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#LIVEUNITED #MENTALHEALTH With so many changes to our daily lives, we need to take extra care of our mental health. NAMI offers tips to keep us on a healthy track. The first step is to reach out!
When you support United Way of Rome & Floyd County, you directly support NO LONGER INC. a fully-funded, evidence based program seeking to reduce recidivism, increase employment of those with felony backgrounds, and increase adherence to medications for those struggling with a mental health challenge. Every day, people in our communities struggle with economic issues...
#childabusepreventionmonth #LIVEUNITED When you support your local United Way, you are supporting LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, a fully-funded evidence based program offered by Exchange Club Family Resource Center. Read the details HERE. Test your knowledge! How many protective factors you can identify? Try all 6 scenarios—and use this tool to train others! Promoting the following protective...
Did you know that a child who spends just one hour a week with a mentor is less likely to hit someone, skip school, skip class, and start using drugs or alcohol? And that’s not all - mentoring a child can help enrich a child’s life as much as your own. While the nation’s graduation...
Many of us may not realize that reading is a critical bridge to success in school, work and life. Children generally are learning to read until 3rd grade. By the 4th grade, they should be reading to learn. After that, coursework gets harder and reading becomes more challenging. Students who don’t read well have increasing...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” Dr. King further challenged our nation to the service of our fellow man by asking, "What are you doing for others?" January 20, 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of celebrating Dr. King's birthday and commemorating his life and legacy through...
TAKE THE TEST HERE Know your slavery footprint: Whether it is the clothes we wear, the coffee we drink, or the phones we use to communicate, products that we use or consume every day may have been produced with trafficked or slave labor. Learn how slavery may be touching your everyday life. It will take...
We can be a light in a dark place. Today there are more than 20 million victims of human trafficking around, more than at any other time in history. #endslavery #LIVEUNITED Knowing the signs of Human Trafficking can help set someone free. Watch for these indicators in people you meet: Isolation. Monitored contact. No access...
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