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Back to School is Back to Cool! NON-PROFIT The Boston Public Health Commission Orchard Gardens Bowdoin Street Health Center U.S. POSTAGE is partnering with neighborhood Community Center 230 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester PAID 2 Dearborn Street, Roxbury Thursday, August 26, 3 to 6 p.m. organizations to offer free backpacks 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor BOSTON, MA Thursday, September 2, 1 to 6 p.m. Bowdoin Street Health Center to Boston residents. To be eligible, Boston, MA 02111-2503 PERMIT # 55356 mbhp@home students must attend a Boston public Youth Back to School Day Farmers’ Market (617) 859-0400 • www.mbhp.org Information and resources for program participants and their families Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership FALL 2012 school. Due to limited supplies, only Upham’s Corner Health Center Boston Public Health T one backpack per family will be 415 Columbia Road, Dorchester Commission—Mattapan Empower Yourself With MBHP’s New R.O.O.T.s Workshops issued. Backpacks will be given out Monday, August 30, 1 to 6 p.m. 249 River Street, Mattapan ne of the most successful ways peer support system for parents. on a first come–first serve basis and Back to School Celebration Saturday, September 11, to help families and individuals Workshop subjects for the series are therefore families are not guaranteed O 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. overcome housing issues is through varied, ranging from topics like a backpack. Stop by an event near Health Revival, sponsored by the empowerment. Each month, MBHP budgeting and financial planning to you to pick up a free book bag and Mattapan Community Health Center holds several free workshops on a child development and allergies/ supplies: variety of subjects, offering the tools, asthma in the home. They are all Dates and times are subject to change. resources and information people designed to provide pathways Grove Hall Please check www.bphc.org for need to achieve housing stability. towards stability. “R.O.O.T.s was 320A Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester updates. Or, for more information, Regular monthly workshops include such a great experience,” says Erika Wednesday, September 1, 6 to 8 p.m. contact Eugenia Lowery at ones that deal with how best to Martinez who attended the first Back to School Community BBQ [email protected] or (617) 534-2275. search for housing, others on how series this past summer. “It was (Parking lot in rear) to effectively manage utilities, and really helpful to learn about things general informational workshops on like financial fitness practices and R.O.O.T.s. workshop graduates Erika Martinez (far left) and Trent Woodward affordable housing. See the box on how to reduce the amount of (far right) proudly display their certifi- page 4 for our current workshop allergens in your house, but the most cates with MBHP staffers Theresa DiPietro listings. rewarding part was meeting other and Matthew Gibson. One of MBHP’s newest work- families and sharing your stories shop series’ is R.O.O.T.s (Realizing with them. I still am in contact with that regard it seems clear that MBHP DID YOU KNOW? MBHP does a lot of work directly with individuals and families in need of housing assistance, but Our Opportunities Together series), those families. We talk all the time.” succeeded. We are currently plan- did you know that MBHP is also working at the city, state and national level to make affordable housing more available for all? an eight week family-centered series Creating a space and forum for ning another R.O.O.T.s workshop MBHP works tirelessly with elected officials and leading advocacy organizations to help shape legislation that will make housing of educational workshops designed families to interact and support each series for the fall. Please contact stability a reality for more people. We are advocating for you! MBHP Recipe Challenge to empower and inform families, other was one of the major goals of Matthew Gibson at (617) 425-6773 Congratulations to Janice Westerman, Brown meat in a large, heavy pot. while also creating a welcoming the R.O.O.T.s. workshops, and in for more information. winner of this issue’s MBHP Recipe Fill pot halfway with water. Pour in Do You Love to Cook? FUN FALL TRIVIA! Challenge (and a $50 gift certificate can of V-8 juice and add bay leaf, Do you have any family to Stop and Shop)! She won with a thyme and rosemary. Bring to boil CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Job Training Programs that Work! recipes that you’d like to Work, Work, Work Jack O’Lantern Facts delicious beef stew recipe. Check it and simmer. Peel all vegetables and Year Up Boston Who: Must be a highly motivated 18- simulations, and eight weeks in an Labor Day in the U.S. is celebrat- Jack O'Lanterns were initially carved out below. cut into chunks. Add vegetables share? Send them our way to What: Year Up is a free, one-year 24 year old with a high school internship ed on the first Monday in from turnips in Ireland and Scotland. after meat has been stewing for two get published in the @Home intensive training and education diploma or GED When: Mon. