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ANNOUNCING
Our 2008 FALL
(He)Art for the Community Art Sale!!!
FRIDAY October 24th - 4:00 to 8:00 PM
Presenting Works of
Local Seasoned and Emerging Artists held at IHM Catholic Church at H Road & 26
1/2 Road
Come to Look,
Buy, Sip Wine and Enjoy the Company of Happy & Helpful Folks!
Proceeds from this
event will help to keep our Counseling & Education Services going for un- and
under-insured families in our community!
SPONSORS who
are supporting this event with SPECIAL ADDITIONAL FUNDS:
True
Value Hardware Stores (Peach
Tree & 12th Street & OM)
Callahan Edfast
Mortuary Williams Production RMT Co.
Enstrom Candies
Dr. Ivan Alkes Hall & Pearce, P.C.
Womens
Health Care of Western Colorado
The Grand
Junction FREE PRESS BIN 707 Food & Wine
The generosity of IHM
Catholic Church provides the venue for this event.
CLICK HERE
TO SEE C.E.C. HIGHLIGHTS IN 2007
DOES ANYONE HAVE A GOOD WORKING
DISHWASHER
TO DONATE TO OUR STAFF KITCHEN? Ours is too old to clean our dishes
well without some by-hand-washing! Call if you can help us with
this, please...243-9539...THANKS!
Click Here--Volunteers are ALWAYS
needed...call to "enlist" with us. Ask for Wynne when
you call #243-9539. Thanks.
We can use you for 2-hour
shifts at Fair Booths, office assistance, yard work, one-time fundraising
activities, property repair, computer maintenance, and helping us maintain
a welcoming, safe, and fun Waiting Area.
Vision
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The Counseling and Education Center, staffed by a
diverse community of dedicated caring professionals enriches our community by
providing affordable emotional, psychological, and spiritual intervention and
prevention counseling services to families and individuals. |
Mission
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The Counseling and Education Center enriches our community’s
emotional health through affordable professional counseling.
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History: [see
Who We Are]
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CEC has served the Grand Junction community since 1982 to troubled
individuals and families in need of counseling services.
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The Center for Enriched Communication initially began in the home of
Sister Faye Huelsmann and Sister Pat Lewter, Sisters of Saint Joseph of
Concordia, Kansas.
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With the
help of grants and donations CEC paid down on and obtained a loan to obtain their present home,
at 2708 Patterson Road.
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CEC continues to provide affordable counseling services to low income and
uninsured individuals of Mesa County.
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Clients seek treatment for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress
disorder, marriage counseling, family dysfunction and behavioral problems.
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What Makes us One of a Kind:
[see Who We Are]
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We provide affordable counseling services. We are able to see families
and individuals from all income levels.
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We charge on a sliding scale and do not turn anyone in need away.
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We do not have any requirements, limits or income criteria on who can come
for services.
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Our emphasis is on situational, life crisis problems.
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We are open Monday thru Fridays AND on some Sundays, including evenings.
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Our location is convenient not only by car but by public transportation.
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Our emphasis is not on the chronically ill.
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FYI:
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We accept Medicaid, RMHP Medicare, and various other insurance plans.
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In
2007, CEC provided over 3,200 hours of counseling hours to over 425 low-income individuals and
families. Twenty-nine youth were seen in our weekly structured Insights
program. Thirty families participated in our parenting classes, Parent Effective Communication Skills.
Ten adults attended our Anger Management classes. Ten children (ages 6 to
13) attended our Power-Aid classes, a therapeutic support group for children who
have witnessed violence. Eighty-two students were seen at Holy Family
School for therapeutic groups and counseling.
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Funding sources: donations, grants, fundraising projects, and fees for
service.
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Presently our staffing pattern is: 2.5 fulltime
equivalent administrative staff; 10 full- and part-time counselors, and 2 half-time MSC AmeriCorps Volunteers.
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Volunteers are recruited to help with many day-to-day duties such as clerical,
maintenance, housekeeping duties, and with special events. Total volunteer
hours contributed during 2007 were over 2,900 hours.
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