A Common Voice Planting The See

A Common Voice is a parent driven, nonprofit organization funded by Washington State Mental Health. Our goal is to provide support, technical assistance, and to bring Pierce County parents together who have experience raising children with complex needs. We pride ourselves on building a partnership between, Communities, Systems, Families and Schools.

Contact Information:

A Common Voice Office

A Common Voice / Gary & Carol Milgard Family HOPE Center at the Lakewood Boys & Girls Club
10402 Kline Street SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
email; acvmarge@comcast.net

phone; 253-537-2145

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments you have. You contact us directly via email Marge, acvmarge@comcast.net.

If you have technical questions regarding the website contact Joyce, jrwerry@gmail.com

Job Openings Posted January 2010

Part time Contract Work:

A Common Voice for Pierce County Parents (ACV)RE: ACV has opening for Parent Partners in Tacoma, Lakewood, Sumner, Bonney Lake

Parent Partners are Parents who have had experience raising children with complex emotional or behavioral difficulties.

Besides being a Parent of a child with emotional/behavioral difficulties, a Parent Partner's experience needs to include successful school advocacy as well as experience partnering with any of the following systems:

Juvenile Court, JRA, CPS, Mental Health, School systems.

ACV trains Parents to work as Parent Partners to assist families as they try to navigate through these various systems. Parent Partners model partnership behavior with families along with systems; all in the best interest of the child.

Parent Partners are contracted to work a minimum of 10 hours a week at

a rate of $12.00 per hour.

Send referrals directly to:

Marge Critchlow; Director of A Common Voice

acvmarge@comcast.net

Join ACV Board (non-paid position)

2010 Meetings;

* Feb 22nd, * April 26th, * June 28th,

*August 23rd, * October 25th, * December 6th

All ACV Board meetings are 3:30-5 p.m. Guests are invited 3:30-4:30 p.m., all meetings are at the ACV office

For more information contact Marge Critchlow; acvmarge@comcast.net or 253-537-2145

A Common Voice Planting The Seeds Of Hope!