Helping Your Business Navigate Substance Use in the Work Place
2019-10-10 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Downeast Recovery Support Center, Calais, 311 Main Street, Calais, 04619, United States
Sunrise County Economic Council and the Community Caring Collaborative are coordinating a 3-hour training for employers on this topic on October 10th from 5 – 8 pm at the Downeast Recovery Support Center, 311 Main Street, Calais.
The training will begin with local businesses sharing how they are engaging recovery communities and learn from lived experiences.
Next, participants will learn how to identify, respond, and engage with current and potential employees impacted by substance use disorder.
Finally, there will be a networking event with area resources that offer information, services, and programs that support workforce participation, including:

risk and liability
education and training
substance use treatment & prevention services

This event has been cancelled due to low enrollment and we are working to reschedule at a different time.

Tools & Topics BBL
2019-11-06 11:30 - 12:50 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Service providers are invited to a brown bag lunch on Tools & Topics: skills for helping clients achieve their financial goals presented by Joe Connors, Financial Coach with Downeast Community Partners. Joe will review useful tools for building budgets with clients (if you have a budget template you’re currently using, bring it with you!); discuss having conversations with clients about personal finances; and even harder conversations about financial privacy and accessing benefits. Bring your lunch, we’ll provide beverages and dessert. RSVP to Christine. Participants are welcome to stay for the Work Group meeting immediately following.

Tools & Topics: skills for helping clients achieve their financial goals
2019-11-06 11:30 - 12:50 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC invites service providers to a brown bag lunch presented by Joe Connors, attorney and financial coach with Downeast Community Partners, from 11:30 am to 12:50 pm in the large conference room at SCEC.

Learn Useful tools for building budgets with clients
Discuss how to have conversations with clients about personal finances
Explore even harder conversations about financial privacy and accessing benefits

Bring your lunch and we’ll provide beverages and dessert. RSVP to Christine.

Building Age-Friendly Communities from the Ground Up
2019-11-22 12:30 - 15:30 | Kay Parker Building, 26 Hadley Lake Road, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC and Washington County Thriving in Place invite Washington County town managers and select board members to join us for a lunch meeting with Patricia Oh, AARP Age-Friendly Consultant, to explore how joining AARP’s network of age-friendly communities can benefit your town. Hear from representatives of communities in Washington and Hancock Counties that have already joined this network. Learn the process for receiving an age-friendly community designation. 12:30 to 3:30 at the Kay Parker Building in Machias. Lunch will be provided. Registration for this meeting is now closed. Please contact Christine at claurel@cccmaine.org if you would like to attend.

Vision Day 2019
2019-12-04 09:00 - 15:00 | Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Rd, Trescott Township, ME, 04652, United States
The Community Caring Collaborative invites you to Vision Day 2019: focus on childcare on December 4th from 9 am to 3 pm at Cobscook Community Learning Center. This is an opportunity for all members of the collaborative — service providers, administrators, educators, advocates, volunteers and community members — to bring ideas to the table that address a specific set of needs for Washington County residents. We do this every couple of years in the relaxed atmosphere of our favorite vision day venue — the CCLC — where creativity and dreaming big are encouraged. This year we’re focusing on childcare. Help us envision a Washington County where all childcare needs and wants are met. Dream of all the ways childcare in Washington County can support children, families, and the economy. It will take people with experience in all aspects of this equation (parents, child care providers/managers, policy makers, educators and workforce development experts) to fully tackle the issues, but we can start on December 4th and go from there. Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Registration is closed for this event. Please contact Christine at claurel@cccmaine.org if you wish to attend.

WG / PB Meeting Cancelled
2019-12-04 13:00 - 15:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Today’s Work Group meeting is cancelled due to the CCC’s Vision Day taking place from 9 – 3 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center, at which all Work Group & Poverty Buster’s members are welcome.

WG / PB Meeting
2020-01-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC’s Work Group meets with Poverty Busters in the large conference room at SCEC, 7 Ames Way, Machias, from 1-3 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, except for this month when it would occur on New Year’s Day. Instead, we are meeting one week later on January 8th. Please join us! We are offering a Zoom option (meeting ID: 178 672 751) today because of snowy weather, but will cancel the meeting if AOS 96 has an early dismissal.
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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

Brown Bag Lunch on WIC
2020-03-04 11:30 - 12:45 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Brown Bag Lunch presentation with Q & A by Tawney Jacobs, Director of WIC for Washington & Hancock Counties. Bring your lunch, we’ll provided beverages. RSVP to Christine.

