NEWS BRIEFS: First Step endorsed … and other items

PORT ANGELES — First Step Family Support Center recently earned an endorsement as a blue ribbon affiliate of Parents as Teachers National Center.

According to a press release, First Step performed a self assessment and then underwent a review by the center.

The blue ribbon affiliate endorsement means that a home visiting agency is properly implementing the Parents as Teachers model of care.

According to the Parents as Teachers website, the main components of its model are personal visits, group connections, resource networks and child screening.

Programs typically provide services to families from the prenatal period until kindergarten.

For more information, visit www.firststepfamilysupportcenter.org.

Grief support

SEQUIM — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC) is offering a grief support group from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Jan. 28.

The group will meet for five consecutive weeks through Feb. 25 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave.

Debby Smith will facilitate the free group.

Smith has 35 years of experience as a registered nurse and has been a hospice volunteer for 25 years.

Although there is no charge, space is limited and participants must pre-register with the VHOCC office by calling 360-452-1511.

For more information, visit www.vhocc.org.

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