April 30, 2025 • 32 mins
Talked with Kelly Powell, CEO and Julie Khanna, Development Committee Chair, for Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL). "Community Partners of South Florida (CPSFL) changes the odds for children and families facing social, emotional, and financial adversity. CPSFL identifies key services and solutions that build family skills and create lasting social change for generations.CPSFL targets three strategic areas at once: health, housing, and community." May is "Get your Green On" for Mental Health Awareness Month. CPSFL takes a wraparound approach to services including mental health services for children and adults, classes on financial literacy, work to prevent homelessness, help clients with affordable housing, whether that's renting or attaining their goal of home ownership. They also have mentorship programs, "mentees on the move" as well as Bridges neighborhood hubs where folks can access services. To get more information, sign up for services, sign up to become a volunteer, or make a donation, listeners can go to www.cpsfl.org. Julie is also the Editor-in-Chief for The Well of PBC. The Well of PBC is an online publication that focuses on behavioral health and wellness. And this month's "Get Your Green On" publication is available at www.bewellpbc.org.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
iHeart Communities presents Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective which dead NEP.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host dev Net. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
And of course I want to remind everybody May is
get your green on and it is Mental Health Awareness Month,
and keeping that in mind, here's what's coming up on
this month's community calendar. You want to head outside and
enjoy sometime in the green outside with Saint Lucy County's
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Guided Nature programs. They've got a really cool lineup of
things coming up for this month. Sunday May fourth, from
six thirty to seven forty five pm, it is the
Twilight Chorus Stroll at Sweetwater Hammock Preserve. Saturday May tenth
from eight to nine thirty am, it is a Salty
Saturday Sunrise Stroll, and that's an Ocean Bay Preserve Saturday
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May tenth from eight to ten am. You can also
enjoy the World Migratory Bird Day Hike. That one's going
to be happening at Jones Hamming Preserve. Simply go to
SLC hikes dot org and all the details or all
the different hikes are listed right there for you. And
of course speaking being outside, oh my gosh, the more
commy gardens in Delray Beach, beautiful, beautiful place. They have
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lots of fun things happening for May, because of course
it is Asian, American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month May seventeenth.
It is the way of Tea, the Satto demonstration where
they show all the luxurious tea ceremony. You sign up
from that, and of course they have fun things for
mom a Mother's Day treats. Go to Morikami dot org
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and all the different events and programs they are doing
there will be listed. Of course, more outside garden fun.
Mounts Botanical Garden. We just spoke to them the other week.
They've got a lot of really cool things going on.
They're rived the exhibit to happening. That's a lot of
fun and of course you will also join them in celebrating.
It's also American Wetlands Month, so lots of things happening
this month, and of course free admission from mom on
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Mother's Day to the garden and go to Mounts dot
org and they have all the different programs and classes
and stuff they have going on listed there right now,
so lots of really fun things happening. A reminder, the
East Boyton Beach Blaze ten U baseball team is helpsteing
their second annual Blazeballer Charity golf tournament. It's going to
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be happening Saturday, May thirty first at the prestigious Banyon
Golf Club and the event, of course, will raise some
funds to send the team on their journey to the
World Series tournaments happening in Pigeonforge, Tennessee, and Cooperstown, New York.
Give them a call three five to two, two six
two and nineteen hundred and Tricia can help you out
again three five to two two six two nineteen hundred
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speak of getting more information and fun things happening. I
want to welcome my guests for today. I have Julie
Conna and Kelly Poalell. Good morning ladies, good morning, good
night morning.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Thanks for coming in.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
So.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Julie, you're the Development Community Chair for Community Partners of
South Florida. Correct, correct, And miss Kelly you are the
CEO for Community Partners of South Florida. Yes, so welcome,
thanks for coming in. And Julie, you also work with
the well of Palm Beach County, I do, which is
the big tell me tell the listeners not a little
bit about that.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
It is our county's largest behavioral health magazine. It was
began by an initiative of Palm Health Foundation called b
WELPBC as a way to connect the community. What makes
it really really unique is that it's not pr driven,
meaning these stories are really at the neighborhood level, right.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
It's very comprehensive.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
So we're capturing those stories at the neighborhood level as
well as having professionals and experts in these spaces weigh
in on all things behavioral health. We found that there
was just a lot of misunderstanding when it came to
behavioral health a few years ago, and so just holding
space to have some of these conversations in our community
has been really beneficial and to shine a lot of
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light on the resources that are out there.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Absolutely. And I know that I've talked with the folks before,
especially law enforcement. Sometimes some of the homeless folks actually
have a mental health issue, and when they have some
kind of an event or an episode, they're having a
mental health crisis and need to get care. So like
if you see that you need to reach out and
they'll come and help. But there's like a lack of
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awareness and people just get scared and walk away and
don't help. You can call the non emergency number if
you're not sure, and they'll send out a community service
officer and they'll check it out and get them the
help they need.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Well, I think it's also really hard to think clearly
in crisis moments, right, and so just having sometimes an
organization that can take some that weight off and give
you the guidance that you need, or a resource like
the Well of PBC is also helpful. I mean, you know,
a lot of times people don't know where to go
for help, they don't know what steps to take next,
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and I think we all work really hard to try
to mitigate some of that.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Oh absolutely. And one of the things I really appreciate
about the Well PBC is you're actually one of the
great vehicles to get the information out everybody in the community.
And one of the things, obviously you've been talking about
is the good work that the folks at the Community
Partners of South Florida are doing. So Miss Kelly, tell
us about the Community Partners, what is it that you
guys were created to do.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
So I'm really glad you mentioned housing as well, because
our organization is really rooted in ensuring that there's housing,
affordable housing, and mental health support while really looking at
the community and their needs at the same time. So
right now, with get your Green on and Mental Health
Awareness Month coming, this is such an important time for us.
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We have over ninety therapists and case managers that are
in the community, from children all the way up to
adults to ensure that we're able to connect because, as
Julie was saying, when someone's in crisis, amost like when
your car doesn't have gas, it doesn't go, and so
it's really important just to want to know, hey, I
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think I need to talk to someone, and then got
through that process.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Of finding out how we can help. Oh yeah, And
I see a lot of them, especially for the teens
and tweens if you will, on social media, the nice
little memes and posts about it it's okay to not
be okay. So I think in that generation they're doing
a really good job of taking away the stigma of
talking about needing help. And I believe, in my personal
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opinion that COVID really had a big impact on these kids.
