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Building Community Well-Being Launches 2025 Credential

The 2025 Community Well-being Supporter Credential course will begin on January 21, offering participants a unique opportunity to enhance their skills and knowledge in areas crucial to fostering healthier communities. Delivered through a hybrid learning model, this comprehensive program is designed for individuals of all experience levels seeking to improve community well-being and support individuals in need.

Key course topics include:

• Trauma-Informed Care
• Implicit Bias Awareness
• Family-Centered Coaching
• Bystander Training
• Community Development

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of these critical subjects, with supplemental materials and discussion opportunities provided to reinforce learning. The course aims to provide practical tools and strategies for engaging with diverse populations and addressing the challenges faced by community members.

The hybrid format allows for flexibility, combining both online and in-person elements to ensure accessibility for a wide range of participants. Whether you're new to the field or seeking to build upon existing expertise, this credentialing program supports continuous professional growth and a deeper commitment to community development.

Course Details:

• Start Date: January 21, 2025
• Format: Hybrid (Online & In-person components)
• Open to all experience levels

Contact Information:
Grace-Marie Thompson
Building Community Well-Being Systems Connector
Brighton Center, Inc.
buildingcommunitywellbeing@brightoncenter.com

Course Schedule

The course schedule lays out the week-to-week plan, which will ultimately guide participants to attain the course-level learning outcomes. Use the schedule to provide, at minimum, the following: Weekly topic/title, deliverables (with due dates), and any key dates (e.g. holidays, guest speakers).

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Cheers to 10 Years: New Riff Honors Brighton Center

Cheers to 10 Years: New Riff Honors Brighton Center

Brighton Center Receives $34,000 Donation as part of New Riff Distilling’s 10th Anniversary Celebrations

(Newport, KY – July 12, 2024) Cheers to 10 years! Brighton Center is thrilled to receive a $34,000 donation as part of New Riff Distilling’s 10th Anniversary celebration release of Headliner, which will become an annual release.

This celebration solidifies New Riff Distilling’s commitment to the community. On Thursday, July 11, Brighton Center and New Riff joined together to celebrate the kick-off of a 10-day lineup of events in the Aquifer tasting room at the distillery. Brighton Center was presented with a check for $34,000 by New Riff Distilling CEO Hannah Lowen.

“Community partners help us carry out our mission, and this amazing support will help us work every day to create opportunities for individuals and families to reach self-sufficiency. We are deeply grateful for New Riff Distilling’s support and the customers who supported this initiative. As a community-based organization, we are proud to partner with other local organizations that are using their products to innovate and support the Northern Kentucky region,” said Wonda Winkler, President & CEO of Brighton Center.

Brighton Center Chosen as New Riff Charitable Partner for 10th Anniversary Celebrations

New Riff Distilling Marks Decade Milestone with Limited Release, 10 Days of Celebrations

Headliner release highlights 10-year bourbon

Newport, KY (June 26, 2024) - - - Celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, New Riff Distilling announced the Headliner special edition will take center stage along with a 10-day lineup of events at the distillery in July. This will be the first release of Headliner, which will become an annual release, and it is anchored by the distillery’s first batches of bourbon, now 10 years old. For more information, visit http://www.newriffdistilling.com/headliner. 

Housing needs revealed in Northern Kentucky data walks

Northern Kentucky organizations are holding data walks across the region to help form a community-driven housing strategy.  

Read the LINK NKY story here: Housing Study Data Walks

Brighton Center Receives Grant from Kentucky Bar Foundation to Continue Addressing Housing Needs in Northern Kentucky

Brighton Center, Inc. received a $10,000 grant from the Kentucky Bar Foundation for rental counseling. This grant will allow Brighton Center to advocate and educate on Tenant’s Rights and will provide housing and rental counseling to assist individuals and families with identifying and maintaining housing.

Brighton Center’s Housing Advocacy and Tenant Education project will address the housing needs of families in the eight counties of Northern Kentucky. The project will include the creation of an updated Housing Handbook that details tenants’ rights and provides tips on how to be a successful tenant. This Handbook will be distributed among Brighton Center’s 45 programs. The project will also provide monthly workshops that address fair housing law, housing discrimination, fair market rent reasonableness, and rights for landlords and tenants.

