Events
The information and links below will provide you greater detail
about the events we participate in, or are looking
for sponsorship and support. Feel free to contact us if you
would like more information.
Very
Important Notice...
Representative
Ken Smith will be
at the Dunmore Community Center on Monroe Avenue
October 9, 2008 at 4:00 pm
There will
be open public hearings regarding children's mental health.
Please mark your calendar
about this very important date.
Thank you...
Julie
Grandparent
/ Caregiver Support Group
Caring for
your grandchild or relative? Feeling frustrated with not knowing
what resources are avialable to you? Join us to get the help
and support you need!
Lacakwanna
County Meetings: 4th Thursday of the Month, 6:30-8:00pm
Upcoming: August 28
United Neighborhood
Centers • South Side Senior Center • 425 Alder Street
Scranton, PA
For more information
about the meeting, or to arrange childcare (one week prior to
the meeting), contact Brenda Gary, Love Patrol at (570) 344-2689
or email.
Visit NEPAIC
for more information about services for grandparent caregivers
in NEPA.
Annual Fall
Picnic Download
print-friendly flyer
All grandparents and relative caregivers raising family members
Sunday, September 7, 2007 • 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM •
Nay Aug Park-Scranton, PA
Please bring aCovered Dish to Pass and R.S.V.P. before September
1, 2008
To register,
contact:
| Georgia @ 819-0814 |
Eleanor @ 709-3852 |
| Brenda @ 344-2689 |
Julie @ 344-0636 |
| Diane @ 278-1095 |
Tunk. @ 836-2350
|
| Hazleton @ 455-1521 |
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Julie
(R) and Brenda Gary of The Love Patrol |
Meeting
with State Representative Ken Smith
June 6, 2008
Julie
and AFA held an interest meeting to determine what steps are
necessary to increase the awareness of challenges faced by grandparents
and other caregivers of children in need of behavioral health
services. The meeting was attended by:
- Rep. Ken
Smith
- James Gavin,
Chief Executive Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health
- James Gallagher,
Chief Executive Officer, Northeast Behavioral Health Care
Consortium (NBHCC)
- Howard
Grossman, Chair, Intergenerational Coalition
- Stephen
Arnone, Administrator, Lackawanna/Susquehanna Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Program
- James Martin,
Deputy Administrator, Lackawanna/Susquehanna Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Program
- Bill Browning,
Administrator, Lackawanna County Children and Youth Services
- Tony Nardella
, Executive Director, PA Mentor
- Teresa
Osborne, Executive Director, Lackawanna County Area Agency
on Aging
Next
Steps as a result of today's meeting:
- Commitment
to evaluate the current in-patient child bed status in Northeast
Pennsylvania.
- Commitment
to evaluate the time it takes to locate an in-patient mental
health bed for a child under eleven years of age.
- Commitment
to ensure that all families and children are treated with
dignity and respect.
- Commitment
to develop and enhance services when transition occurs from
one level of care to the next.
- Commitment
to develop an effective peer support group for children to
be able to talk with others who have had similar experiences.
- Commitment
to develop an effective caregiver support group for grandparents
and other caregivers that will address the special needs and
challenges associated with mental illness.
- Desire
to build collaborative relationships between parents, stakeholder
groups (e.g., mental health, children serving systems of care,)
etc.
Raising
our Grandchildren Conference May 30, 2008
