Healthy Acadia invites community members to enroll in a 4-day Recovery Coach course to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to guide and mentor others through their own recovery process. Presented by certified trainers Denise Black (in photo above) and Terri Woodruff. This training will be held at the DHHS offices in Machias, 8 am to 5 pm, […]
This is a FREE, four-hour training on Cultural Competency presented by Elizabeth ("Liz") Neptune and sponsored by the Community Caring Collaborative in the Assembly Room at Washington County Community College in Calais. This training is geared for Family Futures Downeast staff and partner agencies, medical providers, mental health and social service providers, school guidance counselors, law enforcement, and anyone […]
The CCC's Work Group meets with Poverty Busters 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 […]
This is a free informational session on March 29th from 9 am to 12 Noon in Science 102 at the University of Maine, Machias, with financial & legal experts Hilary Fernald, Downeast Senior Safety Net Attorney with Legal Services for the Elderly; Joseph Connors, Financial Coach with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and Ted Cobb of the […]
Washington County Caregivers Conference is a free event for informal and family caregivers who play such a critical role in providing care for chronically ill, disabled and aging members of our communities so they can remain at home. If you are one of the estimated 44 million people nationwide who provide these services, or want to […]
The Washington County Resiliency Team invites all medical, mental health, substance use, social service, legal, economic and other service providers to a brown bag lunch on Self-Care & Avoiding Provider Burnout on May 3rd from 11:30 am to 1 pm at a location in Machias tba. This is not your ordinary brown bag lunch - download the flyer for […]
This is a followup to the February 3rd meeting, convened by Children's Behavioral Services, to address the long wait times of children for HCT and Section 28 services. Join other providers of children's behavioral services for a brainstorming brown bag lunch on May 5th from 11 am to 1 pm in the large conference room […]
Registration is now open for the Maine Infant Mental Health Association's 30th annual training conference at the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown in Freeport, May 12th from 8:15 am to 4 pm, This year's featured speaker is Stephan A. Viehweg on Tackling the Tough Stuff: Supporting Families at Risk. Download the MeAIMH Conf 2017 flyer for more information.
This training will be presented by LaDonna Pavetti, Ph.D., Vice President for Family Income Support Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, from 9 am to 4 pm at the Kay Parker Building in Machias. Lunch will be provided. To register, please fill out the information requested below and press the submit button. […]
This meeting is specifically for landlords and property managers in Washington County. The Community Caring Collaborative is excited to host this gathering to help connect two important groups: those with housing units to rent and those who help people become great tenants. The meeting will include a panel presentation from several organizations who offer supports […]