Category: community

• Amazon Smile

  Support Balm In Gilead Community Services Inc with choosing to have a percentage of your purchase price donated via Amazon Smile. Amazon Smile  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-4729082 Making this choice is a passive way of giving since Amazon is a marketplace to purchase merchandise. Encourage your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you know to choose Balm In…

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  January 19, 2023

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, Uncategorized

  anitviolence, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Self Nurturing

  Self nurturing is positive investments that facilitate your progressive growth. Do your best to be your best. Self Nurturing

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  January 16, 2023

  community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  addiction, anitviolence, assessment, behavioral health, co-occurring disorders, community, coping, covid19, crime, education, employment, environmental, evaluation, financial, healing, health, labor, leadership, medication, mental health, network, nicotine, nonprofit, occupational, pandemic, physical, poverty, referral, selfcare, sex, shopping, socialwork, support, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Wellness Activities

  Below is a monthly calendar of weekly activities based on SAMHSAs 8 Dimensions of Wellness. Plan your activities accordingly and share with others others. Check out google classroom to complete your personal assessment on each dimension and resources to support the activities.

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  January 16, 2023

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  poverty, referral, violence, wellbeing

• Hiding Behind the Mask

  This was an intimate event where the audience asked questions and the panelists responded to them. The inquiries were about a variety of matters such as addiction, healing, grief, taking medication, marriage, sexual relationships, and family matters. We shared based on our professional knowledge and personal experiences. This was a great event for the Founder/Executive…

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  August 16, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, assessment, healing, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, violence, wellbeing

• Resource

  There is a challenge with identifying treatment sources to address addiction issues. Addiction is not only substance use but gambling, sex, shopping, etc. So, if you believe you have an addiction, just continue searching for treatment to resolve your issues. WHAT DOES HIGH-QUALITY ADDICTION TREATMENT LOOK LIKE? High quality addiction treatment facilities should include ALL of these…

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  August 4, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  addiction, crime, gambling, health, mental health, nicotine, nonprofit, poverty, referral, sex, shopping, substance use, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Poverty

  Poverty is systemic and by design and the article discusses the benefits of this type of currency for those who live in poverty. It is a class system created with caste system implications. For some, money is the solution to all problems but it can also cause problems. What solution will crypto provide for the…

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  July 29, 2022

  community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, crime, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• You know, Rona

  NY Times 7/21/22, By David Leonhardt The latest Covid surge: A guide to BA.5 The Covid virus has a Darwinian quality. As variants emerge, they compete with one another to become dominant. The most contagious variants tend to win the competition because they can spread more quickly. It’s survival of the fittest. That is why the…

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  July 23, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, healing, health, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  employment, health, labor, mental health, poverty, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Mental Wellness

  Wellness means what exactly and for whom? Declining mental health NY Times Coronavirus Brief 7/11/22 The pandemic’s true toll on our mental health won’t be known for some time, but we’re beginning to see some of the initial signs in our medicine cabinets. Since early 2020, millions of Americans have started or restarted psychiatric medication…

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  July 22, 2022

  community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, covid19, crime, health, medication, mental health, nonprofit, pandemic, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Crisis Lifeline

  

  On July 16, 2022,  988 will become the nationwide 3-digit dialing code for crisis and suicide prevention. It will replace the 1-800 number currently used by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On this date, when someone calls 988 all phones in the U.S. (mobile and landline) will connect with the crisis/suicide prevention system. This will…

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  July 14, 2022

  community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, crime, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• July

  The above calendar can be used as a wellness tool for the month. There are 21 days left in the month. Let the missed 10 days missed on the calendar be used for the first 10 days in the following month, August. Share with others to build community and develop a support network.

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  July 10, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, Uncategorized, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, coping, health, mental health, network, nonprofit, poverty, referral, selfcare, support, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Social media…a tool

  

  Hosts: Neha Pathak, MD and John Whyte, MD, MPH A podcast from WebMD 5/10/22 “Can Social Media Be a Tool for Mental Health?“ approximately 30 minutes of your listening time https://www.webmd.com/podcasts/20220512/can-social-media-be-a-tool-for-mental-health Episode Notes May 12, 2022 – Today, mental health struggles impact us more than ever. Many of us turn to social media for help…

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  May 30, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• NBOE Survey

  As you know, the Alliance for Newark Public Schools has consistently advocated for Newark students for the past 10 years. As this school year winds up, we have compiled our year-end evaluation tool for the school district and its schools.   The purpose of this year-end evaluation is to examine issues and recommend solutions as…

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  May 13, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, community, crime, education, evaluation, health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, violence, wellbeing

• Scholarship

  The National Association of Black Social Workers New Jersey Chapter is having their annual Scholarship Luncheon on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Scholarships are ways to support others to participate in endeavors for a beneficial outcome such as education or professional pursuits. There are different types of support but it is mostly monetary. We are asking…

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  May 13, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, financial, focus, growth, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, poverty, referral, social, wellbeing, wellness

  education', financial, nonprofit, poverty, referral, socialwork, violence, wellbeing, wellness

• Tools to Use

  

  Wellness Tools https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/MTk1MTYyOTI0MDky This is a google classroom page where personal assessments can be completed, resources with additional information, and a toolbox. Check out the google classroom website (code lyazk6r), share the link with others, and ask them to do the same. This is a resource to address the needs of the whole person. Be…

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  May 10, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, crime, health, mental health, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• Celebration

  Founder/Executive Director is now Dr. White Some people took me out to celebrate my achievement of getting over the finish line. I acquired my PhD in Social Welfare from Yeshiva University-Wurzweiler School of Social Work. My dissertation research topic was “The Phenomenological Exploration of Academic Reengagement for High School Completion“ This was a tedious process…

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  May 8, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, education, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  education, health, leadership, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing

• May is Mental Health Awareness Month

  

  Here are daily activities during the month of May for your mental wellness. Please share with others. Balm In Gilead Community Services Inc partnered with the National Association of Black Social Workers New Jersey Chapter with sharing this calendar for Mental Health Awareness Month additional resources can be found here samhsa.gov mental health is as…

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  April 30, 2022

  8 dimensions, community, emotional, environmental, financial, focus, growth, healing, health, intellectual, nonprofit, occupational, physical, poverty, referral, social, spiritual, treatment, wellbeing, wellness

  anitviolence, crime, health, mental health, nonprofit, poverty, referral, treatment, violence, wellbeing