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; September, and was born out of Upon arriving in America, immigrants Janice’s Beef Stew hours. Simmer for an additional program in which students earn a For more information, call (617) next session will be Aug. 21st, newsletter! If we publish your the organized labor movement. switched to using the bigger and softer 2 lbs chuck beef (cut into chunks) hour and then serve. Salt and weekly stipend. The first six months 542-1533. followed by another on Nov. 27th 4 carrots pepper to taste. of the program focus on technical President Grover Cleveland pumpkin, which was a native gourd. recipe, you will get a $50 gift 80% of Year Up graduates work in Where: 18 Tremont Street, Suite 400, signed the legislation for 1 turnip and professional skill-building, while certificate to Stop & Shop. professional positions earning an Boston, MA 02108 observance of Labor Day back in In 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 onions the second six months focus on average of $30,000/year within 4 Who: Must have a high school 1894. In 1842, Boston ship broke the record for the 4 stalks of celery Email your recipe to: applying these skills through corpo- months of completing the program. diploma or GED and a proficient carpenters won an 8-hour work most Jack O’Lanterns 4 potatoes rate internships at places like Bank 1 can V-8 juice [email protected], of America, Google, and Children’s level of English day, but it wasn’t until 1916 that assembled in one YMCA Training, Inc. 1 bay leaf Hospital. Students also earn up to 18 For more information, call Leigh the 8-hour work day was firmly place when 30,128 Or mail it to: What: A free 20-week job training 3 tsp. thyme college credits. Payne Hewlett at (617) 542-1800, established with the passage of pumpkins were program including four weeks of 2 tsp. rosemary MBHP Recipe Challenge ext. 128. the Adamson Act. lit at once. When: Mon.– Fri., 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 core skills (e.g., computer and salt and pepper to taste 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor p.m.; classes begin every March and business skills), four weeks of 50% of the internships result in job Boston, MA 02111-2503 September specialization (e.g., Administrative offers. Where: 93 Summer Street (near Assistant/Office Support, Financial Over 80% of graduates find jobs. Staff Downtown Crossing and South Services, Insurance, Medical Office will work with graduates for as long Station) Support), four weeks of office as they need to find employment.

mbhp@home • Page 5 mbhp@home • Page 6 www.mbhp.org • everyone deserves a place to call home Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Myths ABOUT MBHP Boston Before and After School Program Guide Tenant Workshops he FSS program is a great oppor- Check out these resources to find Child Care Choices of Boston All MBHP workshops are free, but Ttunity for Section 8 tenants, MEET MBHP: Malcolm Lucas out about before and after school www.childcarechoicesofboston.org reservations are recommended. linking program participants with opportunities for children in and (617) 542-5437 To attend, call (617) 425-6605 or his month, we feature Malcolm thriving. In addition to working at e-mail [email protected]. For asset development and goal setting around Boston. Lucas, Case Manager Specialist, MBHP, I’ve been teaching a free Countdown to Kindergarten accommodation requests including opportunities. 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(Malcolm has a Resources lile the Low Income Home of the month from 11:30 a.m. to customer service for information. amount of funds deposited in the increasing income during their time black belt!) Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). 12:30 p.m. at the MBHP office. All account is determined by the increase in the program. As your earnings Si Usted habla español y le gustaría 2) Check out Mass Save. Go to www.massresources.org/liheap. MBHP tenants and program partici- Motivation: I’m motivated by my pants are welcome to attend this in your wages. When you success- increase, the funds in your FSS aprender mas sobre FSS, por favor Residents of the Commonwealth may html to find out more. family—my wife and three daughters. free training opportunity! Call (617) fully complete the program, you will savings account increase. That llame a Yamaira Perez (617) be eligible for assistance and discounts 425-6605 for more information. receive the money in your FSS money can be accessed upon 425-6644; email yamaira.perez@ I hope and pray that I always do Much of Malcolm’s time is spent a working with clients off-site. Here he is at the account. Last year, the average graduation of the program. mbhp.org. right by them, and I work hard to Family Nurturing Center.