It shined a light on a lot of the mental
health issues that were happening to everybody in the world,
what needed to be done or what had been done,
and what we can do to do better.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
And I think that connectedness that you just spoke of,
even if it's on social media or whatever medium that is,
is really really important.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
And like one of those connective pieces.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
That we have right now is we're about to be
celebrating get your Green on. Who I'm not jumping the
gun by mentioning that, but it's about to be get
your Green on. Which this is a campaign in honor
of National Mental Health Awareness Month and Palm Beach County
honors Trauma Informed Care as part of that campaign. So
we've got lots of events and opportunities to participate and
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connect with one another and kind of.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Stand in solidarity of that awareness.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Like we know now, mental health is a spectrum, right
Nobody escapes without some level of mental health impact. So
it's just a way to show one another that we
hear you, and we see you, we honor you, and
we're gonna we're gonna.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Celebrate that together.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
So we're actually community partners in South Florida is going
to be celebrating get your Green on this month.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yes, we are very excited.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
We actually are having a community yoga event for get
your Green On on May tenth with our Kana.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Yoga and the North End.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
So we can get information on our website and we
will also have it on our socials if you're interested
in signing up. It's a day to really celebrate movement
and mindfulness and oftentimes people think mental health is where
we're in this space of complete and total crisis, but
it's also prevention and so yoga and other movement and
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mindful activities that be well and a lot of the
other providers in the community will be doing are just
about that connection to self.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Oh absolutely. And I've done the free yoga classes at
the Mendel Public Library, lots of different instructors and one
of them is prey Oncas. She was like, look, if
you come and you're not able to do much but
just sit there and breathe, then you're doing great. That's
all you need to do is come, definitely.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
And do that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
So I would to encourage people to come to the
one in the park even if you're not super flexi
or bendi doesn't matter. Just being present will help.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
And it's a free event, right, We're encouraging people to
wear green, just as our outbound messaging of get your
green on and it's at Arkana Studio, so please definitely
join us for that.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So I think it's fantastic and then can you fill
the listeners? And I in you think coming up called
a Neighbor Works Week, what is that?
Speaker 6 (09:11):
Yes, as I mentioned, the other major area we support
is our housing needs in Palmeach County and we are
an affiliate of Neighbor Works America. And during Neighbor Works Week,
which is a national week, we celebrate affordable housing stock
and making sure they're supply. They are over thirteen nonprofit
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developers in the community that are really working with our
administration and community to ensure that there is affordable housing
and us being one of them, we're celebrating. So we're
going to have multiple events from really learning about our
property inheritance knowledge meaning your family may have a home,
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is there a will, is there a trust? What happens
if a family member dies? Is someone connected to that home?
So getting great information so that we can really talk
about generational wealth. Additionally, we'll have a reception and we
will also have a ribbon cutting of a property that
we just built in partnership with Saint Mark's Church out
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in Pohokeey. So this is a community center that's going
to really enhance the opportunity to provide services in the
community of po Hoochey.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Oh very cool. So where can the listeners get more informations?
They're a good website for them to go to.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
Yes, absolutely, Our website is www dot CPSFL dot org
and that's for Community Partners of South Florida.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
I like it when it's easy like that. So you
guys also on social media, I'm sure yes, same CPSFL
dot org Right, Facebook, Instagram.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Very cool? What is the neighbor Works thing happening?
Speaker 6 (10:47):
So that's going to be happening the week of June sixth.
Our events specifically will be on the twelfth and thirteenth,
but it's a celebration all week. So there'll be a
lot of information going on about affordable housing, opportunities to
find new home ownership. There's apartments being built throughout the county,
there's houses being built, and our whole goal is to
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connect people to those homes.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Oh yeah, that's great because I have friends that work
in the hospitality industry and they can't live where they work.
They live many, many towns away where they can find
affordable housing, and they're driving sometimes an hour hour and
a half to come to work because they cannot afford
to live near where they were.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
That is one hundred percent a challenge of the times
that we are living in right now, and it's scary.
It impacts everybody, and it's one of the primary focuses
that CPSFL is really working towards, because we also know
that affordable housing still doesn't mean affordable to just everyone.
Speaker 6 (11:45):
Right.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
So one thing that I.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Really love about their services is that they also teach
financial literacy so that once they get you into a
place where, hey, we have you primed for a home,
for a home ownership in these non predatory lending situations,
can you keep it?
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Can you maintain it? They're going to give you the
tools to do that.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
So really shooting for that longevity and that long term success.
And then as Kelly just mentioned right, following that up
with that generational well so that okay, now I obtain
that in this lifetime, how do I make sure my
kids also can build upon that in my children's children.
So very dynamic, comprehensive organization, and it's.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
A great idea of the generational wealth, so that you're
not starting from ground zero and working up again.
Speaker 6 (12:31):
That's the education part, and I really think of us
as housing coaches from beginning to end. As Julie mentioned,
we have people who come in and really are just
looking for rental assistance and try to figure out how
to manage renting a home, and we are goals to
take them from that and to home ownership if that's
their goal. And so it's almost like a concierge service
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that starts with you at the beginning and helps get
you behind that door of the home you want and
then ensuring that home is able to support your family
for generations to come.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
And that's really the great part. It's all about education.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
I mean, we all went to school, and when I
was younger, they didn't teach financial literacy or what to
do to start off. And so this is a great
opportunity and that doesn't cost anything to anyone to come
in and learn more about what can I do to
make my children have a better future.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Well, I think that's fantastic because again when I went
to school, back when I went back in the days,
they say they actually had the home met classes and
they were trying a new technique where boys and girls
took it together, and then boys and girls took the
shop classes together. So none of us got any kind
of financial literacy though that would have been super helpful.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Right, right.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
And the other thing to add on is the housing
is just the one part of it, right, and we
know that the affordable housing and just the economy in
general right now is one barrier, but that's really still
only one barrier. There are still other factors. So they
also support mental health as well. They have wrap around
case management services, which I like to think of as
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a big worm hug, So somebody that kind of takes
a look at you and finds where all the places
that we need to support and how do we do that?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
And then team mentorship, right.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Because if we can catch you younger and keep you
on those on the right track and the past and
give you the tools and resources you need, we know
that the outcomes are better. So really a comprehensive organization.
But I love the warm hug part.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
I do too, So yeah, so I love it.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
So you know, your key services are obviously building the
family skills mostly strong social, engaged children and I love
this one, the engaged and empowered parents. And then you're
adding in, like you said, the long term financial stability
and housing, and you got a happy, self sustaining family, right,
that's your goal, right, And.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
When you have a healthy, self sustaining family, you create
strong residents, and strong residents create thriving communities.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
That's the goal.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Now, that is a great goal. I like it, and
of course great communities, you know. And we were talking
before the show about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of
course you know is the five tier model. You know,
you need food and clothing, job security, that safety, the
love and belonging, the friendship, self esteem, and self actualization
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like that purpose.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Right, So between the two things that you.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Guys do, you're really covering I think all of these
bases for the community.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
Correct, that's one hundred percent correct, right.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
We know you can't even begin to thrive until your
basic needs are met. It's just without your basic needs,
you are in a constant state of just fight or flight,
and there is no opportunity to go much further. When
there is food insecurity or housing insecurity, or how am
I going to take care of my children? So until
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those needs are addressed, and a lot of those do
get addressed through the wrap around case management services, there
is nowhere else to go until that happens. So really
a really robust organization and lots of opportunities to get
involved as well.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
Well.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
That was my next question because I was saying before
the show was talking, we just wrapped up Volunteer Awareness
Month in April, but volunteering is all year round. What
kind of volunteer opportunities are there for folks to come
and work with community partners?
