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Center for Parents and Teachers
The Center for Parents and Teachers provides high-quality, low-cost workshops, training sessions, and forums for parents and teachers. Programs address topics relevant to children of all ages, from pre-school through high school. The organization also maintains a lending library of curriculum materials for early childhood teachers. Volunteers are needed to provide childcare in our fully equipped classroom during morning workshops for parents.
Website: centerforparentsandteachers.org/home
Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education (CCACE)
CCACE provides opportunities for lifelong learning to the citizens of the school district and surrounding towns. CCACE responds to community needs and interests, calling upon local people and organizations to develop and coordinate programs and services for children, adolescents and adults throughout the year—making schools available for extended-day educational use for Concord and Carlisle residents, and promoting and supporting school and town projects that cannot be funded or presented in traditional ways.
Website: www.ace.colonial.net
To volunteer, contact Court Booth, 978-318-1540, cbooth@colonial.net
Concord Family and Youth Services (CFYS)
CFYS is a nonprofit organization providing residential treatment, special education, prevention programs, adoption services, and homeless and transitional living programs for teens. CFYS works collaboratively with schools, youth serving agencies, and community programs throughout Middlesex County (e.g., First Connections and Healthy Families) to provide prevention and community based programs in direct response to identified problems and offer services for dealing with youth and family issues.
Website: www.jri.org/cfys/home.htm
Concord Public Schools
Comprehensive counseling and mentoring provided to students for learning and living healthy lifestyles: Health Intervention and Prevention Counselor identifies and responds to risk factors and seeks to promote resiliency factors in the Concord-Carlisle adolescent population.
Teen Buddy Program is an after school, older student/younger student social mentoring program.
COMPASS Program serves at-risk students who are in danger of dropping out of school. Typically, these students have not benefited from other support at CCHS.
Website: www.concordpublicschools.net
Contact Concord Public Schools, 978-341-2490
Mass211, Inc.
Mass211 is a state-wide initiative to provide a universal 2-1-1 telephone number for locating social services and volunteer opportunities. Callers have free access to health and human services information and referral, and are guided in navigating the complex and ever-growing maze of human service agencies and programs. By making services easier to access, 2-1-1 encourages prevention and fosters self-sufficiency. It also is hoped that it will reduce the number of non-emergency calls inappropriately made to 911.
Website: www.mass211.org
Youth Coordinator
With grants from the Concord-Carlisle Community Chest, Sudbury Foundation and the Foundation for MetroWest, Youth Services Director Erin Duggan was hired in January to support youth, parents and families. Duggan is a Concord resident and prior assistant district attorney and advocate. She has begun working closely with schools, residents, town organizations and local mental health agencies to provide resources and increase youth involvement in the community.
Erin Duggan can be reached at eduggan@concordma.gov Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9-2:30 or by appointment.
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