Council for Health and Human Service Ministries
For the fifth year in a row, Great Place to Work® has named Embrace Living Communities, based in Oak Brook, Ill., as one of the best workplaces in the country. Embrace Living ranked sixth in the “senior housing — small-medium” category by Fortune Magazine. The ranking is based on survey taken by Embrace Living employees in…
By Kendall Curtis, marketing associate for Archwood Communities Reprinted with permission. Our mission at Archway Communities is simply to elevate lives. The method we have found to be our sweet spot for achieving this is through focusing on providing affordable housing, food security, and access to the supportive social services that people need to thrive.…
“Orion Quilts” have been a unique part of the culture of Orion Family Services for decades — at least since the early 1940s. They are provided by our United Church of Christ partners — made by local church quilting groups — across Wisconsin. At the program’s inception, the quilts were provided to youth entering Orion’s residential facility…
When Last Chance Ranch visits Phoebe Richland in Richlandtown, Pa., the smiles on residents’ faces light up the entire campus! Bringing dogs, cats, ferrets, goats, and sheep to visit with residents over the last eight years, Last Chance Ranch is a nonprofit organization that rescues and rehabilitates equines, farm, and domestic companion animals. According to the American Senior…
Cedar Community in West Bend, Wis., is pleased to welcome Jennifer Zaskowski as philanthropy director. Zaskowski has a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from Concordia University. She has more than 25 years in the health care field with an extensive background in healthcare administration and business and non-profit development. Her past experience includes leadership…
Hoyleton Youth and Family Services is excited to announce that it is expanding its Therapeutic Foster Care services. This expansion provides an opportunity for three identified foster youth, currently in residential care at Hoyleton, to live in community with qualified foster parents in a single family home in the Belleville, Ill., area. This program was…
The 85th Annual Gathering of the UCC Council for Health and Human Service Ministries takes place March 7-9, 2023, at the Hilton City Center in Denver. The theme for the gathering is “Together through Mountains and Valleys,” and uses Isaiah 40:4-5 as its inspiration: “Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill…
Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of affordable housing and services, has hired two new executive staff members. On Oct. 3, 2022, Yuri Escandon joined the RHF Team as vice president of affordable housing operations. He oversees the daily operations of Foundation Property Management and RHF Management, Inc., the arm of RHF…
If you’ve ever been in the position of caring for someone with a chronic disease, dementia, or a disability, you know the toll it takes on your mind, body, and spirit. Despite wanting to do the right thing, you experience fatigue, anxiety, and imbalance in your own life. You worry. You agonize. You don’t know…
One of the benefits of being new to this position is the opportunity to meet the inspiring people at our CHHSM agencies and partners, and at the United Church of Christ. In one of these recent meetings, a new mentor and friend shared with me an observation that has rattled in my brain ever since.…
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St. Andrew’s Resources and EverTrue Finalize Affiliation Agreement - CHHSM
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EverTrue, a leading provider of aging services, and St. Andrews Resources for Seniors System (St. Andrew’s), both in St. Louis, have agreed to an affiliation where specific communities, programs and...