Speaker 6 (16:20):
So there are so many and Julie is one of
the best volunteers we have as our Development Committee chair
who has been with us for over ten years. Really
what she does is she connects us to community and
brings other volunteers to support us. We have done beautification
projects of some of our properties, we have fed some
of our communities, and just really all that through that
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partnership and volunteerism. Additionally, one of my favorite areas of
volunteerism is through our mentoring program. And we have children
that we mentor and we are always looking for mentees
to support our children and it's such a beautiful connection
in the stories and the long term relationship that these
children have with their mentees are absolutely incredible. So we're
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always looking for volunteers and many different areas where a
large organization is you can see we do a lot,
but we're always looking for that support to connect us
and make us more connected to the community.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
So, for example, if you're a retired construction worker, yes,
you might be very handy.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
Yes yes, yes, yes please.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
And then of course someone maybe who worked in like
bookkeeping and finance, yes, to work with that monetary financial
training exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (17:34):
You know.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
One of our primary goals with the Development Committee.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Is always brainstorming new ways on how we can bring
new faces to community partners of South Florida.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
But it's not a one way street, right.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
We also send them a lot of referrals for people
that where we think can use some support, right, and
they've removed the barriers to those referrals. You can go
right on their website if you need some of their services,
and you can self referral. You can also you know,
send in someone else's information if needed. But the Development
Committee really does try to connect some of those dots.
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And I feel strongly that philanthropy doesn't always just mean money.
Like if you can't write a check, you can't write
a check, that's fine. There's so many other opportunities to help, right.
Sometimes it can be just as much as like sharing
your story. Maybe you've overcome something that was really challenging
in your life and you can share the blueprint with
somebody else. You know, that lived experience is just as
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valuable sometimes if not more than a check or the
learned experience.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
So come as you are.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
There's a place for everybody making those connections, making sure
more people know about the work that Community Partners of
South Florida is doing. Also, one of our challenges is
making sure that people don't silo them into any one thing,
because they are so comprehensive, right, So they do a
lot with housing, but there's also a lot of mental
health support. There's also a lot of mentorship, and so
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it's just being really good stewards of the message join
me please, that was my big Please join.
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Me on the community on the development committee, please please.
Lots of them, lots of help well, and.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
How did they reach out to you to do that?
Speaker 5 (19:09):
Really?
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Yeah, so you can always reach out to community partners
in South Florida and they'll get us connected.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
Also, you can always find us on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
At the Well of PBC as another way to get
connected to more resources as well. And then I can
always be found on Instagram at Kana Connections.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Very cool.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
And of course, speaking of the Well of PBC, you
put together a fabulous magazine every month, So great job.
I know you have a whole big team that works
with you, but yeah, editor, and they're nicely done. So
the print version or the online version? How do people
get the online version if they haven't seen the print version?
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Yes, please please please visit the publisher's website b WELPBC
dot org. You can find the Well of PBC all
of our editions there as well as a lot more
resources for the community and opportunity to get connected.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
And of course your business and you work in this
mental health area, you have contributing authors and people who
submit absolutely businesses, new topics, trending issues. So can I
know you can always reach out to either you or
Cali and talk about those things and how they can
how they can help fit.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
The goal of what we need have done.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
And again even if you're not a business or an
expert per se, if you have a re value learned
experience as well, So if you have been through something
that you feel needs to be shared or a topic
that needs to be spoken about.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Right, we can only.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
See from our perspective, and we don't want a limited perspective.
We want everyone's perspective. So also feel free to reach
out and we can always be reached at the Well
at b WELLPBC dot org.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Very cool, I know, because I meet people. The one
things I love about doing the show is I get
to meet all the different charities nonprofits, find out what
needs you meet in the community and sharing that with people,
but finding out the stories about why you got involved,
what it means to you, and how people can benefit,
and when they benefit, they can help someone else by
telling them. Because I always meet people and they're like, oh,
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she does this show. You have a question, ask her,
and then I can connect them to the next persons.
So like I've become like that conjunction junction what your
function is? That would be me And that's kind of
a cool thing and people don't know.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
So thank you for the opportunity to share that because
it's really about connecting people to people. Everything we do,
whether it's through a volunteer, through services, through partnerships, connecting
people that's what we do.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
So obviously you are focused a lot on affordable housing.
How much do you think that impacts people as compared
to the mental health component of what you do.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
It's really connected, It really is. We have people, regardless
of how they come to meet us for whatever that
need is. By the end, it really does align where
we're helping them with both our mental health team services
people from all the way from preventing homelessness up to
home ownership. As I mentioned, but it's really interesting how
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when people even come to start talking about what they
need in home ownership or housing support, that we start
learning more about the family. And when we learn about
the family, we're able to say, hey, we have a
team that can help you.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
With this or that. As Julie said, it's that warm hug.
Speaker 6 (22:21):
And that's what we really pride ourselves is it's all connected,
and our goal is to wrap ourselves around you to
figure out how to support you on your journey.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Absolutely, and to add to that as well. You know,
it's not a secret that right now our county is
suffering in mental health resources. We've had a lot of
changes recently. Community Partners of South Florida still services youth
with their mental health, which is a very difficult resource.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
To find right now, correct, And I know I recently
spoke with Vowstags from Pandora's Kids and she created a
whole charity just to help kids dealing with the grief process.
Free service, and there is some mental health available for
that as well, but mostly as a peer to peer
just being with somebody with the same lived experience. And
so you said, the kids find that just superveneficial. And
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of course then again so do the parents that come,
because it's absolutely they don't drop the kids off, they
come to right the parents.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
We definitely want our parents involved.
Speaker 6 (23:18):
One of the things we recently added to support children
is we provide free psychiatric services for uninsured or underinsured families.
And as you know, psychiatric services can be extremely expensive,
so being able to offer that to families, as Julie
was mentioning, we're seeing some of the children that are
needing more support as the world keeps changing. So we
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have many pipelines. We have school therapists that are actually
in the schools, we have our outpatient therapists, our wrap
around case managers, and even.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Through all of that, we're funneling.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
People into the other parts of our system, such as
psychiatric services.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Well, that's fantastic. The reason we spoke with the folks
from the Pace for Girls and they were saying they
have a great school, which is really perfect. If your
kids need that extra one on one, I would definitely
recommend that, But they were saying that in most of
the schools now they actually have a behavioral health service person. Yes,
and a lot of people don't even know that person's available.
