Eastern Area Agency on Aging is sponsoring a free 12-hour Savvy Caregiver Training for people caring for a family member or friend with dementia, presented by Lisa King, Social Service Director at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Machias and a Master Savvy Caregiver Trainer through the Office of Aging & Disability and Department of Health […]
Would you know what to do if someone was experiencing an opioid overdose? Joseph Locke from Bangor Public Health and Community Services will join the Community Caring Collaborative at 11:45 am in the large conference room at SCEC, 7 Ames Way, Machias, to offer a brown bag lunch presentation on Opioid Overdose Prevention. Here you […]
Caregiver Basic Skills, Part 2 is a free training designed for family & friends who are caring for an elder with memory/cognitive issues presented by Rosemary Nevala, RN, from Marshall Healthcare Facility and Pamela Grant, CNA, from Down East Community Hospital. Part 1 of this training series dealt with physical care of frail and/or elders […]
You are invited to a free seminar with Q & A on the topic of Fraud Prevention from 12 to 3 pm at the Kay Parker Building in Machias. This will be a panel presentation with Joseph Connors, Financial Coach with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Hilary Fernald, Downeast Senior Safety Net Attorney with Legal Services […]
The CCC's Work Group & Poverty Busters will be meeting at a different location this month - the large conference room at the Machias Career Center - from 1:00-3:30 pm. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community […]
Meeting of the CCC Council in the SCEC large Conference Room at 7 Ames Way, Machias. Contact Charley Martin-Berry to join this meeting.
The CCC is thrilled to host New Ventures Maine in presenting this free workshop for providers who work with families and individuals in a coaching, navigating, case management and supportive educational capacity. Workshop attendees will: - Explore attitudes and beliefs about money and different money management styles - Learn the elements of Financial Coaching - Understand budgeting basics, […]
The CCC invites you to a brown bag lunch on March 6th from 11:30 am -- 1 pm in the large conference room at SCEC (7 Ames Way, Machias) for Transgender Cultural Competence: beyond the basics and the binary, presented by Hannah Ruhlin of Health Equity Alliance. Learn supportive, respectful approaches for communicating with and […]
This is the rescheduled training from March 18th, presented by Elin MacKinnon, LCSW, and designed for staff at all levels in Family Futures Downeast partner organizations featuring scenarios and content consistent with 2Gen approaches with a specific focus on Washington County early and higher education. At the conclusion of this training, participants will understand: • […]
Join CCC staff for an hour's conversation with the NYU School of Dentistry team in the large conference room at SCEC on April 10th. These are the students who volunteer their time for the free dental clinic coordinated by Sunrise Opportunities each year in April. For the past several years, CCC staff and Work Group/Poverty […]