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Sponsored by Community Connections of Brockton in alliance with United Way of Greater Plymouth County
SOUTH SHORE
COMMUNITY
MAGAZINE
Upcoming Events, Workshops, or Programs You Should Know About! Did you know you can click the title of many of these events to see the flyers or be directed to a webpage associated with the event? Resiliency Library-The Plymouth County Resiliency Library and Book Buddy program provide access to a variety of children's books covering a range of topics that help guide children in their social-emotional learning. Free books for all ages! Nutritious Home Delivered Meals- If you're a disabled Brockton Resident under 60 years old, you may qualify to receive Meals on Wheels through OCES | Contact OCES for more information | 508-584-1561 | MASS HAF| Massachusetts Homeowner Assistance Fund | Learn more or applyHERE PIN (Parent Information Network)| For more information contact 508-947-8779 or pin@bamsi.org BAMSI Young Adult Access Center (YAAC)| Drop In Hours : Tuesday through Friday 2 pm to 7 pm; Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm | For more information email yaac@bamsi.org CFCE Spring Family Playgroups| Registration Required | RegisterHERE Women's Legislative Breakfast| May 3rd | 7:30 am to 9:00 am | South Shore Community Magazine and Leadership Conference Monthly Meeting| Wednesday May 3rd 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm | In Person!!! | Email Kasey.martin@ccbrockton.org for more information | Black Men Deserve to Grow Old Too| Physical and Mental Health Conference | 10:30 am to 1:30 pm | Calling All Entrepreneurs| Deadline to Apply May 11th for Course starting July 11th | RegisterHERE My Brother's Keeper Family Walk|June 10th, 2023 | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm | UWGPC 101st Annual Meeting| June 15th, 2023 | 11:45 am to 1:00 pm | Camp Brookside| Boys and Girls Club Metro South | Affordable Summer Care for your children | June 26th to August 18th | More infoHERE Don't forget, we have free diapers for families in need! Intake required, appointment preferred. Call 508-857-0272 today to schedule an appointment! Did you know if you have events or resources coming up, you can share them with us through email and we can add them to our newsletter? Email us at Brocktoncc@gmail.com or Kasey.martin@ccbrockton.org to share events and resources!
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We're here with you through all times. Support, care, and guidance. We're working remotely to continuously make sure we're serving our communities well. Please email us at Brocktoncc@gmail.com with questions, concerns, referrals and need for support.
We serve 28 communities on the South Shore. Our staff is compromised of our Director, Program Manager, School Liaison, Community Resource Specialist and Administrative Assistant. Language capacity includes English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian and Cape Verdean Creole. We help families navigate child serving systems through information, education and/or referrals. For more information, call us at (508) 857-0272 Community Connections of Brockton engages the public, community agencies and community members in efforts to strengthen families and build stronger, healthier communities. By sharing ideas, knowledge, skills and training community members have the potential to become community champions. Building stronger, healthier communities requires leadership; leadership that is grown within a given community. The first step is to get involved with your community. Please make sure to become a fan of The Family Center at www.volunteersouthcoast.org If you would like more information about programming offered by the United Way of Greater Plymouth County The Family Center, call The Family Center at (508) 857-0272 or email Brocktoncc@gmail.com.
Want your community program or event featured here? Email Kasey.martin@ccbrockton.org a flyer and ask to be featured! We also accept advertisements!
The Family Center offers parenting programs, support groups, information and referral resources, assessment services, early childhood services and education programs from families with children ages 0 to 18. We also have specific services for families with children who may be frequently absent or have problems at school, have problems at home, have run away from home, or are being exploited
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Parenting skills workshops Nurturing Fathers Parenting Journey Grandparents Raising Again Family Events & Activities Playgroups Child Requiring Assistance Diversion Help with accessing other services (Culturally diverse, multi-lingual staff) Drug Endangered Children's Initiative Local Consumer Advocacy Program School Liaison
Upcoming Events, Resources, & Opportunities
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GET INVOLVED
Interested in how to participate? There are many ways to get involved for any time, schedule, and/or interest! Here are some ways: Articles and Art! Articles are important to the magazine. We are always looking for new voices- youth, adults, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors, coaches, etc. If you are reading this, we would love to hear your voice! We love featuring art of all types- drawings, paintings, poetry and so on. Let your light shine! Advertise! The magazine is fully non-profit. Calling all business owners, entrepreneurs, and people having events! Support this magazine and your local community! Our advertisers make the magazine thrive. With more ads comes more ability for us to provide more resources. Join a meeting! The volunteers meeting for the magazine is the first Wednesday of every month from 6:30-7:30pm. Subject to change based on Holidays. We are meeting on ZOOM for the time being. Submit your Pic! Each issue of the magazine, we feature a family on the cover. We are beautiful communities made up of lots of amazing families! Why not yours? Got magazines? If you don't see the magazine in your area, let us know! We distribute to businesses, doctors' offices, barber shops. and other community places. Celebrate Champions! Nominate someone for our Community Spotlight. If you know a person or organization who is going above and beyond in your community, let us know! We would love to highlight them! Email: Kasey.martin@ccbrockton.org with any questions or inquiries! Submissions are welcome year round! Welcome to the South Shore Community Magazine Family!