mbhp@home • Page 2 mbhp@home • Page 3 mbhp@home • Page 4 Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Myths ABOUT MBHP Boston Before and After School Program Guide Tenant Workshops he FSS program is a great oppor- Check out these resources to find Child Care Choices of Boston All MBHP workshops are free, but Ttunity for Section 8 tenants, MEET MBHP: Malcolm Lucas out about before and after school www.childcarechoicesofboston.org reservations are recommended. linking program participants with opportunities for children in and (617) 542-5437 To attend, call (617) 425-6605 or his month, we feature Malcolm thriving. In addition to working at e-mail [email protected]. For asset development and goal setting around Boston. Lucas, Case Manager Specialist, MBHP, I’ve been teaching a free Countdown to Kindergarten accommodation requests including opportunities. FSS provides assistance T who has been with MBHP since martial arts class for the past two www.countdowntokindergarten.org sign language interpreters, the use that will help anyone achieve their City of Boston Resources 2009. Malcolm is passionate about years at a local community center in (617) 635-3276 of the building wheelchair platform goals, from furthering education and Boston Centers for Youth his desire to help others break the Roxbury to encourage others to be Mayor’s Youthline lift, or the need for an interpreter, career development, to improving and Families cycle of poverty, his family, and his both physically and spiritually www.bostonyouthzone.com contact us at least three weeks credit, and/or working toward home- www.cityofboston.gov/bcyf prior to the date of the workshop. love of martial arts and basketball. stronger. (617) 635-2240 ownership. Throughout the years (617) 635-4920 we have noticed there are some Accomplishments: I grew up in the Hobby: I love basketball. I’ve been Boston Medical Center Boston Sports, Arts, and Affordable Housing 101 common misconceptions about the neighborhood of Roxbury as the playing since high school and also Pediatric Clinic Environmental Programs September 11, 10 – 11:30 a.m. FSS program. Let’s dispel some of eldest of four children. As a single love watching games. www.bmc.org/pediatrics www.bostonavigator.org This one-and-a-half-hour workshop parent, my mother did the best she is for tenants seeking information those myths. On My Work: My background is (617) 414-5946 could for us, but the area we lived in State Resources for Families about criteria, wait lists, and how to working with children in the foster Boston Parks and Recreation apply for affordable housing. Myth: You must be employed to was very negative. Crime was high Massachusetts Department of care system and juveniles involved Department join the program. and we feared gang violence. The Early Education and Care Apartment Search Workshop with the Department of Youth www.cityofboston.gov/parks Each year, MBHP celebrates its FSS graduates with a family-friendly graduation ceremony. odds seemed to be stacked against www.eec.state.ma.us September 19 or October 17 No. All you need to be eligible for Services. Several years ago I was out (617) 635-4505 me—statistically I wasn’t supposed (617) 472-2881 10 – 11:30 a.m. enrollment in the FSS program is a of work and kept running across a amount graduates received from to make it. Given these challenges, Boston Public Library This one-hour workshop provides HCVP (Section 8) voucher from position for a housing specialist at Massachusetts Department their account exceeded $15,000. I’m proud that I was able to succeed www.bpl.org tenants with recommendations MBHP, and be considered a tenant in MBHP. I wasn’t sure if I had the of Transitional Assistance These funds can be used toward in life. I had several strong influences (617) 536-5400 and information about finding a good standing. Over the course of a ensure that as a family we are able skills to be successful in this role, www.mass.gov/dta market-rate apartment. future homeownership! growing up, both in my mother and participant’s time in the program, the to break the cycle of poverty. I but I wanted to try. For almost three Boston Public Schools (800) 445-6604 in a neighbor who was a photog Utilities Workshop FSS advisors will help a participant believe that it’s my calling in life to years now I’ve been a part of MBHP http://boston.k12.ma.us Myth: Graduating from FSS rapher. He served as a kind of Massachusetts Department September 19 or October 17 secure employment (if not already help empower others and to give and I love it. To me the agency feels (617) 635-9000 means you lose your Section 8 mentor for me: he introduced me of Elementary and 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. employed) or a higher paying job so back to my community. As part of like