Around The Town Join Us for the Lighthouse International Film Festival Kickoff
Location Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences Address 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ Date Apr 27, 2019 Time 7:00 PM 2019 Lineup Revealed, Auction, Films, Libations, Friends, Films and Fun
Open mic with Jimmy Brogan
Location Tuckerton Beach Grille Address 1000 South Green St., Tuckerton Phone 609-294-3600 Date May 02, 2019 & Every Thursday Time 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM Live music
Carve Wars is Back!
Location Tuckerton Seaport Address 120 W Main St, Tuckerton, NJ 08087 Phone 609-296-8868 Date May 04, 2019 & May 05 Time 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Join us as Tuckerton Seaport hosts Carve Wars, an epic chainsaw carving competition. This festival will feature carvers from New Jersey, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. We will also have decoy carving, boat building and blacksmithing demonstrations, as well as food truck food court with craft beer from Pinelands Brewing and Ship Bottom Brewery. Watch quick carve demos where giant logs are turned into works of art. All items carved on site will be auctioned off on Sunday. Admission for this 2 day festival is $10 (free for kids under 5 and Seaport Members).
Living With Arthritis: A Joint Effort
Location Little Egg Harbor Branch of the Ocean County Library Address 290 Mathistown Rd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087 Phone 609-294-1197 Website www.theoceancountylibrary.org Date May 08, 2019 Time 7:00 PM Please register in person, by calling 609-2941197, or online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
Poetry Writers Group
Location Barnegat Branch of the Ocean County Library Address 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ Phone 609-698-3331 Website theoceancountylibrary.org Date May 15, 2019 Time 7:00 PM Hone your craft with like-minded adult writers. All are welcome.
Blondage Rocks Concert
Location Little Egg Harbor Branch of the Ocean County Library Address 290 Mathistown Rd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087 Phone 609-294-1197 Website www.theoceancountylibrary.org Date May 22, 2019 Time 7:00 PM Please register in person, by calling 609-2941197, or online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
Brain Health Workshop for Seniors
Location Little Egg Harbor Branch of the Ocean County Library Address 290 Mathistown Rd, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08087 Phone 609-294-1197 Website www.theoceancountylibrary.org Date May 23, 2019 Time 11:00 AM Basic computer skills are required. Ages 50 and older. Please register in person, by calling 609-294-1197, or online at www. theoceancountylibrary.org.
Soroptomist Clothing Closet
Address The Stafford Community Center, 25 Pine Street, Manahawkin. Website https://bit.ly/2DagvWi Date Every Saturday Time 10:00 AM to 1:00PM The Soroptomist Clothing Closet at 25 Pine street has everyday clothing for free to women in need. We are open every Saturday from 10-1 and the first and third Wednesday of each month from 4-6. You can pick up a voucher from local food pantries, health clinics, churches and our shop. The shop is located in manahawkin behind the new community center. Please contact me at : ernstbl1@aol.com. Full calendar at: thesandpaper.villagesoup.com
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OCEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN EARNS CAUSEWAY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY GRANT
In Celebration of The Causeway Family of Dealerships 50th anniversary, we will be embarking on a yearlong campaign - Causeway’s 50 Golden Acts of Good - to help our neighbors and positively impact Ocean County.
Anchoring this campaign will be a Grant Giveaway program, through which Causeway will award a $10,000 grant to one Ocean County nonprofit every month, from January through November of 2019, culminating next December with the award of a New Ford Transit Connect Van. We are proud to announce our April $10,000 grant winner, Ocean Partnership for Children. “Changing Tides in the Lives of Families” Ocean Partnership for Children (OPC) changes lives by helping children between the ages of 4-21 years with behavioral, emotional, substance use, and developmental challenges, such as autism. These youth are in desperate need of being linked to services, such as in-home counseling, behavioral therapy, and mentoring. OPC strives to keep children and adolescents at home, in school, and in the community whenever possible. OPC has a great success rate of 80% of youth remaining at home, in school and in the community, which is where they belong. Serving ALL of Ocean County, they currently help 950 youth each and every day receive the services they need to be successful. One of the major factors in helping these children is technology. Ocean Partnership for Children uses technology to connect kids to the services they need. One of the greatest challenges OPC faces daily is the lack of laptops that the care managers use in the homes of the youth and families they serve. With more laptops on hand, OPC could help the youth more quickly and efficiently. As of right now, the care managers have to go back to the office to make the arrangements for critical services. Having laptops on hand would cut the wait times in half for services to get into the homes of the youth in need.