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Join us on the Plymouth County Resiliency Library! This free online resource connects kids, caregivers, educators, and other professionals with a free digital library. Access titles that focus on social-emotional learning, mindfulness, and other behavioral health topics in non-fiction and fiction form. Suitable for ages 0-100, there is something for everyone. Sign up today!
Hello South Shore! We at the Family Center and Community Connections of Brockton would like to use this introduction to focus on some of the resources we have to offer. We have expanded the hours of our Family Resource Center to better suit our community's needs. Please call anytime within our hours to speak to a staff member and schedule an appointment. Please remember appointments are required so that we can reserve a time especially for you! Some direct services we currently offer include free diapers and seect infant itemsas well as help obtaining resources. Feel free to join our meetings, suggest new workshop or group ideas, and let us know if there is a new and unique need in our area. Also, we are looking for participants in our new Community Connections of Brockton Steering Committee. Help us help the community and become part of the action! Always remember to contact us if you need any help! We aim to be a continuous resource to all parts of the community. Have a spontaneous Spring! SSCM Editorial Team
A Note From the Editorial Team
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Online/Phone Resources for Recovery Support, Parenting, and COVID-19 Recovery
COVID-19 FAQ's from Mass.gov CDC Information: Prepare your Family Talking to your children about COVID-19 (multiple Languages Available) Just for Kids: Comic Exploring the New Coronavirus Coping and Managing Stress How to Avoid Passing Anxiety on to Your Kids National Child Traumatic Stress Network Resource on Helping Parents Talk to Children About COVID-19 (Multiple Languages) Link for Small Children from ZERO to THREE Link Boston + MA COVID-19 Resources
General Resources
COVID-19 Resources
AA AA Boston - Local online and in person meetings Western Mass AA - Online, zoom, and phone meetings, COVID-19 updates AA Intergroup - Online guide to meetings, resources, and guidance Online Group AA- Online meetings Pause a While Hosting free conference calls for AA meetings at 2pm every day -Dial in Number: 425 -436-6360 -Access Code: 422932 A Virtual Awakening Closed online AA meeting for women, trans, and non-binary people Recovery literature, speakers, open discussion Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 8:30 pm EST, Thursday 1:00pm EST NA Lists of meetings in New England, Available Online Meetings Find a meeting, statement on Coronavirus Phone Meetings Online Meetings Streaming 24/7 Free NA Speakers Online NA Meetings (NOT affiliated with NA World Service) Other 12-Step Meetings Al-anon and Alateen COVID-19 Announcement Meeting Cocaine Anonymous - Offers online support and services Marijuana Anonymous Nicotine Anonymous - Has online and telephone meetings, list available on website
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COVID-19 Testing Sites Updated August 3, 2021 Testing for All Patients Please keep in mind you can always call your primary doctor and request testing through your healthcare network, in which they will instruct you of where to go and what you may have to do. Calling your city’s healthcare networks or local hospitals may also help you to find an alternative testing location that works for you. Alternative Testing Sites throughout Plymouth County include: CVS (Drive Thru Pharmacy, Minute Clinic) – Ages 5 and up https://www.cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19 testing?cid=ps_cvd&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt7mctpDi7gIVivOzCh3D4Q3fEAAYA SAAEgIjgfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Walgreens – Ages 3 and up https://www.walgreens.com/findcare/covid19/testing Please keep in mind these sites have age and symptom/exposure requirements and may not test you depending on your criteria. Please visit their sites to find local participating locations using your Zip Code. After finding a location that works for you, sign up for testing to see if you are eligible to be tested there and read all requirements to ensure you can follow all necessary protocols for testing. **Vaccines available at most pharmacies! Walk-ins or appointments. Call your local pharmacy for more information!**
Your friends at The Family Center have collected a large variety of resources that will help everyone from unemployment benefits to education resources! Although the information in this section is reliable, please note that as we are learning more daily about COVID-19, some information may change or become outdated.
