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Featured Events & Announcements
JCS Toy Drive
Date: Now until January 3, 2021. Many families receiving services from JCS will struggle to afford toys for their children this holiday. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation. Your generosity will be a gift that brightens a child’s holiday.
When Your Loved One is in Long Term Care
Date: 3rd Wednesday each month, 3:00-4:00 pm beginning December 16. A monthly group for caregivers who can’t be with their loved ones in person because of the pandemic. Connect with other caregivers and get strategies for navigating these unique challenges.
Creating Calm in the Storm
Date: 3rd Thursday each month, 11:00 am-12:00 pm via Zoom. We’re all going through a challenging time these days. This monthly drop-in group offers the opportunity to share our stressors and get tools and strategies to help us manage them in healthier ways.
Grief Support Group
Date: Begins December 9, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm via Zoom. This 8-week group provides an opportunity to process your grief, connect with others who have had similar losses, learn coping strategies, and talk with a grief specialist.
Suicide Loss Survivors Group
Date: 2nd Thursday each month, 11:00am-12:00 pm via Zoom beginning December 10. A monthly group for those who have experienced the death of a loved one by suicide.
Dementia Caregivers Support Group
Date: 1st & 3rd Mondays each month* @ 10:00 am via Zoom. A group providing people caring for a loved one with Dementia the opportunity for conversation, support, resources and education.
Our Blogs
My Contact with A Tracer
By M.E. Fine I recently interviewed former JCS client, Serena (not her real name), who was hired this summer as a COVID-19 Contact Tracer with Baltimore County. Serena graciously shared insights about this important
Staying Connected During the Pandemic and Beyond
By Susan Kurlander, M. Ed., Health Educator “There is no greater gift we can give our loved ones than the knowledge and understanding of who we are, what we represent and what are our hopes
From Panic to Peace
By Lauren Steffes (originally published on our affiliate site, The Mental Well) These past few months have been some of the most difficult many of us have ever experienced. From escalating racial tensions, a divisive