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After School Programming During the Crisis
CES began running 21st Century Learning Programs after school 20 years ago, and currently runs fourteen After School Programs in Franklin and Hampshire counties, including 12 programs funded by 21st…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
…offer recommendations to tackle issues most afterschool and summer learning programs face today. Included among these: leveraging local partnerships to develop and share best practices and data among stakeholders, strengthening…
Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities
Children with disabilities and their families face significant barriers to accessing equitable and inclusive high-quality early childhood programs. Home 9 Search query for: programs community health spiffy coalition…
Skills-Based Health Education Workshop
In this three hour workshop, professionals learn how to use the MA Health and Physical Education Framework to plan, design, and implement skills-based units and lessons….
School officials: Pandemic has lingering impact on students’ mental health
Despite the return to in-person learning this school year, education and health professionals say students are still dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I think the hope was…
October 20th: Western Massachusetts Legislative Event: Youth Substance Misuse Prevention
On Monday, October 20th, 2025, from 9-10:30AM, the SPIFFY and Communities That Care Coalitions will be hosting a virtual event for Western Massachusetts legislators to learn about the latest research…
Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
Lisa (she/her/hers) is the SPIFFY Coalition Manager and Co-Director of the CES Healthy Families and Communities. She has a Masters in Social Work from Boston University, a Certificate of Advanced…
Building Inclusive Communities
Home E Search query for: programs community health spiffy coalition coalition partners ( Page 18 ) Beginning in October 2017, CES collaborated with the MA Department of Early Education and…
Paul Hyry Dermith, Ed.D
Paul Hyry Dermith is the Director of Bridge Resilient Youth in Transition, a program of the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, which offers a model to transition youth back…