Human Service Forum

Adult Family Care Info Session
2024-06-18 18:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)

Diabetes Don't Sugar Coat It
2024-06-18 18:00 - 19:00
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 6-7 p.m.
The CDC reports that over 38.4 million people of all ages have diabetes and 8.7 million who have diabetes have not been diagnosed and do not know they have it.
Join Dr. Cecilia Lozier, chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Baystate Endocrinology, for a discussion about diabetes, the symptoms and the lifestyle changes to live healthier with diabetes, as well as treatment options.
If you are interested in attending other virtual events, join our free Loyalty Programs, Senior Class and Baystate Health Every Woman for updates on events and articles.

Whole Children + Milestones Open House
2024-06-18 15:30 - 17:00 | Inclusive Community Center, 41 Russell St., Hadley, MA, 01035, United States
Want to check out Whole Children and Millstones at our Inclusive Community Center before signing up? Come tour the accessible building, meet our teachers, jump in the ball pit, make a craft and have a snack. This is FREE and open to all ages! Bring your friends and family!
Save the date for Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18, from 3:30–5 p.m.
Sign up now at pathlight.life/WCopenhouse

Bikes Fight Cancer
2024-06-15 08:00 - 12:00
This charity FUNdraising bike ride, in Western Mass, supports families dealing with the burden of a cancer diagnosis and cancer research. Choose from 25 mile and 50 mile routes, that weave through the beautiful Pioneer Valley and along the Connecticut River with some nice long straightaways along green farm land and rollers with views of the river. The 50-mile rides will be a bit more challenging but will reward riders with great views! There will be fun activities like food trucks, great water stops and a kids trail ride.

Through athletic events like the Bikes Fight Cancer Charity Ride we encourage a community to participate, donate, and fundraise to feel empowered in the fight against cancer. Join us on our exciting journey! Last years ride resulted in a $36,000 donation to the Cancer House of Hope.

Family Outreach of Amherst Light Up the Night
2024-06-14 17:30 - 21:00
June 14, 2024 | 5:30 p.m. –
Home of Betsy and Bruce McInnis, 76 Lincoln Avenue, Amherst
Lose Yourself in the Magic of a Midsummer’s Night!
Enjoy Delicious Fresh Food and Fabulous Drink Pairings
Savor the flavors of exquisite cuisine prepared from local chefs featuring an oyster bar, pig roast, sushi, and more. Many dishes will be paired with carefully curated libations. Discover your favorite!
Bid on On-Site and Online Auction Items
From vacations, private dinners, tickets for sporting and musical events, as well as one-of-a-kind treasures, our on-site and online auctions offer something for everyone!
Celebrate with Friends
Light Up the Night is not just about supporting a great cause; it’s also a chance to gather together in a spectacular outdoor garden setting, share a lovely evening with good food and friends, and truly make a difference in the lives of families in our community.
Get ready for a great night to support a great cause!
(Festive attire for an al fresco evening. Street parking approved.)
FOA depends upon LUTN to raise one-third of our annual budget to ensure families avoid homelessness, hunger, domestic violence, and child abuse. Help us keep the door open by participating in Light Up the Night! 2024 by donating today!
For more information, call 413-548-1272 or email Carly Marburger at cmarburger@chd.org.

Deepening Clinical Practice Conference
2024-06-14 08:30 - 16:30
Deepening Clinical Practice Conference 2024:
Equity in an Uncertain World: the Role of Social Work
June 14, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
In person
Smith College Campus Center
100 Elm Street, Northampton, MA 01060
Lunch provided.
Social workers participating in this conference will receive up to 5.5 CEs.
Content Level: Intermediate for all sessions
Early Bird Pricing and Registration closes: May 3, 2024
Regular Registration closes: June 13th, 2024
How do we uphold the mission of social work and adhere to our values and ethics in the face of escalating animosity and extremism, coupled with the rollback of legal protections for marginalized communities and attacks on human rights? This conference serves as a vital platform for social workers and clinicians to reaffirm their commitment to social justice and equity and delve into the essential role that social work plays in these unsettled times.
The Deepening Clinical Practice conference presents knowledge and essential skills while providing a space for clinicians to ground themselves, connect with peers and explore ways to support one another and their clients. It explores the practical challenges social workers encounter when state guidelines conflict with social work values. This conference delves into strategies for practicing social work without succumbing to overwhelming moral distress and offers insights on how to care for both our communities and ourselves in the process.
We will discuss how social work clinicians can honor the communities we serve and recognize the transformative beauty that emerges through the power of collective care. Join us on June 14, 2024 to learn about clinical anti oppressive practices, macro social justice initiatives and how to mitigate the effects of moral distress and vicarious traumatization.
Be part of the conversation.