a family. MBHP has a strong voucher. and my siblings to art and made sure Department of Extended Learning Secondary Education The one-hour workshop provides that they can successfully graduate my position at MBHP, I work in the focus on building relationships with we stayed out of trouble. Time After School and Services www.doe.mass.edu information on energy discounts, the program at the end of their No. Graduating from the FSS pro- same neighborhood that I grew up their staff and the families they (617) 635-1578 (781) 338-3000 fuel assistance, payment plans and contract. gram does not affect your voucher. Traits I Value: I most value loyalty in, and I like being able to see my serve, and I appreciate that. I really conservation practices. However, just like any Section 8 and integrity. I like people who neighbors succeed and their children just love to help—it’s my calling. Myth: The Family Self Sufficiency voucher holder, if you began earning follow through on what they say Program will buy you a home. enough income to pay full market they’re going to do. Partnering with Rosie! rent for six months, you would move Tonya Marshall (left), recent graduate Planning Ahead for Winter Heating Costs No, but being enrolled in the Family from the FSS program, took great Most Exotic Place I’ve Visited: My MBHP has begun working with our on from the voucher program. Yet in We may still be in the dog days of summer, but winter will be here before you Self Sufficiency program may give advantage of the resources and tools wife and I went to Hawaii on our colleagues and the women at that scenario, no longer needing the know it, and in Massachusetts, that means dealing with heating costs. There are you the opportunity to save money, offered by the program. She’s pictured honeymoon. We’ll be married twelve Rosie’s Place, offering education, voucher to pay rent would be several options available to families and individuals in need of payment which can be used toward buying a here with her FSS advisor, David Kelley. years in August. counseling, and assistance with considered a huge success. assistance. Some programs require early enrollment, so don’t wait! home. Here’s how it works—Each Photo by Bethany Versoy maintaining and restoring utility Place I’d Like to Visit: I’d really like services and helping individuals FSS participant gets set up with a Myth: FSS gives you free money. to go to China. I’m intrigued by the and families experiencing home- If you are interested in participating, 1) Get on a payment plan. through Mass Save. For more informa- savings account after signing their people and the culture, especially lessness move into new units. A Most energy companies allow you tion, visit www.massave.com or call contract. As you move through the No. The FSS program doesn’t give contact Jamie DeLude at (617) martial arts. I’ve been training in key component of the program is to set up a fixed payment plan so 1-866-537-7267 program and take advantage of the you free money, but our participants 425-6701 or [email protected]. Also, look kung fu for 18 years and would love our monthly Utility Management those mid-winter fuel bills aren’t so career tools and resources provided, can earn additional money by on the www.mbhp.org website under to learn more about where this art 3) Look into government resources. Workshop on the third Wednesday high. Ask your energy company’s your income tends to improve. The pursuing further employment and the FSS tab for application materials! form comes from. (Malcolm has a Resources lile the Low Income Home of the month from 11:30 a.m. to customer service for information. amount of funds deposited in the increasing income during their time black belt!) Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). 12:30 p.m. at the MBHP office. All account is determined by the increase in the program. As your earnings Si Usted habla español y le gustaría 2) Check out Mass Save. Go to www.massresources.org/liheap. MBHP tenants and program partici- Motivation: I’m motivated by my pants are welcome to attend this in your wages. When you success- increase, the funds in your FSS aprender mas sobre FSS, por favor Residents of the Commonwealth may html to find out more. family—my wife and three daughters. free training opportunity! Call (617) fully complete the program, you will savings account increase. That llame a Yamaira Perez (617) be eligible for assistance and discounts 425-6605 for more information. receive the money in your FSS money can be accessed upon 425-6644; email yamaira.perez@ I hope and pray that I always do Much of Malcolm’s time is spent a working with clients off-site. Here he is at the account. Last year, the average graduation of the program. mbhp.org. right by them, and I work hard to Family Nurturing Center.

