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REAL STORIES
"Supporting family success in every community" is our mission. But just how do you describe a family's success? This recent letter provides at least one family's answer to the question.
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"Safety First"
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"Safety Always"
Charles M. Hayes
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We believe in our mission of "supporting family success in every community" and hope you do too.
Please consider helping us advance our mission by making a charitable contribution to Family Continuity today.
View our donation options here.
THANK YOU TO
OUR LATEST DONOR
LAKE PEARL
$250.00
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Greetings from the CEO,
It has been a great month for human service worker safety in Massachusetts and nationally. Announced last month, Family Continuity is proud to be part of the enactment and signing of the state's first safety bill, see pictures and article below. In addition, just last week, NASW published its "Guidelines for Social Worker Safety in the Workplace" drawing heavily on the work of this agency and the Massachusetts Safety Taskforce of which we've been an active part. But a great month in terms of politics and guidelines is meaningless if it doesn't translate into keeping safety in the forefront of our thinking... professionally, in our personal lives, and for the individuals and families with which we work (see this month's Family Corner piece regarding Domestice Violence).
Sincerely, 
Earl "Skip" Stuck |
In the News
NASW Publishes Worker Safety Guidelines: 
Family Continuity is pleased to have been a part of the expert panel that helped write and offered consultation and advice to NASW's recently published Social Worker Safety guidelines. Please click on this link to the Guidelines and think about how they apply to you and the work you do.
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Legislative News 
Governor Patrick Signs Social Work Safety Bill
Governor Deval Patrick participated in a ceremonial bill signing at the State House on Friday afternoon for the Social Work Safety bill. The Providers' Council and its members, including Family Continuity CEO Skip Stuck who was integral in the legislative process, attended the bill signing. Continue reading here. |
Family Corner
What You Should Know About Domestic Violence...
"They say that you always hurt the ones you love..." but does it have to be that way? Too often, instead of being places where adults and children feel loved, safe and secure, domestic violence can turn home life into frightening nightmares for all family members.
The US Department of Justice defines domestic violence as "a pattern of behavior in any relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner". Abuse is physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that frighten, intimidate, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, injure or wound someone. Continue reading here... |
Program Spotlight
Family Support Programs Offered
at Northbridge High School
A coalition of community mental health providers, health professionals and educators offered four family support programs to community members in late January. The Northbridge Coalition presented four resource workshops for parents in late January at Northbridge High School, 427 Linwood Ave., Whitinsville.
The free workshops dealt with suicide, communication with children and schools to overcome struggles, healthy lifestyles, and Internet safety. Continue reading here...
School Districts Mull In-House Mental Health Services
Students in Northbridge and Uxbridge may be able to receive mental health services within their high schools next year, as a group is exploring the establishment of in-school behavioral health clinics in the districts.
Representatives from the towns are working jointly to develop a program to offer expanded mental health services that could be a stepping-stone to creating more general school-based health clinics in the future. The group has the support of both districts, and legislators like Sen. Richard Moore and State Rep. Kevin Kuros, who attended a meeting on the topic at Northbridge High School Thursday, February 28. Continue reading here... |
Family Continuity's Kailyn Santacroce Looking for a Seat on the Board of NASW Massachusetts Chapter
Kailyn Santacroce, an MSW Candidate at Bridgewater State University and a Mental Health Counselor at our Whitinsville office is on the MSW Student Ballot for the NASW Massachusetts Chapter Board of Directors for 2013. Kailyn's platform statement is: "I plan to use my energy and vigor toward working with the Board of Directors to explore new ideas and promote positive change for NASW and the social work field."
If you're a NASW Massachusetts Member vote online today at www.naswma.org. Online voting is open until 5pm on April 30th.
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