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星期四, 5月 10, 2018
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South Cove Manor to Host Annual Meeting and Dinner on May 15th
South Cove Manor to Host Annual
Meeting and Dinner
Elizabeth Chen, Assistant
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is featured speaker
South Cove Manor at Quincy Point, a non-profit
rehabilitation and skilled nursing care community, will hold its Annual Meeting
and Dinner “Partnering for Success” on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at China Pearl
Restaurant, 237 Quincy Avenue, Quincy. South Cove is celebrating its 33rd
anniversary since its founding in Boston, and its 4th year in its
Quincy location. 250 guests are expected to attend including Mayor Thomas Koch,
State Representative Tackey Chan, and Quincy City Member Nina Liang.
Quincy
Mayor Thomas Koch will give opening remarks, and Elizabeth Chen, Assistant
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, is the featured guest
speaker.
As Assistant Commissioner, Ms. Chen oversees health care licensing,
safety, quality, and determination of need for nearly 2,000 health care facilities,
300,000 health care professionals, and 400 emergency medical services. Her
career in health care incorporates 20 years in the bio/pharmaceutical industry,
and 10 years in academia, including a term as president of the New England
College of Optometry. Elizabeth received her PhD in gerontology from the
McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston, MPH in health policy from the
Harvard School of Public Health, MBA in international management from the
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in organizational
behavior from Yale University. Her roots are in Boston’s Chinese community,
having immigrated at age 7 from Taiwan.
She credits much of her success to early, as well as continued, nurturing
from Chinese community leaders.
The evening’s highlights will
include the presentation of awards to outstanding members of the South Cove
staff. Schlichte Learning Center/South
Cove Manor Nursing Facilities Foundation Scholarships will be awarded to two
staff members to support professional growth, advanced training, certification
or courses to complete degree requirements. Scholarships will be presented by
Vice Chair May Chin and Board member Alice Rose.
Ting/Mugar Outstanding Leadership Awards will be presented by
Board member David Ting to staff members who have contributed to constructive
and strategic change in service, care, finance, or operations policy.
Founded in Boston in 1985, South Cove Manor
moved in 2014 to a new and expanded state-of-the-art building at 288 Washington
Street in Quincy. The new campus
significantly expanded South Cove’s rehabilitation capacity, creating a series
of small resident communities for elders.
South Cove Manor at Quincy Point’s specialty is providing short term rehabilitation services to elders after
a hospitalization or illness. South Cove serves everyone who needs their care,
and is proud to be a multicultural community with particular focus and
accommodations for Asian elders. The center consistently achieves the highest
quality ratings from both the Commonwealth and nationally and has been named as
one of the country’s top nursing centers year after year by US News & World
Report. www.southcovemanor.org
(From South Cove Manor)
$11.7 Million Awarded for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Programs in Massachusetts
$11.7 Million Awarded for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Programs in Massachusetts
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that Massachusetts has received an $11.7 million federal grant to continue its public health response to the opioid epidemic and bolster community overdose prevention, outpatient opioid treatment, and recovery services across the Commonwealth. This is the second consecutive year the state has received the funding, bringing the two-year total to $23.8 million.
“The opioid and heroin epidemic have led to heartbreaking addiction and losses for too many families in the Commonwealth, and this critical funding will increase support for important services like recovery coaches and medication-assisted treatment,” said Governor Baker. “Massachusetts is one of the only states in the nation to see a slight decrease in opioid-related deaths, but there is much work to be done to address this public health crisis, including passage of our administration’s bill, the CARE Act, to build on opioid prevention, intervention, recovery and treatment.”
“Crucial funding programs like this and our administration’s pending legislation, the CARE Act, will allow Massachusetts to dedicate resources for programs that work and lead to long-term recovery results for Massachusetts families and individuals who are fighting addiction,” said Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito.
This grant, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is the second round of funding authorized under the 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law in December 2016. The funds address the opioid crisis by increasing access to treatment, reducing unmet treatment needs, and reducing opioid overdose-related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder. It supports existing statewide services managed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's (DPH) Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.
“We continue to implement the Governor’s Blueprint across the public health spectrum from prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery. Our current efforts target particularly high risk populations, including pregnant and parenting women and previously incarcerated individuals,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders. “This grant will support access to treatment and recovery support services, as well as crucial prevention efforts currently underway.”
In addition to this new federal funding, through administrative actions, the Baker-Polito Administration will invest up to $219M over five years from the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, starting in the fiscal year 2018, to meet the needs of individuals with addictions and/or co-occurring disorders. These funds will expand residential recovery services, increase access to medication-assisted treatment, add new recovery coaches and navigators, and implement a consistent clinical assessment tool throughout the treatment system. Since 2015, the Baker-Polito Administration has doubled spending to address the opioid crisis and added more than 1,100 treatment beds, including 748 adult substance use treatment beds at different treatment levels, and certified more than 162 Sober Homes accounting for an additional 2,184 beds.
