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Provides various support groups and services in Yakima County for cancer patients or individuals with other health issues—see program details.
Provides various support groups and services in Yakima County.
- Women Supporting Women: Provides a support group for all women who are living with cancer, whether newly diagnosed, currently in treatment, or completed cancer surgery and treatment.
- Young Women's CANcer Support: Provides group support in the evening for women juggling a cancer diagnosis, treatment, family, work and other demands placed on this unique group of survivors.
- Bereavement Support Group: Weekly support group open to anyone who has suffered a loss, for any reason. The members try to collectively help each other through the various stages of grieving and grow through the loss.
- Cancer Peer Mentors (Women): Cancer survivors provide support and hope to women who are newly diagnosed with cancer. Peer Mentors have completed a comprehensive educational program and are available for communication and support.
- Crisis Care and Counseling: Offers assistance through staff and volunteers for crisis needs. Helps individuals who are going through a crisis situation by listening, assessing their needs, connecting them to other resources, and providing follow-up support.
- Pain Support: Empowerment through Pain - Tools, support & guidance in understanding and living well with chronic pain.
- Journey to Wellness: Classes utilize a variety of philosophies and techniques of self-help to encourage healing of the mental, physical and emotional body.
- Group Grief & Loss Support for Miscarriage or Stillbirth (RTS): Little Wings provides grief and loss support for parents who have lost a child due to miscarriage or stillbirth.
- Women's Empowerment Group: Provides a free support group for women experiencing depression, anxiety or just feel stuck in their life.
- Trauma Support Group - The group is designed to provide support, encouragement and healing to those who have experienced traumatic events.
- Cancer Survivor Exercise Class
- Cancer Survivor Nutrition
- Osteopathic Manipulation: In Partnership with PNWU Scholars Program and Supervised by O.D.s,
- Hand That Hea: Reflexology and other techniques to support your mind, body and spirit.
- Healing Threads: Group for anyone who wants to spend time with others while working on any type of needlework project; no experience necessary. Group promotes healing, community service, and making connections with others to end feelings of isolation.
- Navigation Services: Provides navigation services to local resources for families and individuals in need of assistance—open to anyone. Offers information and referrals to local agencies.
- Lending Library: Offers books, videos, audio, and periodicals to anyone seeking information on a particular illness or health topic.
- Caregiver Support
Men's Cancer Support Group/Co-Ed Cancer Support Groups will return as demand increases. Community members and professionals wishing to start a group in alignment with Wellness House's mission are welcome to call.
Suicide Survivors Support Group will resume as needed.
Spanish language support for crisis counseling and the Cancer Care Boutique, as well as translation services for our other supports.
Categories
Peer Role Model Programs
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer Counseling
Bereaved Parent Support Groups
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
General Bereavement Support Groups
Women's Support Groups
Outreach Programs
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Treatment
Provides community education classes, such as defensive driving, parenting skills, and theft awareness.
Provides community education classes, such as defensive driving, parenting skills, and theft awareness.
- Defensive Driving Class: probation services offers defensive driving courses. The focus of our defensive driving course is to assist participants in discovering how their values and attitudes affect their driving behavior. Participants will learn how to make positive choices about their driving behavior. The objective of the defensive driving course is to educate participants about law abiding behavior and safe driving. The online option allows students to conveniently complete the course on their own time while not affecting their school or work schedule. An in-person course is available and is limited to those who are unable to take the course online.
- Parenting Classes: this 8 hour parenting skills class is an online course designed to enhance parenting techniques to better meet the developmental needs of children as they grow. This course is offered in both Spanish and English. Topics covered include; raising the next generation, parenting basics, what children need, role modeling, child neglect and abuse, and what children deserve.
- Theft Awareness Class: this class is designed for a variety of relatively minor theft offenses. Participants are encouraged to develop a personal commitment plan to avoid future theft-related problems and/or arrest. This 4 hour online course is offered in both English & Spanish. An in-person class is available and limited to those who are unable to take the course online.
Categories
Driving Safety Education
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides a wide range of workshops, classes, groups and activities on various topics for youth and adults in Benton & Franklin Counties.
Provides workshops, classes, groups and activities on various topics; such as parenting classes, foster parenting, marriage/divorce issues, at-risk youth, mental health and substance abuse topics, domestic violence, unhealth/unsafe relationships, trauma/abuse care (children & adults), health/nutrition, housing, money management, job development, learning new languages, culture, music/arts, cooking, and independent living skills.
Categories
Nutrition Education
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
General Mental Health Information/Education
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
English as a Second Language
Parenting Skills Classes
Financial Literacy Training
Relationship Workshops
Provides educational resources to mothers as well as increasing environmental support for breastfeeding.
Provides educational resources to mothers as well as increasing environmental support for breastfeeding.
Categories
Subject Specific Public Awareness/Education
Breastfeeding Support Programs