“Access to safe, income-aligned housing is a key part of Brighton Center’s Strategic Plan,” said Jenny Wiley, Housing and Family Well-Being Director. “This grant will impact the whole community by providing us with the opportunity to work collaboratively with landlords and tenants to provide education and resources. This will help to ensure that tenants can stay housed or find housing.”

Brighton Center has been a HUD-Certified Housing Counseling Agency for more than 20 years, providing both rental and homeownership counseling. Brighton Center offers monthly workshops that focus on budgeting, banking, credit building, and fair housing.

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About Brighton Center

The mission of Brighton Center, Inc. is to create opportunities for individuals and families to reach self-sufficiency through family support services, education, employment, and leadership. We will achieve this mission by creating an environment that rewards excellence and innovation, encourages mutual respect, and maximizes resources. Brighton Center impacts the lives of thousands of individuals from infants to older adults through 45 programs across all of Northern Kentucky and beyond. 

About the Kentucky Bar Foundation
The Kentucky Bar Foundation is the nonprofit, charitable arm of Kentucky’s legal community.  Its mission is to further the public’s understanding of the judicial system and the legal profession through programs and philanthropic partnerships that help those in need.  The Kentucky Bar Foundation has given more than $5 million since 1988 to agencies promoting justice and law-related education for Kentuckians. For more information, please visit www.kybarfoundation.org or call 502-564-3795.

Brighton Center Receives $2,000 Donation from White Castle’s Charity of Choice Program

Brighton Center recently received a $2,000 donation from White Castle’s regional manufacturing plant located in Covington. The donation was made through White Castle’s Charity of Choice program, which allows the manufacturing facility to make a donation each quarter to a local nonprofit based upon its safety goals. This is the second time White Castle has selected Brighton Center to receive this donation by putting choice in the hands of their local team members.   

NEW! Homebuyers Cohort

Homebuyer’s Club

Join us for a no-cost, virtual Google Classroom series that covers the complete home-buying process from A to Z. Brighton Center Financial Wellness Coaches present the online workshops to help you prepare to buy a home and eliminate any barriers on the way to achieving homeownership. This amazing opportunity also includes one-on-one sessions with a Financial Coach to address your personal goals.

If you're interested, feel free to submit an application of interest using the link below.  Space is limited!

Homebuyer's Club Application of Interest: https://forms.gle/1CPutTVruCvk4dax9

Earn a New Well-Being Supporter Credential

Be part of the solution!

Become a responsive community member with a new credential that gives you the knowledge to make a difference! This new and exciting opportunity is for all community members to be part of a movement that creates transformative change and supports the well-being of all our neighbors.

Sign Up: https://bit.ly/43ty251

The Community Well-Being Credential focuses on enhancing individuals’ knowledge of well-being, primary (supports within the community available to everyone) and secondary prevention (access to public services and benefits based on need), and the pivotal role we play in the primary prevention system.

The credential will include topics that enhance your knowledge of Trauma-Informed Care, Family Centered Coaching, Racial Equity, the KYNECT system and its vast resources. Participants will also choose four electives available online covering topics such as Understanding Substance Use Disorder, Making your digital platforms more user-friendly, Stress Reduction, Mutual Aid, and Conflict Resolutions. Consultation calls will occur at the 30 and 60 day marks with a trainer for 1.5 hours. 

For more information email: buildingcommunitywellbeing@brightoncenter.com 

Brighton Center partners with Easterseals Redwood to offer prescribed pediatric extended care

CINCINNATI (Feb. 29, 2024) – Easterseals Redwood and Brighton Center announced today a new partnership to support children with medical needs in Northern Kentucky through Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) services.  

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Partnership with Boone County helps women thrive in recovery

By Ryan Hayes-Owens Kentucky

PUBLISHED 5:58 PM ET Feb. 16, 2024

FLORENCE, Ky. — Boone County is continuing its partnership with the Brighton Recovery Center for Women. Almost $190,000 will go toward helping the center continue their work in Northern Kentucky.