Bridges to Recovery 5K Run/Walk

Bridges to Recovery 5K Run/Walk
to benefit The Covenant Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment & Prevention Center

Saturday, April 14, 2012
Lakewood Park
Corner of Belle and Lake Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
Registration – 8:00am
5K – 9:00am
Online Registration Closes at 9:00am Friday, April 13
Pre-Registration ($17.00)
All mailed entries must be received by Wednesday, April 11
Make checks payable to HERMES and mail entries to:
Hermes Sports & Events
1624 St. Clair Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44114
Race Day Registration ($22.00)
Awards
Top three male and top three female finishers overall and the first and second place winners in each group:
14 & under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 & over
What You Get
T-shirt to all participants
Post race food
Awards to the top finishers
More Information
For more information about The Covenant, visit http://www.the-covenant.org. For more information about the race, contact Hermes Sports & Events at (216) 623-9933

Housing Center Awarded CAC Grant for Fair Housing Celebration

The Housing Center has been awarded a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture for its annual Fair Housing Celebration.  This year’s event, held on April 12, 2012, features local artist Julia Kuo (100 Days in Cleveland) and a youth art competition focusing on creating great neighborhoods through diversity.  Ms. Kuo will produce a video, to be available on YouTube, encouraging young people to submit artwork depicting what it means to be a good neighbor. The Housing Center receives public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, to preserve and enrich our region’s artistic and cultural heritage.

The Annual Fair Housing Celebration honors local advocates in fair housing, commemorates the passage of the Fair Housing Act and engages the community in housing discrimination awareness.  Monetary prizes will be awarded to 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winners of the art contest.  In addition, there will be delicious wines to sample, light hors d’oeuvres and exciting raffle baskets.

 The 7^th Annual Fair Housing Celebration will be held on April 12^th at the Ballroom at Cleveland State University’s Student Center from 5:30-7:30 pm, and is sponsored by Thacker Martinsek LLP, Kondik Advertising, Third Federal Bank, Dollar Bank and Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.  Tickets are $30.

CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ONLINE BENEFITS APPLICATION

 

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

February 13, 2012                                                     For more information, contact:

                                                                                    Kathy Augustine

Sr. Public Information Officer

Employment & Family Services

Office of Community Initiatives

                                                                                    216-592-2739

 

CUYAHOGA COUNTY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE ONLINE BENEFITS APPLICATION

Cleveland, OH –Cuyahoga County Employment & Family Services encourages residents to visit the website www.odjfsbenefits.ohio.gov to sign up for benefits online.  Residents can apply for assistance and update their case information 24 hours a day from any available computer with Internet access.  The process is quick, easy and secure. 

     “We are providing access to the safety net of support services available to families and individuals in need”, said Employment & Family Services’ Administrator Dr. Richard Jones.  “We are addressing emergency situations such as loss of job and income with food and medical assistance.”

      The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has created a website that allows Ohioans to apply for cash, food and medical assistance. It allows recipients to complete a status verification report or to reapply for benefits, and make changes to their existing cash, food or medical assistance case.  The status and history of the case is also available to be viewed.

     The process involves creating a user ID and password.  The confidentiality of all information is strictly protected.  The information is forwarded to Employment & Family Services and the applicant receives a confirmation number and email.  An Employment & Family Services staff person contacts the applicant to verify the information and to possibly schedule an interview.

     For more information visit the Cuyahoga County Employment & Family Services website at www.employment.cuyahogacounty.us.

 

    

 

 

  

North Coast Health Ministry Attains Outstanding Achievement Recognition for High Blood Pressure Care

Lakewood, Ohio, February 8, 2012 –North Coast Health Ministry (NCHM), a free clinic serving the low-income uninsured on Greater Cleveland’s West Side, has attained recognition by Better Health Greater Cleveland for outstanding achievement in high blood pressure care and control.  The results were published in the Better Health Greater Cleveland Winter 2012 Community Health Checkup.