It's a free service, they just don't know it's there.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And that's definitely one of the goals of the Well
of PEC, not just to share the behavioral health resources,
but to share a light on the profession at large
because it is changing, it's changing, and the workforce pipeline
it's going to continue to change.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
Because the need is there.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
So it's also letting people know that these services exist
and how they can help the families.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Very true, and like you said, that workforce is changing
because from everybody being remote now back to hybrid situations
or just straight up on site again and then now
there's a whole blend. So there's some people are still remote,
some are mixed, some are all back in person, and
that creates different I think stressors for the family. Depending
on the age of your kid. It's or if you
have parents that are aging that you're caring for in
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your home. In some cases, I think is sometimes a
little bit easier if you had that parent at home
and if you could work at home and that way
you're there. It saves you the cost of extra caregiving
and things like that which you had another financial strength.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Yes, right, and so some of those modern signs of
the time, right, these intergenerational living and the sandwich they
call them a sandwich generation. You really do need to,
you know, you want to make sure that these organizations
are well versed in all of those and that's where
I think the wrap around case management services of Community
Partners in South Florida is so well poised because they
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understand these unique situations and how to lend support individually.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Oh yes, well, I know I have friends that are
teachers and the kids when the kids come to school
and they've not had if they've not taken advantage of
the free breakfast to school, they'll be their heads or
down on their desks like ma'am, I don't feel good.
I'm just hungry. They can't focus, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
So it's so that goes speaks to your Maslow's hierarchy
of needs. I mean that's a perfect example.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Oh yes, And so she's like, get here a little
bit early, eat the free breakfast, and then come to
come to school, you know, come to class, then make
sure you get the lunch, and then you know, then
she encourages a conversation like with the parents and the
counselor for that like little food backpack over the weekend
just to make sure not saying there's anything going in
the house, but that way that kid has that food
and a little less of the food in security because
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she's you know, obviously there's I want to say, fifty
percent of our kids have food insecurity and we're one
of the wealthiest counties.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Yeah, it's definitely interesting.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
And you know, there is an entire system of care,
a hunger relieve program with system of care throughout Palm
Beach County.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
And again it's if you think you have.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
A need, reach out to someone to find out where
you can get help. Because that is in place to
ensure that we're reducing that hunger issue.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Yes, and I know Palm Beach County Libraries have definitely
stepped up as well as Mandel. You go to pbclibrary
dot org and I believe there's twelve locations throughout the
county where you can get the backpack of food if
you're eighteen and under. Yes, and they just it's there
for you, no questions asked, just go get it.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Pally's County is a beautiful place.
Speaker 6 (27:14):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
I fall in love more and more with this county
every day and the work that's being done here.
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Truly, it's an honor.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh yeah, I agree, because you know, you have to
take care of everybody for the whole community to thrive,
as you said, absolute, absolutely, So again, let's let's go
back to you have your neighbor works party coming up?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
When is that again?
Speaker 6 (27:32):
That is going to be the week of June six,
and our events are going to be held on the
twelfth and thirteenth. So information will we post on the
website and on our socials on how you could come
to one of the property Inheritan's education classes or join
us for the ribbon cutting to learn more about the
services out in the glades that are being provided, and
again that's in partnership with Saint Mark's Church, so we
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all work together on this.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
And when it's.
Speaker 6 (27:59):
Talking about how that week is just a really great
week to celebrate some of the families that have been
through our system and through our services to be able
to end up in home ownership. We have moved families
from under two hundred percent poverty into home ownership. And
not only did we give them the skills, and they've
worked with us for five years. They did the hard work.
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It's not us, it's them, and they're doing the hard work.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
And I like the fact that you mentioned it can
take five years. It can take a while. It's not
instant gratification like we get from social media. You have
to put in the they call it sweat equity, the
times to learn to find the you know, take the
classes on your financial literacy, maybe improve your job situation.
I mean, I know personally I had to take some
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classes on financial literacy because I didn't know how to budget,
because again they didn't teach me.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
That's right, right, And there's no shame in that, right.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
There's no shame in acknowledging that that just wasn't a
skill set that we were taught. And you know, I
just think that one of the things about Community Partners
Sefflora that initially attracted me to them was that they
always did look at the root causes of adversity in
the community, and so being able to teach these skills
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just ensures that this isn't a temporary situation. This will
last generations to come.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Oh definitely. So miss Julie, before we go, how do
folks reach out to you? Because obviously you do to development,
you're getting more volunteers, but I'm sure that also includes
financial sponsorships for some of these programs.
Speaker 5 (29:28):
Yes that work, Oh my god, yes, please, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
If you want to volunteer or financial contributions, you can
always reach out to me at Julie at Kanaconnections dot com.
So that's Julie at KHA and as a Nancy and
as a Nancy a Connections dot com. And because we
are in public relations, we make sure everyone knows about
all the exciting good news that you do. If you
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do you want to make financial contributions.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Oh absolutely, And I know a lot of businesses actually
will do fundraisers and pick a charity as the sponsor.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Yes, that's a great model.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
And friend raisers.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
We love friend raisers as well, so if you have
an organization, again, just even making those connections mean something
to us, like we are here for all of it.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Oh perfect, because I know I went to a California
pizza kitchen and then somebody who's here for like a
softball fundraiser? So we all said, sure, we're here for
the softball fundraiser. They got, they got their donations, and
they we fought our lovely dinner. It was awesome, easy
way to help out in the community.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
Definitely very cool.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Well, ladies, before we go, let's get the phone number,
website and social media where folks can get information about
you and your cool organizations wonderful Ours is really easy.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
Just go to our website cpsfl dot org if you're
interested in learning more about services. Right at the top,
there's a button that says submit a referral. All that
is is a way to say, hey, call me and
we'll take some information and one of our client experience
specialists will call them within seventy two hours and we
can talk through what you need. Additionally, on our website.
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There's a button that says communications. You click on that.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
And it will reach anyone in the company.
Speaker 6 (31:06):
So that's the easiest way to get a hold of
us is just go to our website or you can
call us at five six one eight four one thirty
five hundred.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
And then to learn more about BULPBC or a list
of the get your green on events that are happening,
you can visit BLPBC dot org and again you can
find them on all social media Instagram, Facebook, just get connected.
Let's let's get connected, stay in touch and continue the
good work together.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
You're excited amount do the yoga. Yeah, absolutely, it's gonna
be fun. That's good. The love fun with my green on, Yes,
it might be Patty stay shirt. You never know, it's great.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Well, ladies, thank you for coming in and sharing all
the information, doing such a cool thing in the community.
Obviously very much needed and definitely appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (31:55):
Thank you very much for having us and for having
these important conversations.
Speaker 6 (31:58):
Yes, thank you so much for letting us share information
to support our community. And again, I just want to
celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. It's a time for all
of us to have space for mindfulness.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Oh absolutely well, thank you for coming in. If you
need more information, reach out to me Palm Beach Perspective
at iHeartMedia dot com. Happy to forward on the details
and don't forget. You can always download the shows a
podcast on our iHeartRadio app. Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend.
