by Jacinta Mack | Mar 9, 2022 | Library, What's New
Jenn Heroux-Bachand, the crisis bed manager at Northeast Kingdom Human Services, grew up helping out on her grandparents’ dairy farm. She knows what it means to work hard. As a kid, she got up to milk the cows at 5 a.m. and didn’t go to bed until the animals were...
by Jacinta Mack | Mar 7, 2022 | Library, What's New
How Can We Support Our Family, Friends, or Neighbors who have Suicidal Thoughts?Vermont suicide rates are alarming. According to the VT Suicide Prevention Center, “Vermonters have consistently died by suicide at a rate more than 30% higher than the national average...
by Jacinta Mack | Feb 25, 2022 | Library, What's New
How a school based-clinician helps students learn to manage big feelings and cope with Covid When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them, “I play”. Actually, I am a licensed clinical mental counselor working for Lamoille County Mental Health Services...
by Jacinta Mack | Feb 24, 2022 | Library, What's New
Lifeline – an innovative and accessible resource for Vermont suicide prevention IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN CRISIS OR ARE IN CRISIS YOURSELF Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to...
by Jacinta Mack | Feb 24, 2022 | Library, What's New
Food (In)security: Keeping food flowing provides connection to people and other helpful resources; offering more than we may ever know. As with all the Designated Agencies in Vermont, when the pandemic began to impact the communities we serve, the Clara Martin Center...
by Jacinta Mack | Feb 24, 2022 | Library, What's New
Direct Support Professionals offer support to those with unique needs and preferences “Realizing we all face challenges and struggles puts all of us on an even playing field, which allows us to grow and learn together.”Anne Margaret McElroy (former GMSS DSP) Gina...
