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…
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Developing Youth Leadership
Listen on Spotify In this Episode Today’s episode features the thoughts and expertise of Lisa Goldsmith, SPIFFY Coalition Manager. Lisa shares strategies for developing youth leadership while combating adultism –…
9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing in Polarizing Times
…and others. Lunch will be included. Sponsored by the Office of Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan, the SPIFFY and Communities that Care coalitions, and the Collaborative for Educational Services….
Steering Committee member Kris Hoag featured in SADO.D.
SPIFFY Steering Committee member Kris Hoag, Program Director for BOAT (Belchertown Overcoming Adversity Together), was recently featured on the SADO.D. (Support After a Death by Overdose) website for her work…
International Overdose Awareness Day
…without stigma those who have been lost to overdose, and hold space for the grief of the people left behind. Hampshire HOPE, SPIFFY’s sister coalition, is supporting a vigil in…
Empowering Educators: Integrating the New Massachusetts Frameworks Into Health Education
…to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, medically accurate and developmentally- and age-appropriate. On June 27, SPIFFY sponsored a training for health educators on the new Massachusetts Health Education Curriculum Frameworks. The training…
2016 Parent Guide Now Available for Local Parents
…to support families. This year’s Guide includes an article by the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition’s Heather Warner,about Data-informed parenting, and a quiz to help parents…
Mental health challenges for students topic of summit
…virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was co-sponsored by the Collaborative for Educational Services, SPIFFY and Communities that Care coalitions, and the Quaboag Hills Substance Use Alliance. “How…
Gail Gramarossa, MPH, CHES
…as an environmental strategies specialist to the SPIFFY coalition. She specializes in identifying and assisting with grant writing, data collection and health assessments including the PNAS, assisting partner coalitions and…
Experts discuss state of local education at GCC
…the Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution and the Massachusetts Teachers Association. For a few hours Tuesday night at Greenfield Community College, experts Dave Danning, Director of Research for the…