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photo of the month - Celebrate Youth 2015
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ugust was a big month for us with
back-to-school prep as well as
planning and implementing our districts
annual event, Celebrate Youth. Here are
a few more highlights from things that
happened over the summer months:
Madison School District and Madison
Cares were awarded a four year, four
million dollar mental health expansion
and sustainability grant from SAMHSA
(Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration). We are very excited about
this and feel fortunate to continue helping
and supporting individuals who struggle with
emotional, social or behavioral issues.
Madison Cares and the Standard Journal
received a Gold and Silver honor from a
national awards ceremony called the ECCOs
(Excellence in Community Communications
and Outreach). This award was for work
done on a newspaper series focusing on
mental health that ran on the front page, of
the paper for nine consecutive weeks. If you
missed it, these articles are all linked in the
award announcement on msd321.com.
The MC staff completed an eight week
summer camp for children grades K-6 in
our district with behavioral and/or social
emotional needs. We averaged 35 kids
each activity and had a great time working
closely and developing new skills with these
children and youth.
Do you know how to respond to a
mental health crisis? Through our Youth
Mental Health First Aid grant, we were
able to train ALL of our custodial staff, bus
drivers and many more district staff and
community members over the summer. This
class is FREE and open to anyone who
interacts with or has youth of their own.
You can read more about it, get upcoming
dates or sign up at ymhfa.msd321.com.
Over the summer, we put together a
tri-fold brochure featuring Madison Cares
and our services. We are hoping this serves
as a resource to parents, teachers and
community professionals. You can find these
brochures at the front desk of each of our
schools or you can download a copy from
madisoncares.msd321.com.
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2015-2016
C.A.T.
(Child Assistance Teams)
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What is a
Child Assistance Team?
C.A.T. meetings are district wide
collaborative team meetings that
are held in each school. These
focus on the social, emotional,
and behavioral well being of the
youth in our schools
Deb Allen
Richard DeGraw
Richard DeGraw
Baillie Meservy Guy
Merrilee Leslie
Beth Dummar
Merrilee Leslie
Baillie Meservy Guy
Richard DeGraw
Beth Dummar
Ranalee Foster
Did You Know... The vast majority
of people who seek professional
help and proper interventions for
their mental illness, get better.
That is an average of
Madison County
youth per week.
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numbers @ a glance
was the number of referrals
we received last school year.
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Of those referred 97 percent
reported they were satisfied with
the services they recieved from
Madison Cares.
SELF CARE
Last year, our early childhood (0-5)
program, Parents As Teachers, made
one thousand nine hundred and twenty
home visits serving more than
children and their families in
Madison County.
get to know
the mc staff
September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month
September 9 Parents As Teachers Monthly Group MeetingOpen to ALL families that have children ages 0-5. Bring the
whole family for free fun activities and dinner.
September 15 Rexburg Monthly Mobile Food Pantry 5:307:30 visit facebook.com/groups/rexburgmfp/ for the latest
locations and information. Program for ANYONE in need of
food assistance.
September 17 Madison County Community Coalition meeting.
8am at the Madison Library community room
September 19 Idaho Preparedness Expo from 10-4 at
Madison High.
September 22 Incredible Baby Class begins. A six week
parenting class for expecting parents or parents of babies up to
6 months offered free of charge. This is located at the MEC
each week from 1pm-2:30pm. Sign up at msd321.com.
September 23 & 24 Youth Mental Health First Aid class will
be held at the MEC from 4:30-8:30 on both of these nights
(working dinner served). This is a FREE class for anyone
who interacts with or has youth. Sign up and get more info at
ymhfa.msd321.com.
September 29 Madison Cares governance board meeting. Noon
at the MEC training room (lunch provided).
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Almost everything will work again
if you unplug it for a few minutes...
including you. -Anne Lamott
deb allen
Hi, I am Deb Allen the Lead Family Contact and Parents as Teachers coordinator for the Madison Cares
mental health program. The Parents as Teachers program is a National Home Visiting program that informs
parents of developmental norms. Our Parent Educators provide support for parents as they link with their community, and
help families to find the resources they may need. As a Lead Family Contact I provide families, with children of all ages, a contact
person that will support them as they navigate through the services their family needs
I moved to Rexburg, from Michigan, seven years ago. I lived in the same small town in Michigan all of my life, the town where
my dad and his dad were born.
Through a grant, I formed a Parents as Teachers program, from the ground up, that served the families in my small Michigan town.
I have a passion for children and their families. I believe the far majority of families want the very best life for their children, but
sometimes they are not sure how to achieve the results they hope for. I believe education, and positive feedback, to families, is a
wonderful way to help families become all they can be.
Since moving to Rexburg I have married a wonderful man, Sgt. Brian Allen, blending our families, we have 10 children and 10
grandchildren with 3 on the way.
I love to garden, both vegetables and flowers, and swim in the summer, Cross country ski in the winter, and hike in the spring and
fall. I really just love to be outside although I am not opposed to crocheting or cuddling up with a good book.
Read more about Deb and the rest of the MC staff at madisoncares.msd321.com
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