Clases para Compradores de Casa por Primera Vez de Way Finders
2024-06-13 17:30 - 20:30
1780 Main Street, Springfield MA 01103

5:30 pm

$50
Esta es una clase completa dividida en dos días:
13, 20 y 17 de junio.Horario: 5:30 pm a 8:30 pm
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 para ciertos productos de asistencia financiera de la ciudad y algunos préstamos hipotecarios.
¡Regístrese y cree su perfil de comprador de vivienda en free Way Finders hoy!
Debe crear una cuenta de Way Finders en www.wayfinders.org/login antes de poder registrarse.
El precio es $50.

Housing First Training
2024-06-13 09:00 - 16:00
The Springfield-Hampden County Continuum of Care is pleased to offer:
Housing First Training
June 12 and 13
9 am – 4 pm each day
Carriage House at the Barney – in Forest Park
200 Trafton Rd., Springfield, MA
Morning refreshments and lunch provided
Register here: https://forms.gle/xUzd6wWwTs5F4GLt9
This training, conducted by trainers from the Corporation for Supportive Housing, is designed to support programs currently or planning to operate housing programs that will serve people exiting homelessness and will operate using a Housing First low-threshold model.
Training participants will gain:

a foundational understanding of housing first concepts;
strategies to build relationships with tenants and property managers;
an outline to guide development of a project-specific tenant guide to give to your program participants;
a Learner’s Guide for trainees to take away that reinforces the information shared and provides additional resources;
and connection to a peer network for support after the training ends.

Topics will also include differentiating between the roles of property management and case management, what Housing First looks like in practice, development of emergency procedures and incident reporting, how to address common challenges (using case studies), and eviction prevention.
The training is appropriate for directors, managers, and program staff. There is no limit to the number of participants from a single agency.

Amherst Survival Center Annual Meeting
2024-06-12 17:30 - 19:00

Voices in Food Equity
2024-06-12 17:00 - 19:30

A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls
2024-06-12 13:00 - 15:00
Teaches practical strategies to reduce the fear of falling, and explores medical, behavioral and environmental risk factors for falls, while stressing the importance of developing an exercise plan.

In Person at Erving Senior Center, Erving, MA
Mondays, June 12–July 29
1–3 p.m.

Living Well with Long-Term Health Conditions
2024-06-12 10:00 - 12:30
Techniques to improve symptoms of chronic conditions such as healthy eating, relaxation techniques, communicating, goal-setting, problem-solving, and more.
Wednesdays, June 12–July 24
10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
For more information or to register, contact Andi Waisman, Healthy Living Program Manager, at 413-773-5555 x2297 or 978-544-2259 x2297, or email awaisman@LifePathMA.org.

The Future of Equity
2024-06-12 09:00 - 12:30
Join us as presenters from the NCCJ (The National Conference for Community and Justice) discuss what they have learned by working with high school students in their teen programs. What lessons that older generations struggled to learn, do they already know? What is their ideal equitable future? And, importantly, what can we do now to prepare to turn the future over to them?

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This session is part of our 2024 Workplace Equity Series.
Session 5: Cohort Plan Creation
Wednesday June 26th
Presenters: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis
Session 6: CLOSING PANEL- Where Do We Go From Here?
Wednesday July 3rd
Moderators: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis
Thank You to Our Series Sponsors:

Thank you Annual Sponsors:

Healthy Eating for Successful Aging
2024-06-11 10:00 - 12:30
In Person at Trinity Church, Shelburne Falls, MA, in collaboration with the Shelburne Falls Senior Center
For adults hoping to improve their nutrition in order to lose/gain weight, lower cholesterol, manage blood sugar levels, or live well with any chronic condition. This workshop teaches the “My Plate” guidelines, nutrition basics, label reading, meal planning, goal setting, and problem solving.
Tuesdays, June 11–July 16
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
For more information or to register, contact Andi Waisman, Healthy Living Program Manager, at 413-773-5555 x2297 or 978-544-2259 x2297, or email awaisman@LifePathMA.org.

