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By DENNIS PHILLIPS (dphillips@post-journal.com) , Post-Journal Republished with permission of The Post-Journal. The vision of a thriving community is the reason why more than 30 local agencies met at Jamestown Community College on Thursday. The Chautauqua Connections Children’s Coalition held its second annual meeting in the Sarita Weeks Room at JCC, which featured speakers County Executive Vince Horrigan, Christine Schuyler, county social services commissioner and public health director, and Heather Brown, The Resource Center’s assistant executive director for program operations. The coalition was formed last year to collaborate on services to improve the quality of life for children in the county under the age of 5. Pat Smeraldo, Chautauqua Connections independent service coordinator, said the coalition was formed after a...

By RYAN ATKINS (ratkins@post-journal.com) , The Post-Journal Republished with permission of The Post-Journal. Many organizations from Chautauqua County put a strong emphasis on making sure that area children have access to any services that they might need to grow up in a healthy, nurturing environment. Three of those organizations, Chautauqua Connections Inc., Chautauqua County Early Intervention and Chautauqua Tapestry, recently teamed up to hold a forum at the Carnahan Training Center at JCC. The forum focused on finding ways to better serve all children ages birth through 5 and support their social, physical, developmental and mental-health needs in Chautauqua County. “The thought process behind our mission is just to create partnerships and foster communication to better serve all children,” said...

18 Groups / Agencies and Parents Represented (30 People) Patrick Smeraldo Presented a Short Report of the July 2013 Forum A group discussion was held on the following topics: Electronic Sharing Tool – Patrick Smeraldo will develop a tool that will allow all coalition members the ability to share information with each other. State Conference Calls – Jackie Jones from the Children’s Infancy Leadership Cirlce reported on State conference calls that will occur after January 1, 2014. All whoare interested may attend (more details to follow) Health Foundation for Central and Western New York – A meeting will be held December 11, 2013 for all coalition members to discuss the possibility of the Health Foundation assisting the Chautauqua Connections Children’s...