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Suicide Prevention Conference Scheduled The Riverside Trauma Center's First Annual Conference has been scheduled for October 15, 2010 a the Marriott Hotel in Newton. The conference is entitled:" Preventing and Responding to Adolescent Suicide - Focusing on Contagion." For more information, please click here. |
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Bullying: Lessons in Prevention and Intervention On June 4, The Guidance Center - Riverside Community Care with Partners Health Care and the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health presented an all-day conference designed to help school personnel and mental health professionals better understand and respond to the complex issues surrounding bullying and its impact on the community. The 250 attendees were treated to a day featuring lively discussion and valuable information. To access conference resources, please click here. |
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| Riverside Guidance Center Program Tapped to Coordinate Domestic Violence Prevention Grant
We have all been horrified by evening news stories of women killed by their abusers. As part of a national effort to address these grim statistics, Riverside is delighted to announce that the Guidance Center’s Children with Voices: A Child Witness to Violence Program has been selected to coordinate services for a $380,000 federal grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women. The grant will be administered through the City of Cambridge’s Police Department. The goal of the program is to reduce and prevent domestic violence homicides and hold offenders accountable by refining and tightening existing relationships between police, courts, and community providers in the communities of Cambridge, Arlington, and Belmont. |
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Good Fun for a Good Cause: Concert Raises 15K to Support Children's Services
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Needham Bank Successfully Nominates Riverside for Award from Massachusetts Bankers Association As a result of a nomination submitted by the Needham Bank, Riverside has been awarded a $1500 community grant from the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA) Charitable Foundation. Riverside was one of 25 non-profits in Massachusetts to receive an award this year. |
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Riverside Tapped to Provide Mentoring and In-home Therapy Services
Riverside has been selected as one of the human service organizations that will provide Therapeutic Mentoring and In-home Therapy Services to children and families in the Cambridge/Somerville, Central Massachusetts, and Metro Boston areas. Funded through the Child Behavioral Health Initiative, these new services will be available to eligible youth under the age of 21 who are covered by MassHealth and their families. They represent the latest phase in the Commonwealth’s efforts to improve access to community resources for youth with mental health issues. |
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Riverside to Lead New Employment Collaborative Riverside was recently selected as the Lead Agency for the Regional Employment Collaborative serving South Central Massachusetts. As a result of this new contract, we will receive up to $500,000 over a three year period to develop the Central Mass Regional Employment Collaborative. The goal of the Collaborative is to increase the successful recruitment and retention of workers with disabilities. |
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New Contracts for Riverside Emergency Services Add New Towns and Services Riverside’s two psychiatric Emergency Services Programs recently received new contracts that include some exciting changes. The changes are both geographical – adding 12 more towns in South Worcester County – and programmatic. |
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Riverside Seeking Volunteers to Help Safeguard Rights of Disabled Individuals Riverside Community Care is seeking attorneys, social workers and other interested persons to serve as volunteer members of its Human Rights Committees. The committees are entrusted with the task of protecting the rights of individuals who receive services from Riverside Community Care. They are made up of human service professionals, attorneys, nurses, individuals receiving services from Riverside and their family members. Prior committee experience is not required; ongoing training and support is provided. Interested individuals must be willing to attend quarterly meetings, as well as make site visits to Riverside programs. For more information about becoming a member of a Human Rights Committee, please contact Kathy Janssen (ext. 5383) at 1-781-329-0909. |
Eyes bright with wonder and the sounds of laughter filled the Creative Movement and Arts Center in Needham when 250 children and adults came together on April 30 for a performance of the amazing “Airborne Comedians” who wowed the crowd with their high energy juggling antics. The event, which was a fundraiser for Riverside’s Early Intervention program in Needham, attracted a sell-out crowd of families who feasted on organic pizza, drinks and delicious nut-free, lactose-free cupcakes donated by Stone Hearth Pizza, Whole Foods Market, and Stix desserts.