mbhp@home • Page 2 mbhp@home • Page 3 mbhp@home • Page 4 Back to School is Back to Cool! NON-PROFIT The Boston Public Health Commission Orchard Gardens Bowdoin Street Health Center U.S. POSTAGE is partnering with neighborhood Community Center 230 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester PAID 2 Dearborn Street, Roxbury Thursday, August 26, 3 to 6 p.m. organizations to offer free backpacks 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor BOSTON, MA Thursday, September 2, 1 to 6 p.m. Bowdoin Street Health Center to Boston residents. To be eligible, Boston, MA 02111-2503 PERMIT # 55356 mbhp@home students must attend a Boston public Youth Back to School Day Farmers’ Market (617) 859-0400 • www.mbhp.org Information and resources for program participants and their families Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership FALL 2012 school. Due to limited supplies, only Upham’s Corner Health Center Boston Public Health T one backpack per family will be 415 Columbia Road, Dorchester Commission—Mattapan Empower Yourself With MBHP’s New R.O.O.T.s Workshops issued. Backpacks will be given out Monday, August 30, 1 to 6 p.m. 249 River Street, Mattapan ne of the most successful ways peer support system for parents. on a first come–first serve basis and Back to School Celebration Saturday, September 11, to help families and individuals Workshop subjects for the series are therefore families are not guaranteed O 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. overcome housing issues is through varied, ranging from topics like a backpack. Stop by an event near Health Revival, sponsored by the empowerment. Each month, MBHP budgeting and financial planning to you to pick up a free book bag and Mattapan Community Health Center holds several free workshops on a child development and allergies/ supplies: variety of subjects, offering the tools, asthma in the home. They are all Dates and times are subject to change. resources and information people designed to provide pathways Grove Hall Please check www.bphc.org for need to achieve housing stability. towards stability. “R.O.O.T.s was 320A Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester updates. Or, for more information, Regular monthly workshops include such a great experience,” says Erika Wednesday, September 1, 6 to 8 p.m. contact Eugenia Lowery at ones that deal with how best to Martinez who attended the first Back to School Community BBQ [email protected] or (617) 534-2275. search for housing, others on how series this past summer. “It was (Parking lot in rear) to effectively manage utilities, and really helpful to learn about things general informational workshops on like financial fitness practices and R.O.O.T.s. workshop graduates Erika Martinez (far left) and Trent Woodward affordable housing. See the box on how to reduce the amount of (far right) proudly display their certifi- page 4 for our current workshop allergens in your house, but the most cates with MBHP staffers Theresa DiPietro listings. rewarding part was meeting other and Matthew Gibson. One of MBHP’s newest work- families and sharing your stories shop series’ is R.O.O.T.s (Realizing with them. I still am in contact with that regard it seems clear that MBHP DID YOU KNOW? MBHP does a lot of work directly with individuals and families in need of housing assistance, but Our Opportunities Together series), those families. We talk all the time.” succeeded. We are currently plan- did you know that MBHP is also working at the city, state and national level to make affordable housing more available for all? an eight week family-centered series Creating a space and forum for ning another R.O.O.T.s workshop MBHP works tirelessly with elected officials and leading advocacy organizations to help shape legislation that will make housing of educational workshops designed families to interact and support each series for the fall. Please contact stability a reality for more people. We are advocating for you! MBHP Recipe Challenge to empower and inform families, other was one of the major goals of Matthew Gibson at (617) 425-6773 Congratulations to Janice Westerman, Brown meat in a large, heavy pot. while also creating a welcoming the R.O.O.T.s. workshops, and in for more information. winner of this issue’s MBHP Recipe Fill pot halfway with water. Pour in Do You Love to Cook? FUN FALL TRIVIA! Challenge (and a $50 gift certificate can of V-8 juice and add bay leaf, Do you have any family to Stop and Shop)! She won with a thyme and rosemary. Bring to boil CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Job Training Programs that Work! recipes that you’d like to Work, Work, Work Jack O’Lantern Facts delicious beef stew recipe. Check it and simmer. Peel all vegetables and Year Up Boston Who: Must be a highly motivated 18- simulations, and eight weeks in an Labor Day in the U.S. is celebrat- Jack O'Lanterns were initially carved out below. cut into chunks. Add vegetables share? Send them our way to What: Year Up is a free, one-year 24 year old with a high school internship ed on the first Monday in from turnips in Ireland and Scotland. after meat has been stewing for two get published in the @Home intensive training and education diploma or GED When: Mon. