Joseph & Mary’s Home, the only homeless service provider in Northeast Ohio exclusively focused on medical respite care, has been accredited by CARF International for a period of three years for its behavioral health services program. The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services.…
The Crisis and Recovery Services team of the St. Vincent Charity Health Campus is hosting a free art therapy session on Monday, September 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 at St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center to help improve mental health and unleash creativity. A professional art therapist will guide participants through various artistic techniques to express their emotions and enhance their well-being.…
Healthy Learners is hosting two Nashville Songwriters in the Round fundraising events in October. Songwriters in the Round is an intimate and music-filled fundraiser directly supporting the mission of removing children's health barriers to learning. The event features four Nashville singer-songwriters, all of whom have received high acclaim in the music industry for their song-writing mastery with chart-topping artists as well as individual industry success. Presented "in the round" with special attention dedicated to the seating layout, each guest has the opportunity to experience artists in an up-close and inspiring way.…
The senior director of policy and research at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently reflected on the foundation's continued exploration of what it means to be a philanthropic agency supporting anti-poverty advocacy and research efforts and the need for collaboration to address poverty in South Carolina. Her article appears on the policy forum section of the Children's Trust of South Carolina website.…
The Ohio Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services has approved a capital grant of more than $6.8 million to a collaborative consisting of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS) Board of Cuyahoga County, The MetroHealth System and St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center for the development of a Crisis Center that will sustain and expand behavioral health crisis care in Cuyahoga County.…
The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families hosted four regional meetings with the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) in July and August. The purpose of these conferences was to facilitate more open dialogue between two partner organizations that seek to serve fathers in the state. Representatives from DSS, both regional and state officials, joined staff from the center along with staff from the center's local fatherhood organizations in each region.…
Many children might face difficulty seeing the board in classrooms as the school year gets underway. Parents who are underinsured or uninsured might find vision exams costly. The Healthy Learners program in the South Carolina Midlands hopes to close that financial gap for children by coordinating care, transportation to appointments and helping parents with the Medicaid application process. The program is partnered with local school districts to assist families with health services such as vision, dental and hearing. News19 WLTX in Columbia, South Carolina, highlighted Healthy Learners in a story about the importance of getting a child's vision checked.…
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton is continuing its support of Stark Library’s Summer Fun School program. The program was established in 2021 to mitigate pandemic-related disruptions to learning by reaching Canton children who weren’t participating in organized activities (like summer camps). The program was designed to nurture creative thinking, strengthen family connections, address food insecurity and foster school success.…
The pandemic placed enormous strain on child care centers. Even before the pandemic, most centers were operating with razor-thin profit margins. The Early Childhood Resource Center launched the Business Operations & Staffing Solutions (BOSS) project to equip child care administrators with the knowledge, tools, and strategies they need to build sustainable business models. Since September, a group of nearly 20 child care administrators have been involved in the project. The BOSS project is highlighted in the center's most recent "Community Chronicle" newsletter.…
The Cleveland Leadership Center has named 65 people, drawn from public companies, nonprofits and public-sector institutions and chosen through a competitive application process, as members of the Leadership Cleveland class of 2024, including Mark Cotleur, senior vice president of fund development for the Sisters of Charity Health System.…
Your life experiences are unique to you, but there are other people who you can lean on for some extra support to talk about your experiences, struggles and challenges. That’s why the Crisis & Recovery Services team of the St. Vincent Charity Health Campus holds twice weekly peer support discussion groups. There, you can connect with others and transform your lived experience into lessons of hope and healing. …
We know how stressful teaching can be —and how important caring for yourself is. That’s why we’re hosting an appreciation luncheon to help teachers recharge, renew and be ready for the new school year. Come for lunch and to learn tips on how to avoid teacher burnout and why self-care is so important. …
Sister Judith Ann Karam, CSA, congregational leader for the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and chair of the Public Juridic Person for the Sisters of Charity Health System, was recently named as a 2023 recipient of The Cleveland Heritage Medal. The award, modeled after the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was established in 2016 to recognize individuals "who have made meritorious contributions to the welfare and development of Greater Cleveland and its citizens."…
Healthy Learners recently conducted dental and vision screenings at the Boys & Girls Club in Florence, South Carolina, to identify any potential oral and visual health issues that may be barriers to children’s learning. This was the first step in Healthy Learners working to expand into the Florence area. The Florence Morning News reported on the event.…
Pegaus Farm is a therapeutic equestrian center that the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has supported for many years. Pegasus Farm offers equine-assisted experiential learning programs and work experience programs for youth and adults who have developmental or physical disabilities or behavioral health challenges. It has a second location offering programs for veterans, active military personnel, first responders and their family members.…
Healthy Learners exists to inspire hope in order to transform futures. That was the consensus reached when the Healthy Learners team recently embarked on a reflective journey, delving into the "why" that fuels each of them every morning. Read the ministry's latest newsletter to learn how Healthy Learners is inspiring hope in order to transform futures, how the staff are busy throughout the school break engaging communities served and more.…
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster recently announced that appropriations sponsored by members of the legislature will benefit Man 2 Man with a $284,000 grant. Man 2 Man is one of six fatherhood organizations working together in a coalition with the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families to help fathers become better dads across the state.…
Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery (StarkMHAR) has been a longstanding partner of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton. Together, the two have significantly increased access to care. The foundation continues to work with StarkMHAR to ensure the stability and sustainability of the community’s behavioral health system. Toward that end, the Continuous Improvement in Behavioral Health project began in 2015 with joint support for leadership development services for local leaders. The partnership expanded to include workforce development, as well as process improvement and productivity enhancement. The work continues to this day, having become the cornerstone of the partnership.…
The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families works to help dads overcome obstacles to being responsible and nurturing role models for their kids, which it highlights in its recently released 2022 impact report. The center served 1,348 participants with 3,054 children positively impacted in 2022. The report highlights more impacts, the story of one father's journey to transform his life and the lives of his children, and more.…
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina recently released its 2022 annual report, highlighting its grant investments and partnerships that provided impactful funding and collaboration to more than 200 nonprofit organizations who share in its mission to make South Carolina a place where all can thrive. The foundation's advocacy agenda came to life in 2022, with work in the policy arena entering into a deeper and more strategic phase, and a commitment to infusing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into every part of its work remaining at the forefront.…
A room full of people focusing on their sacred chakra, meditation and feeling a connection to the earth might sound like a day at an exclusive new-age retreat, but not in this case. Those were just some of the activities that happened at a self-healing and empowerment event in late April. Instead of being an exclusive retreat, the event was free and open to the community as the first of a series of similar healing events that will be held in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood and in other Cleveland neighborhoods.…
The Sisters of Charity Health System stands with the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) and multiple other organizations in Ohio in opposition to the Ohio Senate removing several positive housing proposals in the state budget from Gov. DeWine and the Ohio House, and adding other provisions that will stifle development of affordable housing. There are several ideas in the Senate’s budget bill that will have a negative impact, but one of the most devastating changes is an 81% cut to Healthy Beginnings at Home.…
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has announced $1,160,581 in grants for the first and second quarters of 2023. The grants cover three areas: Responsive Efforts - a commitment to respond to specific or short-term community needs = $677,486; Strategic Collaborations - work alongside others to launch programs that build capacity and increase effectiveness in community services = $225,095; Foundation-Led Initiatives - efforts to develop and hone programs focused on systemic change = $258,000.…
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