REAL STORIES
It is a sad fact that bad things can and do happen to good people. When you get close to almost any family, you'll soon find that while they have many parts of their lives balanced and under control, any number of events can take place that will tip the balance, with far reaching consequences.
An increasing number of "real stories" begin like this one, when hard times hit a "regular" family...
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Announcement
The Administrative offices in Hyannis are moving to Pymouth. As of January 1, 2014, the offices of Family Continuity's CEO and Administrative Support Coordinator will be moving from the current 60 Perserverance Way, Hyannis location, where they have been since 2006, to a new space adjacent to the agency's Plymouth Mental Health Clinic.
The new address for Family Continuity's CEO, Earl "Skip" Stuck, and the Administrative Support Coordinator, Jon Ferguson, is:
Family Continuity
118 Long Pond Road Suite 102
Plymouth, MA 02360
Contact telephone numbers will remain the same.
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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.
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Greetings from the CEO,
The New Year is upon us. This past year has been a great one for Family Continuity. Once again, we served nearly 6,000 individuals and families. We got to help people struggle through difficult times and see how resilient families can be if given a chance and support. Our work has produced excellent outcomes for the people we serve, a fact documented by a rigorous service evaluation process. Did everyone get all the help they needed? No, and that's why our work in 2014 remains as important as ever.
To our friends, clients and staff, "Here's hoping that everyone gets time to spend with family and friends during this Holiday Season, that your hearts stay warm, and that 2014 is the year when your hopes and dreams come true."
Sincerely,
Earl "Skip" Stuck |
Program Spotlight
Therapeutic Mentoring Services
A therapeutic mentor builds relationships, trust, and works one-on-one with a child or youth who, because of their behavioral-health needs, require support and coaching to learn social skills, including better ways to communicate and get along with others. Services are provided in any setting where the youth resides, such as the home (including foster homes and therapeutic foster homes), and in the other community settings such as school, child care centers, respite settings and other culturally and linguistically appropriate community settings.
Specific areas of support include: ~ Structured, one-to-one, strength-based support services for the purpose of addressing daily living, social, and communication needs. ~ Coaching and training the youth in age-appropriate behaviors, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution, and relating appropriately to other youth and adults. ~ Designed to support age-appropriate social functioning or ameliorate deficits in the youths age-appropriate social functioning. Referrals Through local Community Support Agencies (CSA) or by self- referral to Family Continuity.
Cost Service rates are payable under the benefit plans through any of the Managed Care Organizations for Mass Health (MBHP, BMC, Beacon Health Strategies, Network Health, or Neighborhood Health Plan). Private pay rates available.
Contact: Call 1-866-219-3320,or by e-mail at [email protected].
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Family Corner
Mentors, want to be one?
Ever thought about mentors? What's a mentor? It could be anyone, it could be you. Pastors and Big Brothers can be mentors. So too, teachers, aunts and uncles, peers, neighbors, parents and grandparents. Some people volunteer, others make their livings as mentors. A mentor could be anyone who takes the time to "take someone under their wing", to share their experiences, knowledge, and wisdom with another person. A mentor's work is to build a relationship, to be that person we all need, someone who's "absolutely crazy about us", who's there when we need them.
Family Continuity uses mentors too. Peer mentors, known as "family partners" work with parents and children who struggle with emotional disturbances. Therapeutic Mentors work with children through the state's Children's Behavioral Health Initiative. The agency also provides mentors through contracts with DMH and DDS. Every day, we see the power that these relationships have to change lives.
January is National Mentoring Month. It is a good time to think about someone who could use a mentor (that would be everyone!), or whether you could be that person for someone else. For more information about mentors, check out the following websites:
National Mentoring month, www.nationalmentoringmonth.org
The Corporation for National and Community Service, www.serve.gov/?q=site-page/mentoring.
Family Continuity, www.familycontinuity.org.
The Mass Mentoring Project, www.massmentors.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters, www.bbbs.org.
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News!!!
Webster Family Fund grant
We are pleased to announce that Family Continuity's Lawrence site has been awarded a $1,550.00 grant from the Webster Family Fund, a fund of the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF). The Lawrence office will use the grant funds to support its community outreach work through the purchase of mobile laptops to provide remote access, for our community outreach work with clients and their families.
The Webster Family Fund was formed in 2005 when the D.K. Webster Family Foundation transferred its assets into a field of interest fund at the Essex County Community Foundation. The Fund supports capital projects at nonprofit organizations serving the Greater Lawrence community.
The Essex County Community Foundation is a convener, teacher, grantor and investment manager for Essex County's donors and nonprofits. Together, the Foundation and its community of philanthropists raise charitable funds and nonprofit assets, give effective grants and strategic counsel, and teach nonprofit leaders management skills, best practices and economies of scale. Learn more at www.eccf.org.
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