WG / PB Meeting
2020-03-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
CCC Work Group and Poverty Busters meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 1 — 3 pm in the large conference room at SCEC (7 Ames Way, Machias). 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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

Poverty 101: bias, barriers, and brain science
2020-03-10 09:00 - 15:30 | Kay Parker Building, 26 Hadley Lake Road, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC is excited to present Poverty 101: bias, barriers and brain science, a no-cost, thought-provoking, interactive training for all CCC partners on March 10th from 9 am to 3:30 pm in the training room at Kay Parker, Machias. This training equates to Family Futures Downeast Poverty 101: the Impacts of Poverty on Students and Families and will include a poverty simulator exercise, the effects of cortisol and toxic stress on brain development, exploring bias, and a conversation on scarcity and bandwidth. CCC staff will be presenting this training with special guest, Nicole Witherbee, Chief Program Officer with the John T. Gorman Foundation, who will discuss benefits cliffs and provide data on poverty and how foundations seek to effect change. The day will wrap up with a panel of parents sharing their experiences with barriers and supports that make a difference in pursuing post-secondary education. Lunch will be provided. Please arrive early to check in and get situated (morning refreshments will be provided). CEUs will be available for $5 from UMM; all participants will receive a certificate for 6 contact hours. This training has reach its maximum number of participants. We have a long waiting list and are no longer accepting new submissions for attending this training.

Tobacco Prevention BBL
2020-04-01 11:30 - 12:50 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC invites you to a virtual brown bag lunch on April 1st from 11:30 — 12:50 with staff from Healthy Acadia. Using Zoom technology, Katie Sell and Georgie Kendall will present a non-clinical outreach training on tobacco prevention, including an overview of electronic nicotine delivery systems (vaping). Participants will become familiar with the Quitlinks.com referral program and discuss success rates that combine counseling and nicotine replacement therapies; review helpful language to use for encouraging clients to seek help quitting tobacco; and get an overview of vaping – the harmful effects; statistics on use among youth; and marketing strategies by large tobacco companies that target youth. Email Christine to sign up. Zoom invitation:
Join Zoom Meeting
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WG / PB Meeting
2020-04-01 13:00 - 15:00 | ME, United States
CCC’s Work Group & Poverty Busters will be a Zoom-only event from 1-3:00 pm. Use this invitation to join: Join Zoom Meeting
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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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

Dental Student Conversation - Postponed
2020-04-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
This event has been postponed, owing to the NYU School of Dentistry and WCCP postponing the Dental Clinic due to the COVID-19 situation. Once the clinic has been rescheduled, we will reschedule the conversation we are hosting between service providers and the NYU Dental School students about health and potential barriers to health in Washington county.

Healing Garden Cancelled
2020-05-06 11:30 - 12:50 | Downeast Recovery Support Center, 11 Free Street, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
This presentation by Elin MacKinnon, LCSW, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation.

WG / PB Zoom Meeting
2020-05-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Downeast Recovery Support Center, 11 Free Street, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC’s Work Group will be meeting via Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpf-2rqDoqGNyMrUpn0C9N8JtuvtJdtob6
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

NextStep Zoom Presentation
2020-06-03 11:00 - 12:30 | ME, United States
Join the CCC on June 3rd from 11:00 am — 12:30 pm for a Zoom presentation by Next Step Community Educator, Cheyenne Robinson-Bauman. Get the basics of domestic violence plus its impacts on families, including how financial tensions can trigger situations of DV, and explore ways of supporting families to address DV. Cheyenne will also discuss best practices for safely communicating with families using social media and other technology — especially important during this time when so many of us are connecting virtually. Registration is required to join this meeting. Once you register, you will receive the full Zoom invitation. Please join early to make sure all your settings are working. The meeting will be live at 10:45 am.

WG / PB Zoom
2020-06-03 13:00 - 15:30 | ME, United States
Join the CCC Work Group Zoom meeting by clicking this link to register. You will be emailed the link/phone number info to join. Please join a few minutes early to ensure your audio is working.
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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

C4 Zoom
2020-06-05 08:30 - 10:30 | ME, United States
Zoom Meeting of the CCC Council. Contact Charley Martin-Berry for an invitation to this meeting.