Causeway Presenting the grant award to Ocean Partnership for Children (From Left to Right) - David Wintrode General Manager, Joe Stroffolino Director of Advertising and Marketing, Mary Jo Buchanan Executive Director of Ocean Partnership for Children, Dave Wintrode President of Causeway Family of Dealerships, Corey Gellis General Sales Manager.
Mission The Mission of Ocean Partnership for Children is to enhance the well-being of youth and their families through natural and community supports. Vision Ocean Partnership for Children, Inc. envisions a totally accessible, individualized, family friendly system of care for youth and their families – one that offers the highest quality supports with unconditional care and sustainable success. OPC is Unique Ocean Partnership for Children is the only designated agency providing care management services in Ocean County. While the agency collaborates and coordinates with all other social service agencies, there is no other organization providing these specialized care coordination services. Eligibility Because Ocean Partnership for Children is a part of New Jersey’s Children’s System of Care, all referrals to OPC have to come through the State’s Contracted Systems Administrator, PerformCare. PerformCare is a call center that provides assessments for any youth and family in need 24/7. PerformCare can be reached by calling 1-877-6527624. More information about PerformCare can be obtained at www.performcarenj.org. Anyone, including the youth, family, school, the courts, hospitals, can make a referral to PerformCare and an assessment will be made. If the youth is determined to need care management services, the youth will then be referred to Ocean Partnership for Children and the agency will make contact within 24 hours. What to Expect Once a child has been referred by PerformCare to Ocean Partnership for Children, a Care Manager will make arrangements to meet with the family. During this meeting, the early stages of a plan will develop which will take into account the family’s strengths, values, culture and preferences.
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A Care Manager will facilitate regular meetings called Child and Family Team Meetings. Care Managers also coordinate service providers and resources for the child and family as needed, modifying the plan to improve its effectiveness over time to help the child and family reach their vision. Crisis and safety plans will be developed which outline interventions and supports that the family and other team members can use during a crisis. OPC offers 24/7 Crisis on-call service to children and families who are being served. The Child and Family Team & the Care Manager The Care Manager will work with a family to help build a team consisting of individuals who know the child and family best, and who are willing to make a commitment to do whatever it takes to help them achieve positive outcomes. This team will consist of the child’s Caregiver, the Care Manager, formal service providers such as therapists and in-community providers, and natural or informal supports, such as a clergy member or trusted friend. A Child and Family Team (CFT) will change and evolve over time and as the needs of the child and family change. One of the first accomplishments of the Care Manager working with this CFT will be to create
a Crisis Plan. A Crisis Plan is a plan specifically tailored to the types of crisis experienced in the past by the child and family, and will contain interventions and supports for handling a child in crisis. These plans are often readdressed as time goes by and the child and family changes. The next important step is the development of the Individual Service Plan, or the ISP. Using “Wraparound values” and the care manager’s skills in strength-based planning, a service plan with sound, structured goals will be created using input from all team members. These plans are designed to be family-friendly and will change to meet the needs of the family. At each CFT meeting, which will occur about every sixty days, the ISP will be updated and the goals and services will be reviewed with all team members. Plans will be made to help a family achieve independence by moving to more “normal” community linkages whenever possible. The Care Manager will be responsible for coordinating all care needed for the child and family. Care Managers do not do therapy; they facilitate and coordinate the CFT process. Care Managers will guide a family through their journey with the CMO with respect, competency and dedication. Community Resources Using the creativity and input from the Child and Family Team, informal community supports and services will be identified for the family. Ocean Partnership has a staff dedicated to seeking out both traditional and non-traditional resources to help a family become more strongly connected to their community and move toward independence. Natural and informal supports are those who work with a child and family as volunteers or as caring community members. Examples of these individuals can be coaches, teachers, faith-based representatives, Big Brothers or Big Sisters, neighbors, relatives, friends, or others key individuals. The Community Resource Development staff at OPC develops and maintains a database of resources where families can locate basic needs such as food, clothing, healthcare, recreation and assistance with other quality of life issues. This can be found at the following website: http://www. oceanresourcenet.org/. Anyone can access Ocean ResourceNet even if they are not being serviced by Ocean Partnership for Children. Length of Care with OPC While the time that the youth and family are under the care of OPC may vary, on average they are with the agency for about 10-11 months. After that time, a transition plan is developed and the youth and family are able to work the plan independently. Cost of Services Because OPC is part of the State’s Children’s System of Care, services are covered under Medicaid, so there is no cost to the youth or family. Connecting to OPC If any youth or family wants to reach out to OPC directly, they can call the agency at 1-732-202-1585. They can also visit the website at www.oceanpartnership.org. OPC is continually recruiting for qualified care managers, as well as volunteer Board of Trustees members, so if interested, please contact the agency.