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; September, and was born out of Upon arriving in America, immigrants Janice’s Beef Stew hours. Simmer for an additional program in which students earn a For more information, call (617) next session will be Aug. 21st, newsletter! If we publish your the organized labor movement. switched to using the bigger and softer 2 lbs chuck beef (cut into chunks) hour and then serve. Salt and weekly stipend. The first six months 542-1533. followed by another on Nov. 27th 4 carrots pepper to taste. of the program focus on technical President Grover Cleveland pumpkin, which was a native gourd. recipe, you will get a $50 gift 80% of Year Up graduates work in Where: 18 Tremont Street, Suite 400, signed the legislation for 1 turnip and professional skill-building, while certificate to Stop & Shop. professional positions earning an Boston, MA 02108 observance of Labor Day back in In 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 onions the second six months focus on average of $30,000/year within 4 Who: Must have a high school 1894. In 1842, Boston ship broke the record for the 4 stalks of celery Email your recipe to: applying these skills through corpo- months of completing the program. diploma or GED and a proficient carpenters won an 8-hour work most Jack O’Lanterns 4 potatoes rate internships at places like Bank 1 can V-8 juice [email protected], of America, Google, and Children’s level of English day, but it wasn’t until 1916 that assembled in one YMCA Training, Inc. 1 bay leaf Hospital. Students also earn up to 18 For more information, call Leigh the 8-hour work day was firmly place when 30,128 Or mail it to: What: A free 20-week job training 3 tsp. thyme college credits. Payne Hewlett at (617) 542-1800, established with the passage of pumpkins were program including four weeks of 2 tsp. rosemary MBHP Recipe Challenge ext. 128. the Adamson Act. lit at once. When: Mon.– Fri., 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 core skills (e.g., computer and salt and pepper to taste 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor p.m.; classes begin every March and business skills), four weeks of 50% of the internships result in job Boston, MA 02111-2503 September specialization (e.g., Administrative offers. Where: 93 Summer Street (near Assistant/Office Support, Financial Over 80% of graduates find jobs. Staff Downtown Crossing and South Services, Insurance, Medical Office will work with graduates for as long Station) Support), four weeks of office as they need to find employment.

mbhp@home • Page 5 mbhp@home • Page 6 www.mbhp.org • everyone deserves a place to call home Back to School is Back to Cool! NON-PROFIT The Boston Public Health Commission Orchard Gardens Bowdoin Street Health Center U.S. POSTAGE is partnering with neighborhood Community Center 230 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester PAID 2 Dearborn Street, Roxbury Thursday, August 26, 3 to 6 p.m. organizations to offer free backpacks 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor BOSTON, MA Thursday, September 2, 1 to 6 p.m. Bowdoin Street Health Center to Boston residents. To be eligible, Boston, MA 02111-2503 PERMIT # 55356 mbhp@home students must attend a Boston public Youth Back to School Day Farmers’ Market (617) 859-0400 • www.mbhp.org Information and resources for program participants and their families Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership FALL 2012 school. Due to limited supplies, only Upham’s Corner Health Center Boston Public Health T one backpack per family will be 415 Columbia Road, Dorchester Commission—Mattapan Empower Yourself With MBHP’s New R.O.O.T.s Workshops issued. Backpacks will be given out Monday, August 30, 1 to 6 p.m. 249 River Street, Mattapan ne of the most successful ways peer support system for parents. on a first come–first serve basis and Back to School Celebration Saturday, September 11, to help families and individuals Workshop subjects for the series are therefore families are not guaranteed O 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. overcome housing issues is through varied, ranging from topics like a backpack. Stop by an event near Health Revival, sponsored by the empowerment. Each month, MBHP budgeting and financial planning to you to pick up a free book bag and Mattapan Community Health Center holds several free workshops on a child development and allergies/ supplies: variety of subjects, offering the tools, asthma in the home. They are all Dates and times are subject to change. resources and information people designed to provide pathways Grove Hall Please check www.bphc.org for need to achieve housing stability. towards stability. “R.O.O.T.s was 320A Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester updates. Or, for more information, Regular monthly workshops include such a great experience,” says Erika Wednesday, September 1, 6 to 8 p.m. contact Eugenia Lowery at ones that deal with how best to Martinez who attended the first Back to School Community BBQ [email protected] or (617) 534-2275. search for housing, others on how series this past summer. “It was (Parking lot in rear) to effectively manage