...Community Resources 1 Running head: COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS Community Resources and Human Services Needs Roslyn Himmons University of Phoenix Community Resources 2 Abstract Community resources and human services needs are a marriage of result and necessity. Resources are vices used to help resolve problems presented in peoples lives. Human services needs are necessities that are required for life and survival. Society has come to depend on these vices for temporary or permanent relief for uncontrollable circumstances which occur. Human services needs include lack of housing, medical care, education, child care, employment, and mental health. Mental health is a rising health complication in society today. Its affect on children and adults poses a negative affect on their social and/or educational function (S. Henderson, 2006) This can cause negative feelings about ones personal growth. Though one of many human services needs, mental health will be my example, of the importance of community resources in the community. Community Resources 3 Community Resources and Human Services Needs Community resources provide needed support to help people to obtain needed recourses which will help them with their daily living and survival. Mental health is a human services need that requires an unlimited accessibility to resources. It affects adults and children’s’ thought process and physical...
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...Community Resources Mental health disorders represent a major challenge to society and can affect anyone but there is a higher risk among the poor, abused, young, uneducated and neglected. (Benedetto, 2004) Most are unemployed, homeless and have isolated themselves from others and are less likely to seek care because of an underlying stigma of negative attitudes society has toward these people. (Manderschied, PHD et al., 08/09/2010) VA Medical Center The VA Medical Center is a government funded operation that offers support to our Veterans and their dependants, surviving spouse, child or parent of a deceased Veteran, Member of the uniformed services and National Guard members present or former. They include inpatient and outpatient care and 24/7 phone in hotlines. (“Benefits“, 2010) • PTSD • Prevention service • Substance abuse • Depression • Military sexual trauma • Suicide Strengths: The VA offers easy access to resources that meet the veteran’s specific needs at little or no cost. Weaknesses: This is only available to Veterans and their families. West Yavapai Guidance Clinic The West Yavapai Guidance Clinic is a local program that provides both inpatient and outpatient programs for adults with mild to moderate mental illnesses and is funded through contracts with the coping techniques. (“Programs and services“, 2010) Strengths: The program is available to low income people. Weaknesses: This is a county and state run program and budget cuts put restraints...
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...Community Resources Natalie Jane Fiestada Community Resources Utilized by teachers Libraries National Library of the Philippines The National Library located in T.M Kalaw as the repository of the printed and recorded cultural heritage of the country and other intellectual literary and information sources provide access to their resources. They envision the full intellectual and cultural development of the Filipino people through the love for reading books and other new forms of literary materials. Quezon City Public Library The QC Public library provide access to all printed cultural, historical, intellectual and literary heritages of the City and the country and other information sources; The public library is a catalyst in planning for community development and in the continuous education of the people. It serves as an impartial, non-partisan and non-sectarian agency of information. Next to school, it is commonly called the People’s University. Page | 1 Parks Rizal Park Rizal Park (also Luneta Park or colloquially Luneta; Filipino: Liwasang Rizal), is a historical urban park located along Roxas Boulevard, City of Manila, Philippines, adjacent to the old walled city of Intramuros. Since the Spanish Colonial Era, the Park has been a favorite leisure spot, and is frequented on Sundays and national holidays. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the City of Manila. Quezon City Memorial Circle The Quezon Memorial Circle is a national park...
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...23 Oct. 2012 A Student and Community Resource Students are not the only people that benefit from the Testing and Tutoring center. COCC’s Testing and Tutoring center is a charter member of the Consortium of College Testing Centers, providing the Central Oregon community with secure and reliable testing. Located down stairs in the Barber Library, the Testing and Tutoring Center is providing students with a valuable free service. Many students know that tutoring is available for subjects like math or writing, but many students are unaware of all of the different subjects they can receive tutoring for. Many students have taken advantage of the Tutoring Center services, receiving help before their grades start to suffer. The Testing Center is a valuable resource available to students and the community, providing a convenient location to take make-up exams, or certification and licensing exams. The Testing and Tutoring Center are providing students and the community with a valuable resource, by offering a wide range of, convenient, reliable, and secure services. Barber Library is located on the North West end of the Bend campus, and the Testing and Tutoring center is located in the lower level of the Library. Tutoring services are free to students enrolled at COCC, and students can drop in to the center, to receive help understanding their assignments. An appointment may be needed depending on the subject of their concern. There are about ninety tutors available in the Tutoring...
