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Cedar Community’s Marketing Team Wins Two 2024 National Aster Awards

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | September 11, 2024

Cedar Community’s marketing team is the recipient of two national Aster Awards for healthcare marketing and advertising for 2024 — winning a Gold award for magazine advertising series and a Silver award for website redesign. Cedar Community is a senior living community in West Bend, Wis. The Aster Awards is one of the most prestigious competitions…

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Applications Open for the Next CHHSM Scholar

By Barb Powell | August 13, 2024

The Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) Rev. Jerry Paul Scholar Program has opened applications for its next CHHSM Scholar. The program offers a unique and tailored program for seminary students interested in learning more about ministry in faith-based health and human service nonprofit organizations. “It is always inspiring to begin a new…

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Elder Financial Exploitation Explored at Recent Interfaith Roundtable Discussion

By Barb Powell | August 13, 2024

The topic of financial exploitation and abuse of older adults was the focus of a recent interfaith roundtable meeting hosted July 30 by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a U.S. government agency that works to ensure that everyone is treated fairly by banks, lenders and other financial institutions. The free, virtual meeting included leaders…

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CHHSM Announces Peer Survey, Formation of Presidents Circle to Inform Future CHHSM Programming, Resources

By Barb Powell | August 13, 2024

CHHSM is initiating two new endeavors aimed at increasing member participation and engagement and expand the future vision of the organization: an engagement survey and a Presidents Circle. The short survey was created by Zaria Davis, CHHSM’s engagement coordinator, and will go out to peer-level colleagues at CHHSM agencies.  “At CHHSM, fostering meaningful connections and…

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P.E.E.R.S. Advisory Council Provides Concrete Steps Toward Achieving Hoyleton’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Objectives

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

The P.E.E.R.S. Advisory Council at Hoyleton Youth and Family Services recently was awarded a grant for $5,500 for the IDHS Healing Illinois Initiative. Funding for this initiative was made possible through the Southern Illinois Community Foundation, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Field Foundation of Illinois.  P.E.E.R.S. (Promote, Educate, Empower,…

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Back Bay Mission Receives Gold Recognition Among Coastal Mississippi Nonprofits

By CHHSM Staff | August 13, 2024

Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, Miss., was surprised by Coastal Mississippi’s Sun Herald to learn that it had been awarded gold recognition as the best nonprofit agency in the area. The newspaper’s 2024 Best of Coastal Mississippi awards involved more than 1,900 businesses, organizations, and people competing for gold, silver, and bronze designations in 260…

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Brecon Village Earns Guide Path Certification in Senior Living Care

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

Brecon Village, a leader in providing exceptional senior living care and part of EHM Senior Solutions in Saline, Mich., has earned Guide Path Certification, a prestigious national recognition awarded to older adult communities committed to excellence in resident-directed care, operational standards, and risk management. The culture change initiatives developed as part of a nine-module program…

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Embrace Living Resident-Run Arts Programs Are Bolstered by Grant Funding

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

Residents at Greencastle of Mulford and Greencastle of Allerton, both in Rockford, Ill. — part of Embrace Living Communities based in Oak Brook, Ill. — find community and fulfillment in the arts, so much so that they’ve expanded their programs. Darlene (Dee) DeFrisco leads an arts program called Community Ceramics and Sheila Mace leads a…

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Residents ‘Go for the Gold’ at the Phoebe Berks 2024 Senior Olympics

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

In the spirit of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, held July 26-Aug. 11 in Paris, residents of the Phoebe Berks in Wernersville, Pa., put their competitive spirits on display May 31 as they participated in the 2024 Phoebe Berks Senior Olympics. Independent living and personal care residents at Phoebe Berks gathered on the community’s boardwalk…

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United Church Homes Teams Up with Two Other Agencies to Usher in Transformative Change

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | August 13, 2024

Transformational change. It’s a lofty goal, but one that the founding members of the newly created Radiant Alliance are fully committed to and confident in their ability to achieve. America’s existing healthcare and support for individuals with complex chronic clinical, emotional and social needs often leaves them underserved and at risk, as they try to…

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