Poverty is Everyone's Problem. This will be an opportunity to discuss what solutions could be […]
Following up on requests made at the Summer Addiction, Recovery & the Work Force Summit, Sunrise County Economic Council is hosting a free event on December 19th from 9 am to Noon at their offices at 7 Ames Way in Machias - Establishing a Drug-Free Workplace and Drug Testing Policies in Maine, presented by Amanda […]
Meeting of the CCC Council is cancelled due to blizzard conditions.
Changes to Maine’s Safety Net: Understanding & Accessing TANF, SNAP and MaineCare -- a free training for service providers in Washington County from 10 am to 1 pm (please note that we have delayed the training by one hour to accommodate icy roads) on January 9, 2018 in the Assembly Room of Washington County Community College in […]
Sunrise County Economic Council is hosting an important training for business owners and HR personnel on January 10th (rescheduled from December 12th) from 9 am to Noon at their offices at 7 Ames Way in Machias, Understanding Substance Use in the Workplace. This training presented by Marjorie F. Withers, LCPC, will lay the foundation for understanding […]
On March 29th from 9 am to 12 Noon the law firm of Drummond Woodsum will present a free workshop for employers anxious to learn the legal ramifications of working with employees using medical Cannabis and other substances in light of legislation such as: The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) The Maine Human Rights Act […]
Elin MacKinnon, LCSW, presents a brown bag lunch for the CCC - Healing Gardens: Horticultural Therapy - on April 4th in the large conference room at SCEC from 11:30 am to 1 pm. Elin will provide a brief history and introduction to the profession of horticultural therapy - how it works and where it’s practiced. […]
Crack Cocaine: Information for direct service workers - a free seminar on how to recognize crack cocaine use for home visitors, case managers, substance use counselors, DHHS workers, etc. Ralph Pineo, Matt Cashman and Steven Saucier from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency's Downeast Taskforce will provide an overview of Crack Cocaine use in Washington County […]