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...Community Resources For Americans Struggling with Poverty: Access to Food * Feeding America * Feeding America programs are “able to provide nutritious, fresh foods to Americans struggling with hunger; safe and nurturing places for children to have a meal; emergency assistance for disaster victims; as well as a chance at self-sufficiency for adults trying to break the cycle of poverty and hunger” (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * Programs offered by: * CFSP: The Commodity Supplemental Food Program serves about 595,000 low-income people each month targeting seniors (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * TEFAP: The Emergency Food Assistance Program is a federal program that provides food commodities at no cost to Americans in need of short-term hunger relief through emergency food providers like food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SFSP: The Summer Food Service Program provides free meals and snacks to low-income children during the summer months and long school vacations (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * SNAP: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps low-income Americans put food on the table, providing benefits that are timely, targeted, and temporary (“Programs & Services,” 2013). * For further information on Feeding America, please visit www.feedingamerica.org * Women Infants and Children (WIC) * The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for...
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...Utilization of Community Resources An organization must have policies and procedures to run effectively and serve its mission to the community. Training employees and volunteers on policies and procedures is important to keeping the integrity and competency of an organization. How an organization manages the logistics and how the community perceives them is a huge factor in the success and effectiveness of an organization. One of the community organizations that will partner with the new group is Hearts to Nourish Hope. This non-profit organization is extremely vigilant about their process of employment for at-risk youth. All students ages 14-18 must go through a stringent application process including an interview. Once in a position whether it is at the organization itself or community partners, students must fill out daily journals and self-reports on work and the procedures. Hearts to Nourish Hope has a great tracking system for how youth are doing in their jobs with employers’ daily evaluations. Though this is tedious, it allows for the organization to continually check on youth in a holistic manner. Because the summer employment is funded through a federal grant, youth are paid which in turn helps them manage their money and have real world experience. The county’s population has over 80% African American and an article titled “Culturally Competent Collaboration: School Counselor Collaboration with African American Families and Communities” (2010) sheds...
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...Seminar -a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions. Workshop -a group discussion or the like, that emphasizes exchange of ideas and the demonstration and application of techniques, skills, etc.: Field-trip -a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals. Guidelines for Instructors All required academic field trips must be clearly identified as such in the course syllabus at the beginning of the term, with detailed information about date, time, locations, means of transportation, and any fees for which the student is responsible. In the first class of the term, the faculty member must discuss with students in appropriate detail any risks associated with the activity of the field trip, expectations for behavior during the trip and, relevant emergency preparedness information. Whenever practical, the site of the academic field trip should be visited in advance by the instructor, or an appropriate University official, to evaluate potential risks and to minimize, through effective planning, any risks associated with the location. If a field trip is optional each student must complete a waiver form. If a field trip is a course requirement as explained in number 1 above, it is not necessary for students to complete waiver...
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...Community Rights and Geographical Indications Introduction The Concept of Community. The first step in considering the meaning of community is to understand that, fundamentally, it is a fluid concept. What one person calls a community may not match another person’s definition. A person may be a member of a community by choice, as with voluntary associations, or by virtue of their innate personal characteristics, such as age, gender, race, or ethnicity. As a result, individuals may belong to multiple communities at any one time. When initiating community engagement efforts, one must be aware of these complex associations in deciding which individuals to work within the targeted community. A community is a group of two or more people who have been able to accept and transcend their differences regardless of the diversity of their backgrounds (social, spiritual, educational, ethnic, economic, political, etc.) This enables them to communicate effectively and openly and to work together toward goals identified as being for their common good. The word community can refer to a specific group of people or it can describe a quality of relationship based on certain values and principles. A community is a group of all leaders who share equal responsibility for and commitment to maintaining its spirit. Community is reflective, contemplative and introspective. Communities may be viewed as systems composed of individual members and sectors that have a variety of distinct characteristics...