 

“We have long said it is our goal to provide care to our patients that is on par in quality with that provided to anyone of greater economic means or regardless of insurance status,” says NCHM Executive Director Lee Elmore.  “This demonstrates that the quality of care we are providing for our patients with hypertension is not only on par – it is of the highest quality in the region.”

 

Eighty percent of North Coast Health Ministry’s patients have chronic diseases, with hypertension being among the most prevalent. 

 

“Our entire team is focused on providing coordinated, proactive disease management to our patients with chronic illness, and we are extremely pleased and proud to be recognized for excellence in managing this particular disease,” says NCHM Medical Director Philip Tomsik, M.D.

 

North Coast Health Ministry serves uninsured individuals that fall below 250 percent of the federal poverty level (income level varies based on family size) within 17 zip codes in northwestern Cuyahoga or northeastern Lorain counties.  To become a patient, interested individuals should call 216-228-7878.

 

About North Coast Health Ministry

North Coast Health Ministry is the West Side’s free clinic for the low-income uninsured, serving approximately 2,700 patients who have no other route to health care.  With the support of 120 volunteer physicians, nurses and other caregivers, NCHM is able to provide primary health care, specialty referrals, prescription assistance, behavioral health care and social service referrals to the medically underserved.  NCHM strives to be the medical home for its patients providing preventive care and chronic disease management as well as care for acute illnesses and injuries.  Founded in 1986, North Coast Health Ministry is a vital part of the health care safety net on Greater Cleveland’s West Side.  NCHM’s primary location is at 16110 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio.  

 

About Better Health Greater Cleveland

Better Health Greater Cleveland is a multi-stakeholder partnership that improves the health and value of health care provided to people with chronic medical conditions in Northeast Ohio.  It is an independent, not-for-profit program established in 2007 under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative. Its focus on electronic medical records-catalyzed public reporting of performance on nationally endorsed and locally vetted quality standards has made it a leader in the use of technology to drive improvements in health care delivery and clinical outcomes in primary care. A region-wide Quality Improvement Learning Collaborative is a vital component of its work, leveraging data to identify opportunities and best practices in improving care and outcomes within a peer network of primary care professionals. 

 

The Gathering Place

The Gathering Place is a caring community that supports, educates and empowers individuals and families touched by cancer through programs and services provided free of charge. We offer a wide variety of free programs and services addressing the emotional, physical, spiritual and social needs of those touched by cancer. We provide support at any point on the journey; at time of diagnosis and during and after treatment. Most of our programs and services are also available to family members and friends. To find our entire calendar of programs, visit http://www.touchedbycancer.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TGPJan.MarchNewsletter.2012.pdf. For more information, visit our website, www.touchedbycancer.org.

 

Some programs coming up in March:

 

*Dialogue with the Dietitian

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

6:30-8:00pm

The Gathering Place West, 800 Sharon Drive, Westlake

This discussion will help you understand fact and fiction

behind cancer and what we eat or don’t eat. Bring your nutrition questions.

Advance registration required by calling 216-595-9546

 

Group for Older Adults with Cancer

Friday, March 23, 2012

11:00am-12:30pm

The Gathering Place West, 800 Sharon Drive, Westlake

Individuals who are coping with a cancer diagnosis come together for mutual

support and an opportunity to discuss issues important to older adults.

 

Thank you Kristine. Please let me know if you need anything else for the newsletter.