Copy/Follow the link here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community/COVID19-Resources-for-Homeless-Populations.pdf
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City/Town
Name of Site
Address and Phone Number
Appointment Required?
Abington
Health Express
170 Bedford Street 781-626-5700
Yes
Bridgewater
Care Central Urgent Care
233 Broad Street 508-807-5265
No
Brockton
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
1 Feinberg or 63 Main Street 1-844-483-7819
Massasoit Community College
For results call 617-765-0176
Drive-Thru - get there as early as possible
No, register online
Norwell
South Shore Medical Center
143 Longwater Drive 781-878-5200
CareWell Urgent Care
42 Washington Street 800-659-5411
Pembroke
Convenient MD Urgent Care
296 Old Oak Street 339-244-3033
Referral Required?
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Facebook Recovery Groups (logon to Facebook, search group, ask to join) -CLEAN AND SOBER: Addiction Recovery Support Group -Daily Reflections AA -Methadone & Buprenorphine Discussion and Support -MIPSA: Methadone Information & Patient Support Network -Mommy Group -Recovery Soldiers -Send it! (Recovery Network) -Sober Mommies -Voices to End Addiction & Inspire Recovery -Women in AA Parenting/Families Hello It's Me is a Facebook Group for families that are pregnant and close to delivery or home with a newborn during COVID-19 Parenting Journey is creating an emergency fund and families can request a stipend (it's not required that you have attended any PJ groups, any families in need of assistance are welcome to apply) for those impacted financially by the COVID-19 crisis Parents Helping Parents Parental Stress Line (available 24/7): 1-800-632-8188 Online Support Groups occurring every day but schedule changes week to week Check the website for schedule -Click or copy this link to join the meeting by computer or smartphone: https://zoom.us/j/6607380697 -Dial in by phone: 1-646-558-8656 then input meeting ID 6607380697# National Parent Helpline 1-855-4APARENT (1-855-427-2736) Sober Mommies: Online Support Group for Moms in Recovery
WEConnect and Unity Recovery - 4 times daily, 7 days a week (9 am, 12 pm, 3 pm, 9 pm EST) Join directly from computer or smart phone - unityrecovery.zoom.us/my/allrecovery Women for Sobriety - Helps women gain hope and encouragement with other women in similar circumstances. Offering tools to a healthier lifestyle Support for Families with a loved one with SUD Smart Recovery Family Learn to Cope Recovery Apps (download to your smartphone via app store/google play/website) -Sober Grid (App Store) -Celebrate Recovery (App Store) -Smart Recovery (website) -Connections (App Store, Website)
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Call today!!
DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOURCES SAFELINK – 24 Hour Statewide Emergency Hotline for Survivors……….877-785-2020 ALL POLICE………………………………………………………………….…………………………………….911 VICTIM SERVICES: Family & Community Resources, Brockton……........…24/7…..........………508-583-6498 Health Imperatives, Brockton …………...........……24/7…………...............….508-588-8255 South Shore Resource &Advocacy Center, Plymouth …………24/7………888-746-2664 New Hope, Taunton …. …24/7…………………………………………………………..…800-323-4673 DOVE, Inc. Quincy …. ……24/7…………………………………617.471.1234 o..r 888.314.3683 Emergency Shelter/SAFEPLAN Court Advocacy (Health Imperatives)…..508-588-2045 The Network: Gay & Lesbian Domestic Violence Hotline: …24/7………...617-742-4911 Mental Health Services for child, adolescent and adult victims…(FCR…)508-583-6498 Supervised Visitation ..(Family and Community Resources)………………….508-584-2809 Elder Abuse 24 hr Hotline: ………………………………………………………………..…800-922-2275 Llamanos Lineadeayuda: ………………………………………………………………..…...800-223-5001 Child At Risk Hotline: ……………………..........................................................800-792-5200 Parental Stress Hotline:…………………………………………………………………..…...800-632-8188 Human Trafficking Hotline…………..………………………………………………………..888-373-7888 Free Legal Assistance for Victims Seeking Abuse Prevention Orders- Justice Center of Southeast MA, LLC - Contact: |eubel@justicema.org ………………………………………………..…508-586-0570 Please feel free to contact any of the above resources anonymously for further information. All programs offer free and confidential critical services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. The Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Department of Transitional Assistance BOTH have Domestic Violence Advocates on staff. If you are involved with these agencies and are a victim, please let someone know. Adult Offender Services: DPH Certified Intimate Partner Abuse Education Classes Family and Community Resources, Inc. …………………………………………………508-584-2809 Highpoint, Plymouth…………………………………………………………………………….. 888-746-2664