“This new funding is vital to our efforts to expand our prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery programs and services so we can continue to promote solutions that help stem the tide of this deadly, preventable disease,’’ said Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH.
Key components of the grant funding include:
Overdose Prevention Initiatives
· Increase outreach, education and training on overdose prevention and naloxone through the Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program in communities with a significant number of opioid overdoses.
· Expand and enhance community first responder initiatives to provide follow-up, in-person, outreach and support services after 911 calls for an overdose.
· Provide overdose prevention training and technical assistance for health and human services providers throughout Massachusetts
· Improve access to naloxone at pharmacies throughout the state.
Treatment and Recovery Support Programs
· Bolster the Opioid Access to Recovery (ATR) program focused on individuals affected by opioid addiction in the cities of Boston, Springfield, Worcester and New Bedford.
· Expand access to the Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) at currently funded community-based sites.
· Improve re-entry treatment and recovery support services for previously incarcerated individuals at correctional facilities, including access to pre-release Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), treatment and recovery planning, and post-release linkages to services, recovery support and case management.
· Increase access to peer-support programming, including coaching, to assist pregnant, post-partum and parenting women with their recovery.
In November, the Baker-Polito Administration announced its second major legislative effort, known as the CARE Act, targeting the opioid crisis since taking office. The plan includes increasing access to treatment and recovery services, addressing gaps in the care provided after detoxification, strengthening education and prevention efforts, and securing regulatory relief from the federal government to increase treatment access.
To learn more about the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, and how to get help for substance use disorders, visit mass.gov/opioidresponse or contact the Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline at (800) 327-5050.
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES CITY'S FIRST EVER ACCESSIBILITY SURVEY
MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES CITY'S FIRST EVER ACCESSIBILITY SURVEY
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Mayor Walsh announces first accessibility survey to guide the City's strategic planning and policy development
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BOSTON - Thursday, May 10, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities has launched the City's first-ever survey to collect information and learn what the most significant accessibility-related needs are in Boston so that we can shape the City's strategic priorities. Anyone who lives, works, or visits the city and has thoughts about disability-related access is invited to take the survey.
"I commend the Commission for the incredible work they are doing to assess residents' needs so Boston can be a safe, healthy, and accessible city for all," said Mayor Walsh. "We will continue to prioritize equitable access for all until there are more opportunities than barriers, and where accessibility is built into everything we do."
"The Commission's survey will serve as the foundation for the City's disability strategic master plan," said the Mayor's Chief of Health and Human Services, Marty Martinez. "The survey will guide our efforts in more robust planning that will ensure Boston is accessible to people of all abilities."
This survey comes on the heels of a larger citywide public input initiative. Last year, the city released its first citywide plan in 50 years, Imagine Boston 2030: a comprehensive plan which will guide growth to support our dynamic economy, and expand opportunity for all residents, create livable neighborhoods, and be a waterfront city for generations to come.
The survey will complement the Imagine 2030 plan and add disability related data to help the City with strategic planning and policy development that will make Boston accessible and inclusive of people.
The Commission is doing extensive and deliberate outreach with an emphasis on reaching out to people with disabilities, family members of people with disabilities, as well as advocates and professionals who work in the disability community.
"We want this data to be reflective of the voices from every neighborhood and community in the City of Boston," said Disabilities Commissioner Kristen McCosh. "This survey will guide us to create a strategic plan and framework to support the disability community within Boston for years to come."
We encourage everyone to participate in the Accessibility Survey that is available online through June 30, 2018. The Office of Disability can also offer hard copies by mail or can help you complete the survey by phone call our office at 617-635-3682 or use of TTY by dialing 617-635-2541.
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Elaine Ng Named Chief Executive Officer of TSNE MissionWorks
From TSNE Mission Works:
Elaine Ng Named Chief Executive Officer of TSNE MissionWorks
As a 25-year veteran of the nonprofit and education sectors, Elaine has a passion and commitment for organizations that shift the paradigm of equity and access. Most recently, she held the positions of Strategic Planning Director for Special Education for Boston Public Schools, and Executive Director of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.
“It is a privilege to assume leadership of TSNE MissionWorks at a time of such exciting growth and possibility for the organization,” said Elaine Ng. “We will continue to build on our great work as we position ourselves to become even more relevant to our partners and to the nonprofit community.”
Founded 60 years ago, TSNE MissionWorks operates the NonProfit Center in Boston, provides fiscal sponsorship for 80+ nonprofits across the country and offers consulting and trainings that serve a wide range of nonprofits pursuing organizational excellence. TSNE MissionWorks also has several grant-making programs aimed at building diverse and inclusive organizations and communities.
