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Congratulations
to
Dr. Louise Kiessling
Wins Excellence in Teaching
Award
Following quickly on the
heels of being named the 2009 Champion for Community Change by
the Washington County Coalition for Children, pediatrician and
activist Louise Kiessling received the Dean's Excellence in
Teaching Award from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
University. Dr. Kiessling says she sees it really as an award
to the excellent Community Health Clerkship program that WCCC
has set up in partnership with the medical school and area
doctors.
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Free
publications
from the
US Dept. of
Education
One of WCCC's advisors was
looking for Growing Up Drug Free:
A Parent's Guide to Prevention, and found that she (and
you) can get one - or 50 and more - free copies of this and
many other Department of Education publications at its website. She's
sharing her copies with child care sites. What can you do with
yours?
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For
your
reading pleasure
Up-to-date
reports
on everything
about
children and
poverty
More than a dozen founda- tions
support Spotlight on Poverty
and Opportunity. In turn, it makes available an endless
number of free and up-to-date
reports on issues having to do with children and poverty,
such as ending childhood hunger, child birthweight problems,
home- less children, and more from reputable sources around
the country.
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Don't
go to www.washcokids.org this summer (unless you really
need important resources)
We'll be giving
the website some 'tough
love'.
Like
good-intentioned, community advocacy organizations
around the world, the Washington County Coalition for
Children is always trying to do more with less. As
someone wise said the other day, "Soon we'll be doing
everything for nothing!"
One area ripe
for an update is our website. We
want to highlight some very valuable resources that lie
just below the surface.
Did you know,
for example, that you can:
- search for children's mental health providers via
a comprehensive database for services ranging from
evaluation to consultation to medication management to
hospitalization by every age group?
- find essential, credible data about children for
every town in Washington County from 2003 on?
- download a parents handbook for helpful tips about
community resources?
- directly link to some of the most useful
family-oriented organizations in the
state?
Didn't think
so.
That's why we'll be spending the
summer giving www.washcokids.org a thorough upgrading
and some improvements.
So please, please
don't go there this summer.
Unless you
need really useful
information!
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West
Bay Partnership is "open for
business".
"Red tape" cut
for families in crisis; now they can access multiple
sites with a single toll-free number:
866-840-6532.
With
several key agencies working together, the West Bay
Family Care Community Partnership is offering a red
tape-cutting, comprehensive system of care for children
and families at risk, regardless of where the family
first makes contact. Services vary from energy
assistance and parenting skills training to intensive,
multi-service care plans for children with serious
emotional disturbances.
The
partnership in Washington and Kent Counties is led by
South County Community Action, Family Services RI,
Westbay Community Action, Bayside Family Health Care,
and Thundermist Health Center as principal partners as
well as South Shore Mental Health Center and The Kent
Center.
The target population for
FCCP services are:
- Children of any age with serious emotional
disturbances
- Children at risk of foster placement
- Children at risk or involved with the juvenile
justice system
- Children and families in crisis or in need of
multiple services/integrated care
Families can access services from 14 sites located
throughout Washington and Kent Counties.
For further information, contact West
Bay FCCP Director Sean Walsh, LICSW, at South County
Community Action, 789-3016, ext. 315, or
swalsh@sccainc.org.
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What you need to know about
the WCCC
The
Washington County Coalition for Children brings together
everyone in Washington County who cares about children.
The Coalition is known for:
- Tracking and publishing the trends in
children's issues, and convening public meetings
around the needs.
- Convening monthly meetings that bring
together more than 40 organizations to tackle the most
compelling problems facing children and their
families.
- Establishing a website to help
parents of children with mental health and substance
abuse problems connect with local treatment
providers
- Sponsoring an annual "How Are the
Children?" Forum, a must-attend event for anyone
working on children's issues: community leaders,
advocates, and elected officials.
- Holding monthly workshops to help
doctors and mental health professionals care for
children with behavioral health problems and
developmental disabilities.
- Organizing a holiday gift drive for
teens in conjunction with Casey's Grill & Bar in
Wakefield.
The
Coalition achieves astounding results, with just one
part-time staff person, dedicated volunteers, and
administrative support from VNS Home Health Services. We
cover all Coalition costs through voluntary
contributions of
Coalition members, grants, and your generous
donations.
For more information about the Washington County
Coalition for Children, go to www.washcokids.org or
contact Coalition Coordinator Susan Orban at
wccc@washcokids.org or (401)
788-2061.
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