Events

Franklin County faces urgent housing challenges — and meaningful opportunities. Join us for the Franklin County Housing Conversation – a regional conversation about where we are, what the data tells us, and how we move forward together. Learn about housing in Franklin County Be among the first to explore key findings from Building Homes. Building Futures., […]

Attention nonprofits! Does your organization provide direct services to individuals and families? The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts has announced that applications are now open for Community Resilience Grants. This new grant initiative provides urgent, flexible support to frontline organizations throughout our region in the form of a one-time grant of up to $50,000.  

Learn what self-injury is, why people do it and how to be a better support when it happens. Many trainings on self-injury are ineffective because they focus on pathologizing the experience and trying to force people to stop. In this workshop, we will embrace harm reduction philosophy to go deeper into the context of self-injury […]

Esta es una clase completa dividida en dos días: 11 y 18 de abril.Horario: 9:00 am – 2:00pm La clase cubre todos los aspectos de la compra de una casa. Diseñado específicamente para compradores de vivienda por primera vez, la clase está certificada por CHAPA, HUD y MassHousing. Se requiere completar la clase para calificar […]

This in-person workshop will focus on de-escalating behaviors and preventing crises. Topics will include:   De-escalation goals Pre-de-escalation strategies Keys to effective de-escalation De-escalation techniques De-escalation pitfalls to avoid How to de-escalate as a team De-escalation safety Brennan will be hosting 1:1 consultations at a later workshop.