Baystate Children's Hospital Golf Tournament
2024-06-10 09:00 - 17:00
Play a round of golf “fore” a great cause!
Help us make the 32nd annual Baystate Children’s Hospital Golf Tournament the biggest and best we’ve had yet! Your round will make a difference in the lives of the youngest patients at Baystate Children’s Hospital.
Register
These differences come in many shapes and sizes. You are helping advance research in pediatric health, purchase kid-sized equipment, and create friendlier experiences for the children who pass through Baystate Children’s Hospital each day.
Date: Monday, June 10, 2024
Locations:

Longmeadow Country Club, Longmeadow, MA – Registration: 9 am; Tee Time: 10:30 am (Get directions)
Twin Hills Country Club, Longmeadow, MA – Registration: 9 am; Tee Time: 10:30 am (Get directions)
Country Club of Wilbraham, Wilbraham, MA – Registration: 9 am; Tee Time: 10:30 am (Get directions)

First Time Homebuyer Workshop (English)
2024-06-08 09:00 - 14:00
Become a certified first-time homebuyer with Way Finders! Learn from local real estate professionals about the homebuying process.
The course covers finding, financing, purchasing, and maintaining a home. Participants receive a certificate of completion that is necessary to access several down payment assistance programs and special mortgage products.
This is a two-part virtual workshop:
Saturday, June 8, 9am-2pmSaturday, June 15, 9am-2pm
Walk-ins are not accepted. Attendance for this workshop will be limited.
Create a Way Finders account at www.wayfinders.org/login to register.
Cost of the workshop is $50 per household, nonrefundable.

CHD All In: Barrier-Free Recreation Ride Along
2024-06-08 09:00 - 13:00
Saturday, June 8
Redstone Rail Trail
East Longmeadow, MA
CHD’s All In program is partnering with local fire and police departments to hold its first annual Ride Along event in East Longmeadow. This is an all-inclusive fun “roll” event for people with and without disabilities to come together for a special day on the Redstone Rail Trail!
The Ride Along will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The Depot at Graham Central Station, 64 Maple Street, East Longmeadow. Registration fee is $10; kids 12 and under ride free. Rain date is June 9.

Paint & Pinot Party
2024-06-07 18:00 - 21:00
Paint and Sip party hosted by the Raymour and Flanigan Outlet Store, 1406 Elm Street, West Springfield, to support Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity.
Join us for a fun night of painting, conversation, wine tasting and raffle prizes.
Preregistration is required, cost is $30.00 paid at the door

Integrating Theory and Practice: Advanced Psychodynamic Techniques
2024-06-07 13:00 - 16:15 | Webinar
Live Interactive Webinar
Instructor: Patricia Gianotti, Psy.D.
Level: Intermediate
CEs: 6
June 6 & 7, 2024, 1 – 4:15 p.m. ET
This is a multiple-day session. In order to receive CEs, you must attend both days
This seminar is designed to help clinicians identify how early childhood attachment experiences and/or failures are directly connected to the development of one’s beliefs, values, motivation and assumptions about the self in the world and self in relationship to others. Regardless of one’s therapeutic orientation or level of experience, conceptualizing how parts of the person connect or do not connect to form an integrated, cohered self is an acquired skill that deepens and improves over time.
Participants will review techniques including moment-to-moment tracking, forecasting, mirroring and listening to the subtle nuance of language to help uncover hidden feelings that lie beneath the surface of the therapeutic exchange. Through tracking these process dynamics, participants will be shown how to stay aligned with the client’s experience in the present, thus creating a more secure therapeutic holding environment.
The structure of this course will be a combination of lecture, group discussion, pre-recorded videotaped session vignettes as well as practicing techniques of “what to say next”. Through these examples, participants will be shown how minor disappointments can trigger feelings of shame, micro-dissociative ruptures and possible negative transferential responses on the part of our clients. We will discuss and practice how to catch and repair minor ruptures that occur throughout the treatment process, thus preserving and strengthening the therapeutic relationship.

First Time Homebuyers Fair
2024-06-06 17:30 - 20:00

32nd Annual Western Mass Elder Care Conference
2024-06-06 08:00 - 16:00 | Holyoke Community College/ Kettredge Center, United States
The Western Mass Elder Care Conference serves as a crucial platform for professionals, caregivers, and stakeholders to converge, exchange knowledge, and explore innovative solutions tailored to the evolving landscape of elder care. The AM Keynote Presentation features Lifestyle Medicine for Leaders: presented by Beth Frates, MD, Harvard Medical School, and the PM Keynote Presentation features Breaking Through the Hype of AI: presented by Delcie Bean, CEO of Paragus Strategic IT. Twenty-two separate Workshops will cover such topics as: Navigating Change with Oder Adults using Motivational Interviewing; Supporting Seniors and Families with Graceful Transitions; How to have a Supportive Conversation about Substance Abuse; The latest in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research, and a Panel Discussion on Elder Care Options. The conference offers invaluable insights and resources aimed at enhancing the quality of life for seniors.