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...Assignment Anomic Communities An anomic community has no/ or does not take advantage of outside linkages, there is no sense of belonging to the community, and there is no tie to people within it. Rather, they are within the community for personal reasons and are independent of the community or people within it and the linkages outside of it. According to (Kirst-Ashman) “…an anomic neighborhood is dysfunctional and provides little social support. Anomie is a sociological that means “ social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values often involving “personal unrest, alienations, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals. Despite residence geographical proximity, the feeling of being in a neighborhood does not exist. An example of such a neighborhood is a huge urban public housing project. Many residents may feel little identification with other residents yet have nowhere else to go. They may live in fear and the larger community may provide little support.” “Human Behavior Communities Organizations, and Groups in the Marco Social Environment, An Empowerment Approach” Kirst-Ashman, Karen K.: (2nd Edition, 2008) p293 The following is part of an article that details Jakarta, Indonesia is an example of an international Anomic community: “In Indonesia, the state under Suharto functioned as the patrimonial center of a patron-client network, distributing patronage to clients in return for their political support. Access to resources thus depended...
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...20-40% 40-60% 60-80% 80-100% 2 Remoteness (Distance from Dt. HQ) <20KM 20-40KM 40-60KM 60-80KM >80KM 3 Proximity to the RF (indicative of forest 800 mts-1 Km dependency) 600-800 mts 400-600 mts 200-400 mts 200 mts 4 Extent of natural resource base 10-20% degraded 20-40% degraded 40-60% degraded 60-80% degraded Maximum degraded with no tree cover 5 Proximity to DEF establishment for better assistance 3 Km 2-3KM 1-2KM 500mts-1KM 200-500 mts . )/• • • 0 * "+ 1 + Improve forest productivity to strengthen the natural resource base for communities. 1 • • • • ! # 2 3 + # Capacity building of Department of Environment and Forest (DEF) for improved service delivery. Preparation of IEC material Budgetary allocation: Rs 13. 45 crores ! ! & '( '4 5 2 7 6 + & 26 + & 6 8 6 + ! + + 0 * 8 0 " ; ! 9# % : 6 & 8! & 26 ; + ! & 0 ! $ ! + " + # ! + 8! < # # 9 8 ) * 3 " & 26 # SEQUENCING AND SCHEDULING OF THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR NARMIL SL. NO ACTIVITY Selection of the Districts B SUB-PROJECT PLANNING Kamrup Nagaon DFO, field staff, participated in the selection of the villages which is based on the criteria (section ???) and established willingness of the community SCHEDULE 15 villages PROJECT LEVEL PLANNING 1 Target Nodal Office DEF A Implementing partners 2 Selection of Villages and Completed LEVEL 2 Completed to participate in the program. 3 Orientation project 4 Training on PRA techniques,...
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...The Role of a Community Counselor Donte Love Abstract The purpose of this paper is to address the role and function of the community counselor. Additionally, the framework of the community counseling model is taken into account, including some of the strategies used in community counseling. The Role of a Community Counselor Community counseling can be defined as “…a comprehensive helping framework that is grounded in multicultural competence and oriented toward social justice (Lewis, Lewis, Daniels, & D'Andrea, 2011). While this definition may serve as a starting point, any meaningful understanding of the role and function of a Community counselor requires more than a brief description or a cursory glance at a definition. The community counseling model is based on four fundamental assumptions and several concepts. The first assumption is: “1. Human development and behavior take place in environmental contexts that have the potential to be nurturing or limiting” (Lewis et al., 2011). This assumption refers to the connection between people and their environment and its potential to act as a source of support or as a limiting factor on their development. The community counseling model effectively deals with the environmental factors that have an influence on the development of problems that people encounter. “2. Even in the face of devastating stress, people who are treated respectfully can demonstrate surprising levels of strength and access resources that a pessimistic...
