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SUMMARY:SPACE Gives Parents the Skills to Help Anxious Children
DESCRIPTION:Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions\, or SPACE\, is a weekly\, skills-based treatment group that helps parents manage their children’s anxiety-related behaviors. This helps children ages 3 to 17 develop the confidence to overcome anxiety.  \nSPACE helps parents: \n\n Get a better understanding of anxiety\n Feel less alone \n Learn supportive responses \n Help their children to learn how to self-regulate\n\nA formal diagnosis is not required\, but families are pre-screened. \nRead Erin and Olivia’s SPACE story here. \n  \n$350 Group Rate: No groups currently running \n$500 Individual Treatment: Available at a flat rate of $500 \n  \nSubmit Your Interest Here \nTo learn more\, email Anna Cabrera\, Community Mental Health Liaison. \n  \nSponsored by: \nRothstein Family Fund \nRBC Foundation – USA \nMcPhee Foundation
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/space-gives-parents-the-skills-to-help-anxious-children/
CATEGORIES:Ongoing,Service-Related Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260521T160000
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SUMMARY:JFS Bereavement Group: Grieving? You're Not Alone.
DESCRIPTION:Are you struggling with the loss of a loved one? \nDo you feel like your grief is “too intense” or like others wish you would “just move on”? \nDo you wonder how you’ll manage moving forward? \nDo you wish you could talk to someone who understands? \nThe JFS Bereavement Group is a compassionate\, confidential\, no-cost circle of support\, led by a trained professional. \n  \nWhere: \nJewish Family Services of Greater Hartford \n333 Bloomfield Ave\, Suite A \nWest Hartford\, CT 06117 \n  \nWhen: \nEvery Wednesday from 4 to 5:30 pm \n  \nWho: \nThe group is led by experienced Psychiatric APRN Theodora (Teddy) Sirota\, PhD\, APRN\, CNL\, PMHCNS-BC.  \n  \nRegistration and initial screening required. Click here to register. \nFor additional details\, email our Community Mental Health Liaison\, Anna Cabrera. \n  \nSponsored by: \nRothstein Family Fund \nRBC Foundation – USA \nMcPhee Foundation \n 
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/jfs-bereavement-group-grieving-youre-not-alone/
CATEGORIES:Ongoing,Service-Related Events
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260623T000000
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SUMMARY:The Wellness Institute
DESCRIPTION:JFS partners with The Wellness Institute to present free webinars featuring nationally recognized experts on a variety of mental health topics focused on children and youth. Thanks to generous support from a variety of funders (see below)\, JFS is able to offer free registration through a special attendance code. Email us at info@jfshartford.org for details.
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/the-wellness-institute/
CATEGORIES:MentalHealth,Ongoing
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20300623T170000
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SUMMARY:Mental Health First Aid
DESCRIPTION:Mental Health First Aid is designed to help young people and the adults who care about them recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and respond with appropriate resources. JFS offers two versions of this program: \nYouth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) teaches adults to recognize mental health issues in youth ages 12-18. This course is recommended for parents\, educators\, and anyone else who regularly works with this age group. Groups and individuals are welcome to participate. \nTeen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) teaches teens in grades 9-12 (ages 14-18) how to identify\, understand\, and respond to mental health and substance use issues among friends and peers. This course is recommended for classes\, youth groups\, and teen community organizations. \nTo learn more about Mental Health First Aid\, contact Anna Cabrera\, Community Mental Health Clinician. \n 
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/mental-health-first-aid/
CATEGORIES:MentalHealth,Ongoing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260701T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260731T160000
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SUMMARY:Back-to-School Drive
DESCRIPTION:Each year throughout the month of July\, JFS holds a Back-to-School Drive to collect backpacks and selected school supplies for clients and their families. Corporate\, family\, and individual sponsors are welcome\, and there are several ways to donate.  \nUpward of 200 backpacks are distributed in August\, just before the school year begins. This drive is a partnership with the Mandell JCC and PJ Library in Greater Hartford.  \nClick here to learn more about sponsorships or check our Facebook page for details on the drive during summer months.
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/back-to-school-supply-drive/
CATEGORIES:Signature Events
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20271112T200000
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SUMMARY:Event to Combat Hunger
DESCRIPTION:Each November\, prior to Thanksgiving\, JFS holds its annual Responding to Hunger Event. This celebration and educational program sheds light on the topic of hunger in Greater Hartford and raises funds to support critical JFS safety net programs\, including the Anja Rosenberg Kosher Food Pantry.  \nEvery sponsorship or gift makes it possible for us to meet rising demand with compassion and dignity. Click here to learn more about sponsorships or check our Facebook page for event details beginning in October.
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/event-to-combat-hunger/
CATEGORIES:Signature Events
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SUMMARY:Passover Food Drive + Distribution
DESCRIPTION:Each spring\, Elayne and James Schoke Jewish Family Service of Fairfield County and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty invite JFS of Greater Hartford to participate in a massive kosher-for-Passover bulk food distribution.  \nOur JFS staff drive a truck to Stamford and fill it with tons of potatoes\, onions\, matzah\, and other fixings for a perfect Seder. Then we drive back to Hartford\, where dozens of volunteers help us sort and repack the food into family-size grocery bags for distribution to JFS clients.  \nYou can volunteer as an individual or a group or donate matzah or other staples in the lead-up to Passover (see our Pantry Picks program). \n 
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/passover-food-drive-distribution/
LOCATION:JFS Office & Stamford\, CT
CATEGORIES:Signature Events
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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving & Turkey Drives
DESCRIPTION:At JFS\, we believe everyone in our community should have the opportunity to give thanks. We hold a number of special activities leading up to Thanksgiving to ensure that our clients and their families have what they need.  \nOur Thanksgiving Drive in partnership with The Crown Market provides a family with kosher Thanksgiving essentials for just a $30 donation.  \nIn mid-November\, we offer opportunities to help pack and distribute Thanksgiving staples\, and on the weekend before Thanksgiving\, we hold a giant\, drive-through kosher turkey giveaway. You won’t want to miss this wonderful opportunity to give back!  \nTo learn more about giving and sponsorship opportunities\, email Hillary Clark\, Development Manager\, or call (860) 236-1927\, ext. 7089. To learn more about volunteering for the drive\, email Laura Miacola\, Volunteer & Employee Experience Coordinator\, or call (860) 236-1927\, ext. 7128. 
URL:https://jfshartford.org/event/thanksgiving-turkey-drives/
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