I'm dev Nev and this has been my perspective. Remember
life is good, so be your healthiest view and let's
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get out there and live it.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Until next week, enjoy.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, welcome to Calm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host dev Net. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
And of course I want to remind everybody May is
get your green on and it is Mental Health Awareness Month,
and keeping that in mind, here's what's coming up on
this month's community calendar. You want to head outside and
enjoy sometime in the green outside with Saint Lucy County's
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Guided Nature programs. They've got a really cool lineup of
things coming up for this month. Sunday May fourth, from
six thirty to seven forty five pm, it is the
Twilight Chorus Stroll at Sweetwater Hammock Preserve. Saturday May tenth
from eight to nine thirty am, it is a Salty
Saturday Sunrise Stroll, and that's an Ocean Bay Preserve Saturday
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May tenth from eight to ten am. You can also
enjoy the World Migratory Bird Day Hike. That one's going
to be happening at Jones Hamming Preserve. Simply go to
SLC hikes dot org and all the details or all
the different hikes are listed right there for you. And
of course speaking being outside, oh my gosh, the more
commy gardens in Delray Beach, beautiful, beautiful place. They have
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lots of fun things happening for May, because of course
it is Asian, American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month May seventeenth.
It is the way of Tea, the Satto demonstration where
they show all the luxurious tea ceremony. You sign up
from that, and of course they have fun things for
mom a Mother's Day treats. Go to Morikami dot org
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and all the different events and programs they are doing
there will be listed. Of course, more outside garden fun.
Mounts Botanical Garden. We just spoke to them the other week.
They've got a lot of really cool things going on.
They're rived the exhibit to happening. That's a lot of
fun and of course you will also join them in celebrating.
It's also American Wetlands Month, so lots of things happening
this month, and of course free admission from mom on
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Mother's Day to the garden and go to Mounts dot
org and they have all the different programs and classes
and stuff they have going on listed there right now,
so lots of really fun things happening. A reminder, the
East Boyton Beach Blaze ten U baseball team is helpsteing
their second annual Blazeballer Charity golf tournament. It's going to
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be happening Saturday, May thirty first at the prestigious Banyon
Golf Club and the event, of course, will raise some
funds to send the team on their journey to the
World Series tournaments happening in Pigeonforge, Tennessee, and Cooperstown, New York.
Give them a call three five to two, two six
two and nineteen hundred and Tricia can help you out
again three five to two two six two nineteen hundred
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speak of getting more information and fun things happening. I
want to welcome my guests for today. I have Julie
Conna and Kelly Poalell. Good morning ladies, good morning, good
night morning.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Thanks for coming in.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
So.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Julie, you're the Development Community Chair for Community Partners of
South Florida. Correct, correct, And miss Kelly you are the
CEO for Community Partners of South Florida. Yes, so welcome,
thanks for coming in. And Julie, you also work with
the well of Palm Beach County, I do, which is
the big tell me tell the listeners not a little
bit about that.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:15):
It is our county's largest behavioral health magazine. It was
began by an initiative of Palm Health Foundation called b
WELPBC as a way to connect the community. What makes
it really really unique is that it's not pr driven,
meaning these stories are really at the neighborhood level, right.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
It's very comprehensive.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
So we're capturing those stories at the neighborhood level as
well as having professionals and experts in these spaces weigh
in on all things behavioral health. We found that there
was just a lot of misunderstanding when it came to
behavioral health a few years ago, and so just holding
space to have some of these conversations in our community
has been really beneficial and to shine a lot of
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light on the resources that are out there.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Absolutely. And I know that I've talked with the folks before,
especially law enforcement. Sometimes some of the homeless folks actually
have a mental health issue, and when they have some
kind of an event or an episode, they're having a
mental health crisis and need to get care. So like
if you see that you need to reach out and
they'll come and help. But there's like a lack of
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awareness and people just get scared and walk away and
don't help. You can call the non emergency number if
you're not sure, and they'll send out a community service
officer and they'll check it out and get them the
help they need.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Well, I think it's also really hard to think clearly
in crisis moments, right, and so just having sometimes an
organization that can take some that weight off and give
you the guidance that you need, or a resource like
the Well of PBC is also helpful. I mean, you know,
a lot of times people don't know where to go
for help, they don't know what steps to take next,
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and I think we all work really hard to try
to mitigate some of that.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Oh absolutely. And one of the things I really appreciate
about the Well PBC is you're actually one of the
great vehicles to get the information out everybody in the community.
And one of the things, obviously you've been talking about
is the good work that the folks at the Community
Partners of South Florida are doing. So Miss Kelly, tell
us about the Community Partners, what is it that you
guys were created to do.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
So I'm really glad you mentioned housing as well, because
our organization is really rooted in ensuring that there's housing,
affordable housing, and mental health support while really looking at
the community and their needs at the same time. So
right now, with get your Green on and Mental Health
Awareness Month coming, this is such an important time for us.
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We have over ninety therapists and case managers that are
in the community, from children all the way up to
adults to ensure that we're able to connect because, as
Julie was saying, when someone's in crisis, amost like when
your car doesn't have gas, it doesn't go, and so
it's really important just to want to know, hey, I
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think I need to talk to someone, and then got
through that process.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Of finding out how we can help. Oh yeah, And
I see a lot of them, especially for the teens
and tweens if you will, on social media, the nice
little memes and posts about it it's okay to not
be okay. So I think in that generation they're doing
a really good job of taking away the stigma of
talking about needing help. And I believe, in my personal
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opinion that COVID really had a big impact on these kids.
It shined a light on a lot of the mental
health issues that were happening to everybody in the world,
what needed to be done or what had been done,
and what we can do to do better.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
And I think that connectedness that you just spoke of,
even if it's on social media or whatever medium that is,
is really really important.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
And like one of those connective pieces.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
That we have right now is we're about to be
celebrating get your Green on. Who I'm not jumping the
gun by mentioning that, but it's about to be get
your Green on. Which this is a campaign in honor
of National Mental Health Awareness Month and Palm Beach County
honors Trauma Informed Care as part of that campaign. So
we've got lots of events and opportunities to participate and
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connect with one another and kind of.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Stand in solidarity of that awareness.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
Like we know now, mental health is a spectrum, right
Nobody escapes without some level of mental health impact. So
it's just a way to show one another that we
hear you, and we see you, we honor you, and
we're gonna we're gonna.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Celebrate that together.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
So we're actually community partners in South Florida is going
to be celebrating get your Green on this month.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yes, we are very excited.
Speaker 6 (07:48):
We actually are having a community yoga event for get
your Green On on May tenth with our Kana.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Yoga and the North End.
Speaker 6 (07:57):
So we can get information on our website and we
will also have it on our socials if you're interested
in signing up. It's a day to really celebrate movement
and mindfulness and oftentimes people think mental health is where
we're in this space of complete and total crisis, but
it's also prevention and so yoga and other movement and
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mindful activities that be well and a lot of the
other providers in the community will be doing are just
about that connection to self.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Oh absolutely. And I've done the free yoga classes at
the Mendel Public Library, lots of different instructors and one
of them is prey Oncas. She was like, look, if
you come and you're not able to do much but
just sit there and breathe, then you're doing great. That's
all you need to do is come, definitely.
Speaker 5 (08:43):
And do that.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
So I would to encourage people to come to the
one in the park even if you're not super flexi
or bendi doesn't matter. Just being present will help.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
And it's a free event, right, We're encouraging people to
wear green, just as our outbound messaging of get your
green on and it's at Arkana Studio, so please definitely
join us for that.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So I think it's fantastic and then can you fill
the listeners? And I in you think coming up called
a Neighbor Works Week, what is that?