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...Feasibility Brief 1: Rowner Community Trust Events Management Ltd. * Rowner Community Trust summary profile - (re-phrased from the internet) Rowner community trust is a new charity organization that operates under the umbrella of Rowner World Company. They aim to support the growth of the area Rowner in Hampshire by focusing on its economic, social and environmental angles and contribute to its community development. Rowner Community Trust is a new initiative. Therefore, as any other organizations it is looking forward to grow its social business by developing new social ventures to support Rowner community and sustain its social business. * Rowner Community Trust next project Group 1 will focus on Rowner Community Trust next project. The Community Trust next project is to create an Events Management Social Enterprise. This new project will generate revenues by providing events management services such as catering, conferences and other events management services to the following target segments: * SME's * Large Corporates * Public sector * Non-profit organizations * Consumer markets in following geographic locations: * London * Regional organizations involving the following stakeholders * Rowner Community Trust * Rowner Community Trust community center * Rowner Community Events Group The revenues coming from the events management social enterprise services will help in sustaining Rowner Community Trust and will also provide...
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... STUDENT NUMBER: UNIQUE NUMBER: MODULE: COMMUNITY AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY YEAR: Table of content Page no INTRODUCTION This essay will compare and contrast the community psychology and public health approaches to social problems. It will start by giving the historical development of the community psychology and public health; and then state the differences and similarities of both the approaches to social problems and how they supplement and complement each other. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH The community psychology originates from the United Sates of America’s reform movements that occurred from the 1800s to the 1960s. These reform movements amongst others are known as moral movement treatment, mental hygiene, and deinstitutionalization. These movements brought about the changes or further development of the community psychology approach to social problems. The public health constitutes of four regimes and they are known as the Sanitary Science; Social medicine; Community and a new socio- ecological model. These regimes originate from South African over the past fifteen decades. The regimes of Public health are an overlapping development of the public health that eventually came to place in the 1990s. DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF THE COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS The community psychology uses four different models to approach...
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...which they placed a police chapter. Teenagers were recruited to be like little deputies, basically to interact with the police. This basically convinced the community that we are all in it together to solve the problem of crime. In New York City it all started with Mr. Bratton who thought that crime could be tame. He indentified where crime was taking place and held local commanders responsible for their areas. It took tactical planning and accountability system. What set the stage for this process to work was Mayor David Dinkins, who won a tax increase to hire 7,000 additional police officers. The stop, question and frisk are an extension of the broken window theory that stated back in the 1980’s. Community scope should focus on the problem that affects the community, and talk to local officials, business leaders to built a brighter future for there community. Lack of community resources presents a challenge for communities. Deficient financial resources to deal with problems, forces community teams to rely on volunteers to carry out community base activities. Relationship between government and urban communities presents problem for community teams. The connection between government and community are damage by the community perception that governments do not understand community issues. Selecting an intended community change or benefit is only a beginning. Those involved need a sound plans that details the intermediate outcomes or milestones required to achieve the targeted...
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...Community assessment and analysis Presentation Red group Interview with Community health Nurse Essex County New Jersey Demographic of Essex County Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is 129.631 square miles. The Geopolitical communities are designed by natural or human made boundaries (Maurer and Smith, 2009). It holds community safer for the residents and the governing body. Essex County is bordered by human made boundaries. The weather of the community fluctuates according to the seasons. The usual temperature throughout winter stays within 24 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit. In the summer, it hikes up, and ranges between at 68 to 85 Fahrenheit. Natural disasters like flood, blizzards, snowstorms, heavy rains hurricanes, power outrage, water shortage common here. Essex county is the second most densely populated county in new jersey As of 2010 census population was 783969. The county is made up of 22 municipalities which are widely diverse encompassing large inner-city communities. Essex’s county’s economic wealth is not distributed uniformly across all...
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