October 28, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 10/28/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Resources
Community News
LIFT-Somerville (formerly the National Student Partnership) is offering free assistance in applying for public benefits, housing, health insurance, jobs, and GED programs as well as finding legal assistance at their site at the Family Center. For more information, please call 617-591-9400.
Sharewood will offer a free health clinic for everyone, including those without health insurance or green cards on Tuesdays from 6:30-9:00 PM at the First Church of Malden, 184 Pleasant St, near the Malden Center T stop. For more information, see the attached flyer called <Malden Free Clinic>.
The Somerville Committee on Suicide Prevention and Mental Health will sponsor a forum on Making Connections – Promoting Positive Mental Health on November 5 from 5:30-7:00PM at the Assisted Living Community, 259 Lowell St in Somerville. For more information and to register, contact Patty Contente at 617-625-6600 ext. 4325 or pcontente@somervillema.gov.
Porter Square Books will host a discussion with author Nancy Rappaport on her book In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide on November 5 at 7 PM at Porter Square Books, 25 White St in Cambridge. For more information, contact info@portersquarebooks.com.
The Lexington Human Services Department is organizing a dialogue night for youth and adults to discuss the challenging issues of underage alcohol use and abuse and risky behaviors on November 17 from 7-9 PM at St. Brigid’s Church in Lexington. For more information, please contact Laurie Henry at 781-861-2742.
Conferences/Trainings
The Statewide Partnership for HIV Education in Recovery Environments (SPHERE) is offering a training on Understanding Substance Use and Abuse covering categories of substances, the basic concepts of addiction and recovery and treatment modalities on November 2 from 8:30-4:30 in Worcester. For more information and to register (the cost is $25), contact AdCare at 508-752-7313 or denise@adcare-educational.org.
The Radcliffe Institute is offering a lecture on Women and Health: A Comprehensive Focus For Global Health on November 2 at 4 PM in the Radcliffe gymnasium, 10 Garden St in Cambridge. For more information, visit www.radcliffe.edu/events or call 617-495-8600.
Framingham and Natick Human Services are sponsoring a conference on Funding Strategies in Challenging Times on November 13 from 9:30-3:30 at the Natick Senior Center, 117 East Central St in Natick. Pre-registration is requested by November 2. Contact Robert Cammarata at cths@tmlp.net or 508-821-1420.
The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling is offering financial literacy classes on November 3 and November 20 from 8:30-9:30 AM at 251 West Central St in Natick. Particular topics of classes will depend on participant interest, so contact Peggie Milisci at 617-426-4555 or peggie@masscompulsivegambling.org.
Children’s Hospital Boston will offer a Community Asthma Forum on November 21 from 11:00-2:00 at the Codman Square Health Center’s Great Hall, 637 Washington St in Dorchester. For more information and register, contact Elaine Chan at 617-355-3496 or Elaine.chan@childrens.harvard.edu.
The Partnership for a Heart-Healthy, Stroke-Free Massachusetts is holding its annual conference Take it to Heart: Nutrition Matters, Preventing Heart Disease and Stroke on January 29, 2010 from 8:30-3:00 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester. For more information, visit www.HeartStrokeMA.org.
Community Program Innovations is offering a series of trainings across the state for mental health and substance abuse counselors as well as educators and nurses among others. For more information and the complete listing of trainings and locations, visit www.communityprograminnovations.com.
Funding Opportunities
Tufts University is offering grants to support staff and their organizations to conduct community engaged research through their Building Your Capacity and Advancing Research Through Community Engagement program. The deadline has been extended to November 12. For more information and the application, visit http://tuftsctsi.org/Funding-Opportunities/Building-Your-Capacity--and-Advancing-Research-through-Community-Engagement.aspx?c=129012332855992883.
Resources
There is a new link on the Regional Center’s website for New Titles available in our Library. Check out http://www.healthier-communities.org/node/106 to see some of our new items.
The proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives are now posted for public comment on the www.healthypeople.gov website.