utilities, and really helpful to learn about things general informational workshops on like financial fitness practices and R.O.O.T.s. workshop graduates Erika Martinez (far left) and Trent Woodward affordable housing. See the box on how to reduce the amount of (far right) proudly display their certifi- page 4 for our current workshop allergens in your house, but the most cates with MBHP staffers Theresa DiPietro listings. rewarding part was meeting other and Matthew Gibson. One of MBHP’s newest work- families and sharing your stories shop series’ is R.O.O.T.s (Realizing with them. I still am in contact with that regard it seems clear that MBHP DID YOU KNOW? MBHP does a lot of work directly with individuals and families in need of housing assistance, but Our Opportunities Together series), those families. We talk all the time.” succeeded. We are currently plan- did you know that MBHP is also working at the city, state and national level to make affordable housing more available for all? an eight week family-centered series Creating a space and forum for ning another R.O.O.T.s workshop MBHP works tirelessly with elected officials and leading advocacy organizations to help shape legislation that will make housing of educational workshops designed families to interact and support each series for the fall. Please contact stability a reality for more people. We are advocating for you! MBHP Recipe Challenge to empower and inform families, other was one of the major goals of Matthew Gibson at (617) 425-6773 Congratulations to Janice Westerman, Brown meat in a large, heavy pot. while also creating a welcoming the R.O.O.T.s. workshops, and in for more information. winner of this issue’s MBHP Recipe Fill pot halfway with water. Pour in Do You Love to Cook? FUN FALL TRIVIA! Challenge (and a $50 gift certificate can of V-8 juice and add bay leaf, Do you have any family to Stop and Shop)! She won with a thyme and rosemary. Bring to boil CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Job Training Programs that Work! recipes that you’d like to Work, Work, Work Jack O’Lantern Facts delicious beef stew recipe. Check it and simmer. Peel all vegetables and Year Up Boston Who: Must be a highly motivated 18- simulations, and eight weeks in an Labor Day in the U.S. is celebrat- Jack O'Lanterns were initially carved out below. cut into chunks. Add vegetables share? Send them our way to What: Year Up is a free, one-year 24 year old with a high school internship ed on the first Monday in from turnips in Ireland and Scotland. after meat has been stewing for two get published in the @Home intensive training and education diploma or GED When: Mon. – Fri., 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.; September, and was born out of Upon arriving in America, immigrants Janice’s Beef Stew hours. Simmer for an additional program in which students earn a For more information, call (617) next session will be Aug. 21st, newsletter! If we publish your the organized labor movement. switched to using the bigger and softer 2 lbs chuck beef (cut into chunks) hour and then serve. Salt and weekly stipend. The first six months 542-1533. followed by another on Nov. 27th 4 carrots pepper to taste. of the program focus on technical President Grover Cleveland pumpkin, which was a native gourd. recipe, you will get a $50 gift 80% of Year Up graduates work in Where: 18 Tremont Street, Suite 400, signed the legislation for 1 turnip and professional skill-building, while certificate to Stop & Shop. professional positions earning an Boston, MA 02108 observance of Labor Day back in In 2006, Boston, Massachusetts, 2 onions the second six months focus on average of $30,000/year within 4 Who: Must have a high school 1894. In 1842, Boston ship broke the record for the 4 stalks of celery Email your recipe to: applying these skills through corpo- months of completing the program. diploma or GED and a proficient carpenters won an 8-hour work most Jack O’Lanterns 4 potatoes rate internships at places like Bank 1 can V-8 juice [email protected], of America, Google, and Children’s level of English day, but it wasn’t until 1916 that assembled in one YMCA Training, Inc. 1 bay leaf Hospital. Students also earn up to 18 For more information, call Leigh the 8-hour work day was firmly place when 30,128 Or mail it to: What: A free 20-week job training 3 tsp. thyme college credits. Payne Hewlett at (617) 542-1800, established with the passage of pumpkins were program including four weeks of 2 tsp. rosemary MBHP Recipe Challenge ext. 128. the Adamson Act. lit at once. When: Mon.– Fri., 8:30 a.m.– 3:30 core skills (e.g., computer and salt and pepper to taste 125 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor p.m.; classes begin every March and business skills), four weeks of 50% of the internships result in job Boston, MA 02111-2503 September specialization (e.g., Administrative offers. Where: 93 Summer Street (near Assistant/Office Support, Financial Over 80% of graduates find jobs. Staff Downtown Crossing and South Services, Insurance, Medical Office will work with graduates for as long Station) Support), four weeks of office as they need to find employment.

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