Speaker 6 (09:11):
Yes, as I mentioned, the other major area we support
is our housing needs in Palmeach County and we are
an affiliate of Neighbor Works America. And during Neighbor Works Week,
which is a national week, we celebrate affordable housing stock
and making sure they're supply. They are over thirteen nonprofit
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developers in the community that are really working with our
administration and community to ensure that there is affordable housing
and us being one of them, we're celebrating. So we're
going to have multiple events from really learning about our
property inheritance knowledge meaning your family may have a home,
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is there a will, is there a trust? What happens
if a family member dies? Is someone connected to that home?
So getting great information so that we can really talk
about generational wealth. Additionally, we'll have a reception and we
will also have a ribbon cutting of a property that
we just built in partnership with Saint Mark's Church out
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in Pohokeey. So this is a community center that's going
to really enhance the opportunity to provide services in the
community of po Hoochey.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
Oh very cool. So where can the listeners get more informations?
They're a good website for them to go to.
Speaker 6 (10:24):
Yes, absolutely, Our website is www dot CPSFL dot org
and that's for Community Partners of South Florida.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
I like it when it's easy like that. So you
guys also on social media, I'm sure yes, same CPSFL
dot org Right, Facebook, Instagram.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
Very cool? What is the neighbor Works thing happening?
Speaker 6 (10:47):
So that's going to be happening the week of June sixth.
Our events specifically will be on the twelfth and thirteenth,
but it's a celebration all week. So there'll be a
lot of information going on about affordable housing, opportunities to
find new home ownership. There's apartments being built throughout the county,
there's houses being built, and our whole goal is to
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connect people to those homes.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Oh yeah, that's great because I have friends that work
in the hospitality industry and they can't live where they work.
They live many, many towns away where they can find
affordable housing, and they're driving sometimes an hour hour and
a half to come to work because they cannot afford
to live near where they were.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
That is one hundred percent a challenge of the times
that we are living in right now, and it's scary.
It impacts everybody, and it's one of the primary focuses
that CPSFL is really working towards, because we also know
that affordable housing still doesn't mean affordable to just everyone.
Speaker 6 (11:45):
Right.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
So one thing that I.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Really love about their services is that they also teach
financial literacy so that once they get you into a
place where, hey, we have you primed for a home,
for a home ownership in these non predatory lending situations,
can you keep it?
Speaker 5 (12:04):
Can you maintain it? They're going to give you the
tools to do that.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
So really shooting for that longevity and that long term success.
And then as Kelly just mentioned right, following that up
with that generational well so that okay, now I obtain
that in this lifetime, how do I make sure my
kids also can build upon that in my children's children.
So very dynamic, comprehensive organization, and it's.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
A great idea of the generational wealth, so that you're
not starting from ground zero and working up again.
Speaker 6 (12:31):
That's the education part, and I really think of us
as housing coaches from beginning to end. As Julie mentioned,
we have people who come in and really are just
looking for rental assistance and try to figure out how
to manage renting a home, and we are goals to
take them from that and to home ownership if that's
their goal. And so it's almost like a concierge service
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that starts with you at the beginning and helps get
you behind that door of the home you want and
then ensuring that home is able to support your family
for generations to come.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
And that's really the great part. It's all about education.
Speaker 6 (13:07):
I mean, we all went to school, and when I
was younger, they didn't teach financial literacy or what to
do to start off. And so this is a great
opportunity and that doesn't cost anything to anyone to come
in and learn more about what can I do to
make my children have a better future.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Well, I think that's fantastic because again when I went
to school, back when I went back in the days,
they say they actually had the home met classes and
they were trying a new technique where boys and girls
took it together, and then boys and girls took the
shop classes together. So none of us got any kind
of financial literacy though that would have been super helpful.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Right, right.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
And the other thing to add on is the housing
is just the one part of it, right, and we
know that the affordable housing and just the economy in
general right now is one barrier, but that's really still
only one barrier. There are still other factors. So they
also support mental health as well. They have wrap around
case management services, which I like to think of as
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a big worm hug, So somebody that kind of takes
a look at you and finds where all the places
that we need to support and how do we do that?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
And then team mentorship, right.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Because if we can catch you younger and keep you
on those on the right track and the past and
give you the tools and resources you need, we know
that the outcomes are better. So really a comprehensive organization.
But I love the warm hug part.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
I do too, So yeah, so I love it.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
So you know, your key services are obviously building the
family skills mostly strong social, engaged children and I love
this one, the engaged and empowered parents. And then you're
adding in, like you said, the long term financial stability
and housing, and you got a happy, self sustaining family, right,
that's your goal, right, And.
Speaker 6 (14:50):
When you have a healthy, self sustaining family, you create
strong residents, and strong residents create thriving communities.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
That's the goal.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Now, that is a great goal. I like it, and
of course great communities, you know. And we were talking
before the show about Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of
course you know is the five tier model. You know,
you need food and clothing, job security, that safety, the
love and belonging, the friendship, self esteem, and self actualization
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like that purpose.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Right, So between the two things that you.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Guys do, you're really covering I think all of these
bases for the community.
Speaker 5 (15:29):
Correct, that's one hundred percent correct, right.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
We know you can't even begin to thrive until your
basic needs are met. It's just without your basic needs,
you are in a constant state of just fight or flight,
and there is no opportunity to go much further. When
there is food insecurity or housing insecurity, or how am
I going to take care of my children? So until
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those needs are addressed, and a lot of those do
get addressed through the wrap around case management services, there
is nowhere else to go until that happens. So really
a really robust organization and lots of opportunities to get
involved as well.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
Well.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
That was my next question because I was saying before
the show was talking, we just wrapped up Volunteer Awareness
Month in April, but volunteering is all year round. What
kind of volunteer opportunities are there for folks to come
and work with community partners?
Speaker 6 (16:20):
So there are so many and Julie is one of
the best volunteers we have as our Development Committee chair
who has been with us for over ten years. Really
what she does is she connects us to community and
brings other volunteers to support us. We have done beautification
projects of some of our properties, we have fed some
of our communities, and just really all that through that
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partnership and volunteerism. Additionally, one of my favorite areas of
volunteerism is through our mentoring program. And we have children
that we mentor and we are always looking for mentees
to support our children and it's such a beautiful connection
in the stories and the long term relationship that these
children have with their mentees are absolutely incredible. So we're
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always looking for volunteers and many different areas where a
large organization is you can see we do a lot,
but we're always looking for that support to connect us
and make us more connected to the community.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
So, for example, if you're a retired construction worker, yes,
you might be very handy.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
Yes yes, yes, yes please.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
And then of course someone maybe who worked in like
bookkeeping and finance, yes, to work with that monetary financial
training exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (17:34):
You know.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
One of our primary goals with the Development Committee.
Speaker 4 (17:37):
Is always brainstorming new ways on how we can bring
new faces to community partners of South Florida.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
But it's not a one way street, right.
