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Free 8-hour training           on relationship violence  
 
Our Family -- in collaboration with Emerge! and Wingspan -- is offering a free eight-hour training on relationship violence. The training is given in two four-hour sessions.
 
Topics will include: definition of relationship violence; societal
structures that enable relationship violence; explanation of the power and control wheel and how power and control is realized in various cultures; how to be supportive to survivors of relationship violence; using empowering language with survivors; and safety planning and resources for survivors
 
The training will be held from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. April 14 and 16, 2010, at Emerge!, 2425 North Haskell Drive. 
 
Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Participants must commit to attending both days. For more information, please contact Kathy Schlitz or download a brochure.
 
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'09 Directory    now just $20 
 
Still don't have your copy of the 2009 Directory of Community Resources for Southern Arizona?
 
Get yours now at the reduced price of just $20 per copy (plus $6.50 shipping.) Pick up a copy at 3830 E. Bellevue, or email us to make an order.

Published by Information & Referral, a program of Our Family, the directory is your guide to more than 2,600 nonprofit and community organizations across Southern Arizona.
 
Publication of a new guide isn't scheduled until later this year at the earliest, and it will only include services in Pima County.
 

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Spring into Auction!Online fundraiser begins Monday 
 
The bidding doesn't start until Monday, but already our online auction catalog is filling up with some great items: art glass and framed photographs, tickets to movies, museums, concerts and sporting events, oodles of jewelry items, haircuts and manicures, and gift certificates from restaurants all over town. And did we mention the ride-along in a Tucson Police Department helicopter?
 
Don't miss the fun! Visit our website starting Monday and place your bids!
 
It's not too late to donate an item for the auction. If you've got goods or services to donate, bring them by our offices at 3830 E. Bellevue.
 
What every employee needs to know 
 

Like basic training for all levels of workers in the behavioral and social services, Our Family's C.O.R.E. (Comprehensive Orientation & Required Education) is a 27-hour course covering social issues such as homelessness, violence, addiction, domestic violence, child/elder abuse and LGBT awareness. It also includes training in communications skills, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, ethics, boundaries, confidentiality, HIPAA, suicide assessment/intervention and risk management.

 
The curriculum is appropriate for employees working in both for-profit and nonprofit agencies. It may be taken in entirety, or you may choose the topics you need.
 

The next C.O.R.E. will be held March 18 and 25, and April 1 and 8.  For more information, or if you'd like to discuss possibilities for receiving this training, contact Kathy Schlitz.