…the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth, or SPIFFY Coalition, a program of the Collaborative for Educational Services. “It’s been a very collaborative effort,” Fleming said. Superintendent E. Xiomara…
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Health care systems, including Cooley Dickinson, turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy food
A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription…
New Leader of Early Childhood Programs Joins the Collaborative for Educational Services
NORTHAMPTON – Desiree Lalbeharie-Josias, the new Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Early Childhood Programs, has a vision for enhancing educational and wrap-around services for children and families….
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…Regional Council of Governments, Communities That Care Coalition, North Quabbin Community Coalition, Hampshire HOPE and SPIFFY Coalition. “We desperately need data-driven strategies to help break the cycle of opioid and…
Exemplary Status for four CES-run After School Programs
…Program is to expand and enhance a statewide network of high quality 21st CCLC programs that serve as mentors to new and existing programs. Our goal at CES is to…
Powertown in the 21st Century Partnership Begins Work in Turners Falls
…The Gill-Montague Community School Partnership is a broad-based coalition of organizations, families, youth and community volunteers. The Partnership uses a positive youth development approach, to promote healthy, safe, caring, and…
50 Years of Belonging and Community for Students with Disabilities
…needs residing in their communities. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), then Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC), soon began to help districts in Hampshire County with programs that could support students…
Educator Preparation programs win approval from the MA Office of Educator Licensure
…purpose of state approval of educator preparation programs is to assure the public that teachers and other educators who complete these programs in Massachusetts are prepared to educate our PreK-12…
CES Expands Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Services
…and care programs, family child care providers, and early elementary programs. CES ECD partners with early educators and administrators, EEC-licensed early childhood providers, Early Intervention programs, community agencies, and families…
Early Childhood Focuses on Social-Emotional Wellbeing as the Foundation of Learning
…and communities. The Early Childhood team has also long been a grantee to provide Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation directly to Hampshire and Franklin County children and families. The CES…