Speaker 4 (17:44):
We also send them a lot of referrals for people
that where we think can use some support, right, and
they've removed the barriers to those referrals. You can go
right on their website if you need some of their services,
and you can self referral. You can also you know,
send in someone else's information if needed. But the Development
Committee really does try to connect some of those dots.
(18:07):
And I feel strongly that philanthropy doesn't always just mean money.
Like if you can't write a check, you can't write
a check, that's fine. There's so many other opportunities to help, right.
Sometimes it can be just as much as like sharing
your story. Maybe you've overcome something that was really challenging
in your life and you can share the blueprint with
somebody else. You know, that lived experience is just as
(18:29):
valuable sometimes if not more than a check or the
learned experience.
Speaker 5 (18:33):
So come as you are.
Speaker 4 (18:35):
There's a place for everybody making those connections, making sure
more people know about the work that Community Partners of
South Florida is doing. Also, one of our challenges is
making sure that people don't silo them into any one thing,
because they are so comprehensive, right, So they do a
lot with housing, but there's also a lot of mental
health support. There's also a lot of mentorship, and so
(18:57):
it's just being really good stewards of the message join
me please, that was my big Please join.
Speaker 5 (19:03):
Me on the community on the development committee, please please.
Lots of them, lots of help well, and.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
How did they reach out to you to do that?
Speaker 5 (19:09):
Really?
Speaker 4 (19:10):
Yeah, so you can always reach out to community partners
in South Florida and they'll get us connected.
Speaker 5 (19:16):
Also, you can always find us on Instagram.
Speaker 4 (19:18):
At the Well of PBC as another way to get
connected to more resources as well. And then I can
always be found on Instagram at Kana Connections.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Very cool.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
And of course, speaking of the Well of PBC, you
put together a fabulous magazine every month, So great job.
I know you have a whole big team that works
with you, but yeah, editor, and they're nicely done. So
the print version or the online version? How do people
get the online version if they haven't seen the print version?
Speaker 4 (19:47):
Yes, please please please visit the publisher's website b WELPBC
dot org. You can find the Well of PBC all
of our editions there as well as a lot more
resources for the community and opportunity to get connected.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
And of course your business and you work in this
mental health area, you have contributing authors and people who
submit absolutely businesses, new topics, trending issues. So can I
know you can always reach out to either you or
Cali and talk about those things and how they can
how they can help fit.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
The goal of what we need have done.
Speaker 4 (20:21):
And again even if you're not a business or an
expert per se, if you have a re value learned
experience as well, So if you have been through something
that you feel needs to be shared or a topic
that needs to be spoken about.
Speaker 5 (20:34):
Right, we can only.
Speaker 4 (20:35):
See from our perspective, and we don't want a limited perspective.
We want everyone's perspective. So also feel free to reach
out and we can always be reached at the Well
at b WELLPBC dot org.
Speaker 2 (20:49):
Very cool, I know, because I meet people. The one
things I love about doing the show is I get
to meet all the different charities nonprofits, find out what
needs you meet in the community and sharing that with people,
but finding out the stories about why you got involved,
what it means to you, and how people can benefit,
and when they benefit, they can help someone else by
telling them. Because I always meet people and they're like, oh,
(21:10):
she does this show. You have a question, ask her,
and then I can connect them to the next persons.
So like I've become like that conjunction junction what your
function is? That would be me And that's kind of
a cool thing and people don't know.
Speaker 6 (21:23):
So thank you for the opportunity to share that because
it's really about connecting people to people. Everything we do,
whether it's through a volunteer, through services, through partnerships, connecting
people that's what we do.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
So obviously you are focused a lot on affordable housing.
How much do you think that impacts people as compared
to the mental health component of what you do.
Speaker 6 (21:45):
It's really connected, It really is. We have people, regardless
of how they come to meet us for whatever that
need is. By the end, it really does align where
we're helping them with both our mental health team services
people from all the way from preventing homelessness up to
home ownership. As I mentioned, but it's really interesting how
(22:07):
when people even come to start talking about what they
need in home ownership or housing support, that we start
learning more about the family. And when we learn about
the family, we're able to say, hey, we have a
team that can help you.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
With this or that. As Julie said, it's that warm hug.
Speaker 6 (22:21):
And that's what we really pride ourselves is it's all connected,
and our goal is to wrap ourselves around you to
figure out how to support you on your journey.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Absolutely, and to add to that as well. You know,
it's not a secret that right now our county is
suffering in mental health resources. We've had a lot of
changes recently. Community Partners of South Florida still services youth
with their mental health, which is a very difficult resource.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
To find right now, correct, And I know I recently
spoke with Vowstags from Pandora's Kids and she created a
whole charity just to help kids dealing with the grief process.
Free service, and there is some mental health available for
that as well, but mostly as a peer to peer
just being with somebody with the same lived experience. And
so you said, the kids find that just superveneficial. And
(23:10):
of course then again so do the parents that come,
because it's absolutely they don't drop the kids off, they
come to right the parents.
Speaker 3 (23:16):
We definitely want our parents involved.
Speaker 6 (23:18):
One of the things we recently added to support children
is we provide free psychiatric services for uninsured or underinsured families.
And as you know, psychiatric services can be extremely expensive,
so being able to offer that to families, as Julie
was mentioning, we're seeing some of the children that are
needing more support as the world keeps changing. So we
(23:41):
have many pipelines. We have school therapists that are actually
in the schools, we have our outpatient therapists, our wrap
around case managers, and even.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
Through all of that, we're funneling.
Speaker 6 (23:53):
People into the other parts of our system, such as
psychiatric services.
Speaker 2 (23:57):
Well, that's fantastic. The reason we spoke with the folks
from the Pace for Girls and they were saying they
have a great school, which is really perfect. If your
kids need that extra one on one, I would definitely
recommend that, But they were saying that in most of
the schools now they actually have a behavioral health service person. Yes,
and a lot of people don't even know that person's available.
It's a free service, they just don't know it's there.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And that's definitely one of the goals of the Well
of PEC, not just to share the behavioral health resources,
but to share a light on the profession at large
because it is changing, it's changing, and the workforce pipeline
it's going to continue to change.
Speaker 5 (24:34):
Because the need is there.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
So it's also letting people know that these services exist
and how they can help the families.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
Very true, and like you said, that workforce is changing
because from everybody being remote now back to hybrid situations
or just straight up on site again and then now
there's a whole blend. So there's some people are still remote,
some are mixed, some are all back in person, and
that creates different I think stressors for the family. Depending
on the age of your kid. It's or if you
have parents that are aging that you're caring for in
(25:04):
your home. In some cases, I think is sometimes a
little bit easier if you had that parent at home
and if you could work at home and that way
you're there. It saves you the cost of extra caregiving
and things like that which you had another financial strength.
Speaker 4 (25:17):
Yes, right, and so some of those modern signs of
the time, right, these intergenerational living and the sandwich they
call them a sandwich generation. You really do need to,
you know, you want to make sure that these organizations
are well versed in all of those and that's where
I think the wrap around case management services of Community
Partners in South Florida is so well poised because they
(25:39):
understand these unique situations and how to lend support individually.
