by Staff Admin | May 2, 2017 | News, Youth Advisory Board
The Buffalo County Youth Advisory Board conducted interviews in April for next year’s new board members. To apply, students fill out an application and current YAB board members conducts the interviews. The interviews started with all the youth doing an ice...
by Staff Admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Injury-Free Living, News
Mental and behavioral health are two areas Buffalo County is wanting to work on. Our collaborative HealthyMINDS has worked with Kearney Public School to get two behavioral health coaches hired for two elementary schools. This is just a pilot. The group will evaluate...
by Staff Admin | Apr 9, 2017 | Active Living & Healthy Eating, News
Be Well Buffalo County has been working with a consultant group, Epiphany Services, to create a logic model on which they can build their work. As the strategic team focused on healthy lifestyles in our county, the process has helped Be Well to prioritize issues and...
by Staff Admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Injury-Free Living, News
More than 300 community members joined in March to listen to panelist speak messages of hope and healing. Community Partners Suicide Prevention group heard the community say they needed to be connected to local resources and have a place to speak about their fears and...
by Staff Admin | Apr 7, 2017 | News, Youth Advisory Board
With so many activities going on for students, it is not surprising so many report feeling stressed. One of the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) sub groups has been focusing on student stress. The whole YAB group decided to integrate a de-stress activity into one of their...
by Staff Admin | Mar 5, 2017 | News
Through PhotoVoice, Buffalo County Community Partners helps area youth develop a means of creative self-expression and constructive communication through photography. Participants learn about the expressive power of the photographs they take of family, school and...