“I believe deeply in our mission of strengthening organizations and leadership in the nonprofit sector,” said Ng. “For the groups we work closely with that means developing practices that allow our clients to become more adaptable, resilient and inclusive as we build towards equity.”
“The Board of Directors was looking for someone who could position TSNE MissionWorks as a catalyst for extraordinary progress in the nonprofit sector,” said Tammy Dowley-Blackman, Board President, TSNE MissionWorks. “Building on our outstanding programmatic and operational support and what we have learned through our research, Elaine has the skills and experience to inspire and challenge our sector to continue to reach for excellence and lead us into the future.”
The appointment follows an extensive, nationwide search that resulted in three finalists after 350 prospects were reviewed by the search firm BoardWalk Consulting in Atlanta, GA.
About TSNE MissionWorks
TSNE MissionWorks (formerly Third Sector New England) (www.tsne.org) is a nonprofit management support and capacity building organization that works with hundreds of nonprofits across the country. Our mission is to provide information and services to build the knowledge, power, and effectiveness of individuals, organizations and groups that engage people in community and public life. The ultimate intention of our work is to create a more just and democratic society.
In addition to its robust mix of services for nonprofits, the organization has published several groundbreaking original research projects that have been widely reviewed and shared with the sector including: Valuing Our Nonprofit Workforce compensation studies (2017, 2014 and 2010), Opportunity in Change (2017, with The Boston Foundation), Leadership New England study (2015), Funding Learning Networks for Community Impact (2013), Step-by-Step: A Guide to Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (2010), Creative Disruption a sabbatical study (2009), and the Executive Directors Guide (2002, 2010, new edition coming in 2018).
MAYOR WALSH LAUNCHES ROXBURY SMALL BUSINESS CENTER
MAYOR WALSH LAUNCHES ROXBURY SMALL BUSINESS CENTER
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The latest workshop series installment will feature contracting opportunities with various City of Boston departments, as well as free small business coaching
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BOSTON - Thursday, May 10, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Office of Economic Development today announced the Small Business Center will launch its third workshop series on Monday, May 14th in Roxbury's Dudley Square at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building at 2300 Washington Street, Roxbury. Following two successful installments in Mattapan and East Boston, the Roxbury Small Business Center will offer six free workshops focused on small business growth through contracting opportunities, financial and legal resources, and networking opportunities for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and small business support organizations.
"We saw great attendance and interest in our first two Small Business Centers in Mattapan and East Boston, and I look forward to continue building opportunities for small businesses in Roxbury and neighborhoods throughout the City of Boston," said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. "As a historic, commercial hub of Boston, Dudley Square is the perfect location to build on our outreach to neighborhood entrepreneurs and small business owners as we seek to offer support and streamlined assistance to small businesses, local hiring, and vibrant commercial districts."
In partnership with Boston Main Streets and local business support organizations and experts retained through the on-site business assistance program, the Small Business Centers in Mattapan and East Boston hosted close to 400 small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout 17 different workshops that covered important topics including financial literacy, legal and leasing guidance, and workshops for immigrant entrepreneurs.
"Supporting Boston's small businesses that add character and heart to our neighborhoods, employ our residents, and contribute immensely to our thriving economy is a top priority for Mayor Walsh and our economic development strategy for Boston," said John Barros, Chief of Economic Development. "By breaking down barriers, increasing access, and opening doors to opportunities, expertise, and networks, small businesses and entrepreneurs now have more resources to achieve their individual goals and be successful. I am eager to build on the success we have seen in Mattapan and East Boston, and look forward to working with all of the partners to assist small business in Roxbury and every neighborhood in the City of Boston."
Data shows that the businesses which most frequently attended workshops included food-based businesses, companies seeking contracting opportunities, as well as cooperative or employee-owned organizations. Workshops that saw the most attendees were focused on access to capital, tips for lean business planning, and guidance on winning public contracts.
"We were thrilled to host the second Small Business Center in East Boston, which presents an extraordinary and unique opportunity to bring together current and aspiring entrepreneurs with resources, expertise, and partners both in the private and public sector," said Max Gruner, Executive Director of East Boston Main Streets. "The seven weeks of one-on-one mentoring and group presentations we hosted last fall were invaluable to both the East Boston and larger Boston business community."
The Roxbury Small Business Center will offer six workshops of high-impact professional training, networking and one-on-one coaching sessions beginning Monday, May 14 through Monday, June 25. Based on feedback from the small business community and prioritized in the City of Boston's first ever Small Business Plan, workshop topics range from leasing and legal assistance, to tips on accessing capital resources, to specific guidance and best practices on contracting opportunities with government organizations. Spanish interpretation will be available for each workshop and coaching session.
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