True Senior Prom 2020 Cancelled
2020-06-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Rose M. Gaffney Elementary School, 15 Rose Gaffney Road, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
We regret that it has been necessary to cancel this year’s True Senior Prom, due to the COVID-19 situation. We hope to bring back this wonderful event for seniors in the spring of 2021.

Supporting Recovery in the Midst of the Pandemic
2020-06-24 10:00 - 12:00 | ME
Since COVID19, our community has felt the dramatic shift in service delivery that has led to opportunities for unique and innovative strategies to support individuals and families impacted by substance use disorder. This virtual, partner-wide training will explore pandemic-related risks to recovery, share strategies to support community members who are at increased risk for recurrence of substance use, and provide resources for substance use and recovery supports and services. 10 am — 12 noon on Zoom. Please use this link to register. Zoom will email information to join the training. Please plan to join a few minutes early to get comfortable and ensure that all your settings are working satisfactorily.

No WG Meeting this month
2020-07-01 13:00 - 15:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
There will be no Work Group meeting this month – Happy Fourth of July! Next meeting is August 5th. Contact Christine to join these meetings.

No C4 Meeting this Month
2020-07-03 08:30 - 10:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
There will be no meeting of the CCC Council this month. Happy Fourth of July! Next meeting is on August 7th. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.

Understanding Stress & Self Care: Info & Strategies for COVID
2020-07-08 09:00 - 10:30 | ME
CCC partners and community members are invited to a virtual training presented by Julie Redding, CCC Clinical Director, on Understanding Stress & Self Care: Information and Strategies for COVID 19. Learn tools for identifying and managing your stress in this free, 90-minute Zoom event. Use this link to register. Zoom will email you the invitation to join.

Thriving in Place Partners Meeting
2020-07-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The Washington County Thriving in Place Initiative partners meet quarterly on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 9 am to 12 noon in the large conference room at SCEC around the implementation of the initiative’s plan, sponsored by the Maine Health Access Foundation. Contact Charley Martin-Berry for more information on this meeting.

Welcoming Students
2020-07-29 09:00 - 10:30 | ME
CCC partners are invited to a virtual training presented by Julie Redding, CCC Clinical Director, on Welcoming Students: What to expect and how best to prepare. Learn tools to identify and respond to stress in children and families in this free, 90-minute Zoom event.
Register in advance for this training. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining this Zoom. Please plan to join a few minutes early to make sure all settings are working and you have what you need for this training.

Preparing your kids for school
2020-08-12 19:00 - 20:00 | ME
Returning to school this fall — what to expect and how to prepare your kids — has many families concerned. Join other parents with questions for our clinical director, Julie Redding, on a live Facebook Q & A next Wednesday, August 12th, at 7 pm on the topic of preparing your kids for school. Link to join will be posted on the CCC’s Facebook page.

WG / PB Meeting
2020-09-02 13:00 - 15:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
The CCC’s Work Group & Poverty Busters are meeting on Zoom, from 1-3:00 pm, on the first Wednesday of each month. Register ahead to get Zoom connection info. 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. Both groups are now meeting 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! Contact Christine to join these meetings.

C4 Meeting
2020-09-04 08:30 - 10:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Meeting of the CCC Council via Zoom. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.

Understanding substance use related stigma: Strategies for better practice and social change
2020-09-24 11:30 - 13:00 | ME
Substance use disorders are the most widely stigmatized public health issue of our time. In recognition of National Recovery month, we see the need to continue learning, supporting, and addressing the ways in which we respond to individuals impacted by substance use disorders. During this 90 minute virtual training, participants will gain knowledge on the cycle of stigma, impacts of substance use related stigma, and the many ways in which substance use stigma is present in our daily lives. Participants will learn to identify personal bias and strategies to reduce substance use related stigma in personal, professional, and community settings.
This free Zoom event is open to all community members. Register in advance to attend and Zoom will email you the links to join.

C4 Zoom Meeting
2020-10-02 08:30 - 10:30 | Sunrise County Economic Council, 7 Ames Way, Machias, ME, 04654, United States
Zoom meeting of the CCC Council on the 1st Friday of each Month. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting. Members must register in advance.
