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The
Fall River office of the Massachusetts
Department of Transitional Assistance held it's first human
services resource fair at its offices at 1567 North Main Street
on September 17, 2009. Full engagement worker Philip Martin and
vocational specialist Celia Frazier contacted local human
service agency representatives and invited them to set up
display tables in a room off of the waiting area in the DTA
office so that people could learn more about the wide array of
services offered in Fall River. "We've never done this
before," commented Martin, "but I had attended several
other similar fairs and decided we could do the same right
here," he said. Agencies represented included Arbour
Counseling Services, Big
Friends Little Friends, BOLD,
Children
In Balance,
Citizens for
Citizens Head Start, the District
Attorney's Office, Dress
for Success, the Fall
River Housing Authority, Power
2 Save Lives, and the Women,
Infants and Children (WIC) program. For further information,
contact Philip
Martin or Celia
Frazier at 508-646-6200.
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(Top
row. left and right) Fall River Housing Authority Family and
Youth Services Director Joseph
DaSilva leads McGruff, the
crime fighting dog, out to the lobby to meet the children in
the waiting room as Melania Rosa of the Citizens Head Start
program watches. (Top row, center) Vocational specialist Celia
Frazier and full engagement worker Philip Martin, who organized
the event, stand in front of some of the tables. (Top row,
right) Philip and Celia talk with Dr. M.M. Campbell of the
Career Center. (Middle row, left) Philip Martin talks with District
Attorney's Office volunteer Coordinator Brian
Rose. (Middle row, right) Melania Rosa of the Citizens Head
Start program talks with a mother of a young child. (Bottom row,
left) Children
In Balance project manager Marcia Picard shares some
nutrition information with a mother. (Bottom row, center) DTA
director Arn Jorgensen greets Karin Wood of the BOLD Coalition
as Marcia Picard watches. (Bottom row, right) WIC program
representative Lisa Alves and Linda Hennessey of the HealthFirst
Family Care Center talk with one of the DTA employees. |
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