Examining a Gender Inclusive Workplace
2024-06-05 09:00 - 12:30
We spend so much time at work, we want our staff to feel comfortable to bring their authentic selves to this space. But is your workplace a safe environment for marginalize identities, including trans and nonbinary workers.
Join us as presenters from Think Again Training discuss gender in nuanced ways, and how to normalize gender diversity.

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This session is part of our 2024 Workplace Equity Series.
Session 4: The Future of Equity
Wednesday June 12th
Presenter: NCCJ
Session 5: Cohort Plan Creation
Wednesday June 26th
Presenters: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis
Session 6: CLOSING PANEL- Where Do We Go From Here?
Wednesday July 3rd
Moderators: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis
Thank You to Our Series Sponsors:

Thank you Annual Sponsors:

Banding Together Community Social
2024-06-01 15:00 - 19:00 | Chicopee Moose Family Center, 244 Fuller Road, Chicopee, MA, 01020, United States
Concert fundraiser to raise funds that will directly contribute to providing training and/cerftifications and support to prepare individuals for a successful career.
We’ve been able to find employment for thousands of individuals over the last 40 plus years! Your parternership or participation would not only demonstrate your commitment to the community but also align yourself with a great cause.
2 local bands, 3X Social and Trailer Trash will be preforming June 1, 2024, 3:00PM-7:00PM, at 244 Fuller Road, Chicopee, MA 01020.

Barbie Dream House of Horrors
2024-06-01 14:00 - 16:00
It’s time to start the show! Tickets go on sale TODAY! Get your tickets now for Barbie’s Dream House of Horrors at pathlight.life/BarbieDreamHouseofHorrors for Friday 5/31 at 7 p.m. or Saturday 6/1 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $15. For $25 you can buy the Dream Ticket which includes your ticket PLUS a show poster AND a sticker!

All sales support Whole Children and Milestones programming. You won’t want to miss out on this mash up. Tickets sell out every year, so PLEASE don’t wait to buy yours.

Take it from actor, Lucie Pasche, “It’s going to be weird, too weird, but I can’t wait for the theater production. I’m so excited!”

One for the Books
2024-06-01
Sign up to be part of One for the Books a summer Read-a-Thon to support the work of Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity.

Housing Search Workshop
2024-05-31 11:00 - 13:30
Make your housing search as successful as possible! This FREE workshop is open to unhoused people seeking apartments, currently housed people looking to move, and anyone interested in housing search tips and tricks. Topics covered include:
BudgetingTown preferencesSubsidized vs. market rate housingHow to fill out an applicationBackground checksTenant responsibilities
And much more!
Workshops are in-person at the Way Finders 1780 Main Street, Springfield.
Thursday, May 23, 1pm-3:30pm

8th Annual Regional Gathering
2024-05-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Western Mass Network to End Homelessness
Please join us at the Kittredge Center for Business and Workforce Development for the Network’s 8th Annual Gathering of state legislators, local officials and partners from across from our four western counties to acknowledge the extraordinary work to prevent and end homelessness in our region, and the vision for going forward.
Special guests and agenda coming soon. Please mark your calendar now!

Capacity Building Grant 2024 For Individual Artists Application Opens
2024-05-31 08:00 - 17:00
ATTENTION MASSACHUSETTS ARTISTS!! Are you new to #ValleyCreates and live or have studio space in Hampden, Hampshire, or Franklin County? Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for a Capacity-Building Grant opening THIS FRIDAY, May 31st.

Funded by the Community Foundation’s ValleyCreates program and administered by MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists (A4A) program, Capacity-Building Grants provide selected artists:

A $2,500 grant

Business/career planning resources

Personal financial literacy resources

Two individual one-hour coaching sessions

Access to Assets for Artists’ professional development workshops

Community-building with fellow artists, and more!

Learn more and apply starting May 31st at: https://communityfoundation.org/…/capacity-grant-2023/

Creating the Roadmap for Effective Clinical Supervision
2024-05-30 12:00 - 15:15 | Webinar
Live Interactive Webinar
Instructor: Amie R. Bryant, LCSW, CAS
Level: Intermediate
CEs: 3
Review CE accreditation and approvals for this course on tab above.
In this workshop, participants will explore the administrative tasks of getting ready to provide clinical supervision. The roles and responsibilities of clinical supervision and how to structure the supervisory session will also be discussed. Designed to be experiential in nature, participants will be expected to engage and participate in relevant dialog and small group discussions. Participants will walk away with tangible and concrete steps to prepare for starting the journey of clinical supervision.

Team Building and Conflict Resolution
2024-05-30 09:00 - 12:30
Team Building and Conflict Resolution- Build your team up, making the whole stronger than the sum of their parts. Learn tips and tactics to help drive unity. Be able to address when conflict does happen, leading back to making your team work in harmony.
