Homelessness is making headlines in Greenfield — but people are in need everywhere, advocates say
MASSLIVE AUGUST 1ST, 2018 By Diane Lederman dlederman@repub.com GREENFIELD — While the growing number of people sleeping on the Town [...]
A CENTURY OF SERVICE
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN @dustyc123 Saturday, July 07, 2018 NORTHAMPTON — As World War I was nearing its end 100 years ago, thousands upon thousands of soldiers were showing signs of what was at the [...]
ServiceNet to build headquarters at Village Hill Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet Inc., the human services agency with offices on King Street and in Florence, will consolidate its corporate headquarters in a new building at Village Hill scheduled to [...]
Jenny Schreiber, ServiceNet’s CFO, was awarded Excellence in Administration & Finance Award by ABH
Jenny Schreiber has been with ServiceNet since 2003 as our Chief Financial Officer. She oversees the work of our Fiscal Services department, and assures that our financial house is in solid [...]
Family donates solar power systems to 8 nonprofits
HATFIELD — The sun is shining on eight nonprofits in the Pioneer Valley this fall after a local family anonymously agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to install free solar power systems at each [...]
After living with a hoarding disorder, Easthampton man helps others cope
Clutter throws Bec Belofsky Shuer of Easthampton into a panic. She says the sight of the hundreds of boxes filled with stuff, from old toys to empty picture frames, furniture — including an old [...]
THE OPIOID CRISIS: THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS
After graduate school in the early 1980s, I was hired as clinical coordinator of an outpatient methadone and counseling program at Cambridge Hospital, affiliated with Harvard University. Frankly [...]
ServiceNet offers guidelines to help prevent suicide
NORTHAMPTON – The statistics about suicide are daunting: there is one death by suicide in the US every 13 minutes; suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds; the majority [...]
PREP©West: Creating therapeutic community together
Imagine sitting in a therapeutic circle that includes friends, family, mentors, counselors, prescribers and the voices that are speaking from within. All have a say in shaping the way forward for [...]
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE FOR A CHILD WITH AUTISM
AS MY SON’S LIMITATIONS BECAME CLEARER, I FOUND IT HARDER EVERY YEAR TO WRITE A VISION STATEMENT FOR HIS I.E.P. THEN HE SHOWED US HOW How do you write about the happy life you hope for [...]
