Peninsula Family Service: Getting Older Adults Connected to the Internet in San Mateo County

By Bryan Cohn in Older Adult Services, Success Story | Posted August 11, 2023

Patricia Duarte, the Technology Navigation Program Manager at Peninsula Family Service (PFS), was recently featured in a Partner Spotlight on Community Tech Networks’ (CTN) website. CTN’s mission is to transform lives through digital equity, and its partnership with PFS has become multifaceted. Through this partnership, PFS refers learners to CTN’s Home Connect services, providing free tablets and one-on-one technology training, as well as hosting Affordable Connectivity Program workshops helping individuals sign up for low-cost home internet.…

Financial Empowerment Workshop (Spanish)

By Francis Baltazar in | Posted February 15, 2023

We offer no-cost Financial Education Workshops. Each three-hour workshop covers the important topics of budgeting, money management, ways to build credit, and the benefits of using credit. To register, please contact (650) 403-4300 ext. 4105. You can also send an email to finemp@peninsulafamilyservice.org.

Financial Empowerment Workshop

By Francis Baltazar in | Posted February 15, 2023

Financial Empowerment Workshop

By Francis Baltazar in | Posted February 1, 2023

We offer no-cost Financial Education Workshops. Each three-hour workshop covers the important topics of budgeting, money management, ways to build credit, and the benefits of using credit. To register, please contact our Lending Support Specialist at (650) 403-4300 ext. 4105. You can also send an email to finemp@peninsulafamilyservice.org.

Financial Empowerment Workshop

By Francis Baltazar in | Posted January 6, 2023

We offer no-cost Financial Education Workshops. Each three-hour workshop covers the important topics of budgeting, money management, ways to build credit, and the benefits of using credit. To register, please contact our Lending Support Specialist at (650) 403-4300 ext. 4105. You can also send an email to finemp@peninsulafamilyservice.org.

Rally on the Rooftop

By Theresa Myers in | Posted October 4, 2022

Rally on the Rooftop is an open house community event, which offers exhibits showcasing our Early Learning, Financial Empowerment, Employment, and Older Adult Services programs. We will hold a brief celebratory presentation, led by CEO, Heather Cleary, to recognize and thank YOU for helping make our community a better place for all. Please join us for refreshments, hors d’oeuvres, and an evening of gratitude as we celebrate our community, supporters, volunteers, and all who help Peninsula Family Service…

Spring 2022 Program Updates

By Theresa Myers in Early Learning, Financial Empowerment, Newsletter, Older Adult Services, Success Story, Uncategorized, Volunteers | Posted May 31, 2022

Child Development Associate Program PFS has launched our Early Learning Child Development Associate (CDA) Training Program in early 2022, and have gone through the first cohort. We are exiting the pilot phase and now planning our second cohort for the fall. The purpose of the CDA program is to support individuals with a pathway to a rewarding career working with children and at the same time to increase our teacher pipeline. Graduates will earn not…

Senior Peer Counselor Training

By Theresa Myers in | Posted February 5, 2021

Senior Peer Counselor Training Spring 2021 training dates: March – April (online only) If you are age 55+, you can change the lives of older adults in our community. Tuesdays and Wednesdays from March 30 – April 28 morning sessions: 9am – 12:30pm Specially-trained volunteer counselors provide weekly visits to adults age 55+ to help manage transitions and life changes such as health concerns, mobility issues, caregiver needs, and grief. Special care is taken…

Senior Peer Counselor Training

By Theresa Myers in | Posted February 5, 2021

Senior Peer Counselor Training

By Theresa Myers in | Posted February 5, 2021

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