 

Cheryl Apisdorf

Outreach Coordinator

 

The Gathering Place

Phone        216-595-9546  

Direct        216-455-1501    

Fax             216-595-9581

                         

East                                                                     

The Arnold & Sydell Miller Family Campus       

23300 Commerce Park                                              

Beachwood, Ohio 44122   

 

West

800 Sharon Drive

Westlake, Ohio 44145                       

One organization, two locations                   Follow The Gathering Place on:  

www.touchedbycancer.org

Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center

House Bill 10

Teen dating violence is among the many issues with which communities across the nation are being faced.  The Ohio state legislature has felt the effects of the country’s focus on teen safety.  One new law in Ohio is House Bill 10 which was named after Shynerra Grant, a victim of an abusive teen relationship.  Shynerra and her family attempted to get a Civil Protection Order against her abusive ex-boyfriend, Antonio Rodgers.  However, she was denied an order because there was no law granting juveniles Civil Protection Orders at that time.  Shynerra was fatally shot by Antonio Rodgers in 2005.  Her mother, Cheryl Rucker, along with Cleveland’s Johanna Orozco, worked at the state level to get House Bill 10 passed.  The law went into effect in the Spring of 2010.     

 

House Bill 10 allows juvenile victims to obtain Juvenile Civil Protection Orders (JCPO) at the Juvenile Court in the jurisdiction where the abuse occurred.  Juvenile victims can file a JCPO petition on their own.  However, parents, guardians, adult family members, or any person the Juvenile Court determines as appropriate, can file a JCPO on the juvenile victim’s behalf as well.  Included in a JCPO petition must be an allegation of a juvenile perpetrating certain behaviors including assault, stalking, sexually oriented offense, threats to harm or aggravated trespassing.  The JCPO petition refers to the juvenile perpetrator of violence as the respondent and the person being victimized or filing for the JCPO has been termed the petitioner.  JCPOs can be issued until the respondent’s 19^th birthday.  Finally, the age of the respondent determines whether a petitioner should file a petition in Juvenile Court or an adult court. 

 

Teen and Young Adult Advocacy Program

 

Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center in Cleveland, Ohio has a new program for teen and young adult victims of intimate partner violence due in part to the passing of House Bill 10.  Last year DVCAC was awarded a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to provide intervention services to victims ages 13 to 24 years old.

 

Advocacy services include:

• Safety planning and risk assessments
• Information for victims/survivors
• Resources and referrals
• Protection order assistance
• Confidential support groups for victims/survivors
• Individual counseling through Bellefaire JCB
• Advocacy at police stations, hospitals, and schools
• Campus advocacy
• All services are free!

 

DVCAC’s Teen Advocate, Kathleen Vogtsberger, can be of assistance to Cuyahoga County teens and young adults who have experienced dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. 

For more information, please contact Kathleen Vogtsberger, LSW, at 216-229-2420 or kvogtsberger@dvcac.org.  DVCAC has a 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline, 216-391-HELP and a 24 Hour Family Helpline, 216-229-8800. 

 

Personal Care Items Needed: Bring to the February Collab Meeting on 2/23

Here is a list of personal care items that we are in desperate needof – we are completely out of many of these items.  It is amazing to see how appreciative our clients can be who receive a tube of toothpaste!

 

Personal Care Items needed

Shampoo

Conditioner

Bar soap

Deodorant

Razors

Shave cream

Lotion

Toothpaste

Toothbrushes

Dishwashing soap

Laundry detergent

Toilet paper

Questions Answered!

Dear Lakewood Collaborative Members,

 

Thank you to everyone at the Collab meeting…we really appreciate your responses, time and suggestions.

 

I am writing this note to follow up and answer the questions that were raised at the meeting last week. 

 

1)       Which group of individuals do you serve the most often – senior citizens, adults or families?

 

Answer:  The category of clients that is most often served are people aged 19-59.  On average, adults with children under the age of 17, visit LCSC the most often.

 

 

2)       What is the HEAP appointment line phone number?

 

Answer:  The automated appointment line is (216)518-4014.  There are a limited number of appointments scheduled each day.  Once the appointments are filled that day the system shuts off and resets at midnight.  Sometimes all of the appointments are taken by 8am so we urge people to call after midnight if they are having difficulty getting through.

 

 

3)      What is the percentage of clients coming from Rocky River and Westlake?

 

Answer:  6.5% Of our clients are from Rocky River and Westlake combined.