Speaker 2 (25:44):
Oh yes, well, I know I have friends that are
teachers and the kids when the kids come to school
and they've not had if they've not taken advantage of
the free breakfast to school, they'll be their heads or
down on their desks like ma'am, I don't feel good.
I'm just hungry. They can't focus, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
So it's so that goes speaks to your Maslow's hierarchy
of needs. I mean that's a perfect example.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Oh yes, And so she's like, get here a little
bit early, eat the free breakfast, and then come to
come to school, you know, come to class, then make
sure you get the lunch, and then you know, then
she encourages a conversation like with the parents and the
counselor for that like little food backpack over the weekend
just to make sure not saying there's anything going in
the house, but that way that kid has that food
and a little less of the food in security because
(26:27):
she's you know, obviously there's I want to say, fifty
percent of our kids have food insecurity and we're one
of the wealthiest counties.
Speaker 3 (26:35):
Yeah, it's definitely interesting.
Speaker 6 (26:37):
And you know, there is an entire system of care,
a hunger relieve program with system of care throughout Palm
Beach County.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
And again it's if you think you have.
Speaker 6 (26:47):
A need, reach out to someone to find out where
you can get help. Because that is in place to
ensure that we're reducing that hunger issue.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Yes, and I know Palm Beach County Libraries have definitely
stepped up as well as Mandel. You go to pbclibrary
dot org and I believe there's twelve locations throughout the
county where you can get the backpack of food if
you're eighteen and under. Yes, and they just it's there
for you, no questions asked, just go get it.
Speaker 5 (27:13):
Pally's County is a beautiful place.
Speaker 6 (27:14):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (27:14):
I fall in love more and more with this county
every day and the work that's being done here.
Speaker 5 (27:18):
Truly, it's an honor.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh yeah, I agree, because you know, you have to
take care of everybody for the whole community to thrive,
as you said, absolute, absolutely, So again, let's let's go
back to you have your neighbor works party coming up?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
When is that again?
Speaker 6 (27:32):
That is going to be the week of June six,
and our events are going to be held on the
twelfth and thirteenth. So information will we post on the
website and on our socials on how you could come
to one of the property Inheritan's education classes or join
us for the ribbon cutting to learn more about the
services out in the glades that are being provided, and
again that's in partnership with Saint Mark's Church, so we
(27:56):
all work together on this.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
And when it's.
Speaker 6 (27:59):
Talking about how that week is just a really great
week to celebrate some of the families that have been
through our system and through our services to be able
to end up in home ownership. We have moved families
from under two hundred percent poverty into home ownership. And
not only did we give them the skills, and they've
worked with us for five years. They did the hard work.
(28:19):
It's not us, it's them, and they're doing the hard work.
Speaker 2 (28:22):
And I like the fact that you mentioned it can
take five years. It can take a while. It's not
instant gratification like we get from social media. You have
to put in the they call it sweat equity, the
times to learn to find the you know, take the
classes on your financial literacy, maybe improve your job situation.
I mean, I know personally I had to take some
(28:43):
classes on financial literacy because I didn't know how to budget,
because again they didn't teach me.
Speaker 5 (28:48):
That's right, right, And there's no shame in that, right.
Speaker 4 (28:51):
There's no shame in acknowledging that that just wasn't a
skill set that we were taught. And you know, I
just think that one of the things about Community Partners
Sefflora that initially attracted me to them was that they
always did look at the root causes of adversity in
the community, and so being able to teach these skills
(29:12):
just ensures that this isn't a temporary situation. This will
last generations to come.
Speaker 2 (29:17):
Oh definitely. So miss Julie, before we go, how do
folks reach out to you? Because obviously you do to development,
you're getting more volunteers, but I'm sure that also includes
financial sponsorships for some of these programs.
Speaker 5 (29:28):
Yes that work, Oh my god, yes, please, yes, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
If you want to volunteer or financial contributions, you can
always reach out to me at Julie at Kanaconnections dot com.
So that's Julie at KHA and as a Nancy and
as a Nancy a Connections dot com. And because we
are in public relations, we make sure everyone knows about
all the exciting good news that you do. If you
(29:52):
do you want to make financial contributions.
Speaker 2 (29:54):
Oh absolutely, And I know a lot of businesses actually
will do fundraisers and pick a charity as the sponsor.
Speaker 3 (30:00):
Yes, that's a great model.
Speaker 5 (30:02):
And friend raisers.
Speaker 4 (30:03):
We love friend raisers as well, so if you have
an organization, again, just even making those connections mean something
to us, like we are here for all of it.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
Oh perfect, because I know I went to a California
pizza kitchen and then somebody who's here for like a
softball fundraiser? So we all said, sure, we're here for
the softball fundraiser. They got, they got their donations, and
they we fought our lovely dinner. It was awesome, easy
way to help out in the community.
Speaker 5 (30:29):
Definitely very cool.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
Well, ladies, before we go, let's get the phone number,
website and social media where folks can get information about
you and your cool organizations wonderful Ours is really easy.
Speaker 6 (30:40):
Just go to our website cpsfl dot org if you're
interested in learning more about services. Right at the top,
there's a button that says submit a referral. All that
is is a way to say, hey, call me and
we'll take some information and one of our client experience
specialists will call them within seventy two hours and we
can talk through what you need. Additionally, on our website.
(31:01):
There's a button that says communications. You click on that.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
And it will reach anyone in the company.
Speaker 6 (31:06):
So that's the easiest way to get a hold of
us is just go to our website or you can
call us at five six one eight four one thirty
five hundred.
Speaker 5 (31:15):
Very cool.
Speaker 4 (31:15):
And then to learn more about BULPBC or a list
of the get your green on events that are happening,
you can visit BLPBC dot org and again you can
find them on all social media Instagram, Facebook, just get connected.
Let's let's get connected, stay in touch and continue the
good work together.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
You're excited amount do the yoga. Yeah, absolutely, it's gonna
be fun. That's good. The love fun with my green on, Yes,
it might be Patty stay shirt. You never know, it's great.
Speaker 5 (31:45):
That's good.
Speaker 2 (31:46):
Well, ladies, thank you for coming in and sharing all
the information, doing such a cool thing in the community.
Obviously very much needed and definitely appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (31:55):
Thank you very much for having us and for having
these important conversations.
Speaker 6 (31:58):
Yes, thank you so much for letting us share information
to support our community. And again, I just want to
celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. It's a time for all
of us to have space for mindfulness.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Oh absolutely well, thank you for coming in. If you
need more information, reach out to me Palm Beach Perspective
at iHeartMedia dot com. Happy to forward on the details
and don't forget. You can always download the shows a
podcast on our iHeartRadio app. Hope everybody has a wonderful weekend.
I'm dev Nev and this has been my perspective. Remember
life is good, so be your healthiest view and let's
(32:32):
get out there and live it.
Speaker 3 (32:33):
Until next week, enjoy.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
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