Center for Child Counseling - 2020-2021 Mini-Grant Awardee!
Center for Child Counseling has received a 2020-2021 Healthier Jupiter Mini-Grant to fund “Healing the Healers”.
This project will encourage people to engage mentally to practice healthy behaviors by….
"Healing the Healers” is a topical workshop series that was recently designed to support frontline mental health therapists at Center for Child Counseling (CFCC). Topics include Stress, Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Trauma, Burnout and Trauma Among Black Healers, Symptoms of Burnout, The Biology of Burnout, Self-Care, and Self-Care Strategies. The Healthier Jupiter grant will fund ongoing development of a series of online workshops using CFCC’s learning platform. The workshops are designed to support mental health and decreasing burnout in helping professions. Piloted and designed in 2020 to support the 55 therapists at CFCC, with additional funding, the series will be available for other helping professionals in Jupiter, throughout Palm Beach County, and beyond.
How will this project create lasting and transformative change in the health, wellness and success of the greater Jupiter community…
Burnout is a long-term reaction to occupational stress which involves, particularly, helping professions. Burnout can be caused by secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, stress or moral injury. According to several studies, it appears that up to 67% of mental health workers may be experiencing high levels of burnout, with significant impact of COVID to be determined. Leading researchers anticipate an echo pandemic after the physical pandemic has passed. We will see increased incidences of depression, anxiety, and suicide, escalating the demand for healers and helpers who are supported and mentally healthy themselves to serve a community in the aftermath of COVID.
The Center for Child Counseling is building the foundation for playful, healthful, and hopeful living for children, families, and communities. Early relational health matters, setting the foundation for lifelong resilience and wellness. At Center for Child Counseling, we work with our partners to build healthier, safer, more nurturing families and communities — where all children have the opportunity to thrive. Learn more at www.centerforchildcounseling.org/
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Interested in learning more about this grant, reach out to dominika@centerforchildcounseling.org.
More about Healthier Jupiter’s Mini-Grant Program
For the fifth year in a row, Healthier Jupiter will offer $2,500 Mini-Grants to impact the health of our community. The goal of the Mini-Grant program is to fund projects that address healthy eating, active living and mental health in new, innovative and community-centered ways. These projects will create lasting and transformative change in the health, wellness and success of the greater Jupiter community. Not-for-profits, government agencies, civic organizations, public schools, school-based groups, houses of worship, businesses and individuals are encouraged to submit applications. Funds available will pilot ideas to improve our collective community health in one or more focus areas:
Increase availability and affordability of fresh, healthy foods;
Help individuals become more physically active on a regular basis;
Encourage people to engage mentally to practice healthy behaviors; and/or
Change the built environment and policies that promote equitable health opportunities.
Healthier Jupiter, in partnership with Jupiter Medical Center is dedicated to bringing the greater Jupiter community together to encourage each person to live their healthiest life. Healthier Jupiter is part of the Palm Health Foundation’s Healthier Together Initiative, a long-term, community-driven approach to solving a community’s complex healthcare issues.