COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER (CRC)
What is the CRC and what is its purpose? First and foremost, the CRC is a space for ALL families and parents of ICS. With a mission to enhance the self-sufficiency and well-being of the family, the CRC also focuses on parent engagement and referral to external resources.
Our CRC gives you access to a Food Pantry, Clothing Closet, Baby Supplies, Hygiene Closet. We also provide Referral Services for government assistance programs.
The CRC provides telehealth and mental health services available to our staff and students through ESE Telehealth. We host health fairs with our partners at CORE, IRC, and Refugee Women’s Network.
We partner with Urban Recipe to host a bi-weekly food co-op available to all ICS families. Come join this community event to sort and equitably distribute more than 1500 lbs of food among participants!
Sign up for an appointment to visit our food pantry, hygiene pantry, or clothing closet, located in the CRC!
Family Workshops
Past Workshops
Title I Curriculum Night
Parents of fifth graders learn about the curriculum used at ICS.
WATCH September 14, 2023Health Resources
Physical Health
We have transformed our Nurse’s Station into a full-service health clinic. Visit Nurse Porcha Marbury at our Nurse’s Station to connect with a nurse practitioner via ESE Telehealth.
Flu, Strep, and COVID-19 testing is available!
ESE Telehealth partners with the school nurse to use advanced computer technology, software, digital telecommunications, and medical devices (Stethoscopes, Otoscope, Pulse Ox, etc.) which enables ESETelehealth providers to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients through our video conferencing platform.
As parents of school-aged children, it is inevitable to receive a call from the school nurse, Nurse Porcha, announcing you have a sick child to pick up. Thus, the chaos for many ensues: Taking time off work, transportation issues, finding back-up care for sibling(s) while you wait for hours at a doctor’s Office or ER (exposing you and your child to other illnesses) – the list goes on and on.
Utilizing ESE Telehealth, you can eliminate many of these days by having your child accessed and treated for acute illnesses within minutes in the school nurse’s station. You will have full access to your child’s medical records and any prescriptions will be waiting for you at the pharmacy of your choosing.
- Allergies
- Asthma/Respiratory/Sinus Infection
- Bronchitis
- Fever
- Headaches
- Insect bites/Stings
- Cough/Colds and flu
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Earache/Conjunctivitis (or pink eye)
- Skin rashes
- Sore throat
- Vomiting, heartburn, and nausea
Visit esetelehealth.com and click “Get Started”
Under “For Schools”, click “Get started with Telehealth”
Fill out and Submit the Patient Information & Insurance Form.
Mental Health
ICS is now offering personalized mental health services for all students and school staff members through ESE Teletherapy. Insurance, including Medicaid, is accepted.
ESE Mental Health is constantly serching for and developing new processes to directly connect students and staff with licensed therapists.
Our main goal is to help others live up to their full potential with seasoned therapists who offer a holistic, healing approach to therapy. ESE Mental Health meets people where they are and helps them grow into who they want to be. We provide a setting full of compassion and understanding. We strive to make each session worthwhile and client-centered.
Stay at home or at school and see our therapists on your smart phone or laptop.
We offer services to both students and staff because we want to see our entire community have equitable access to health and well-being.
A study (Rand Corps. 2021) found that 27 percent of teachers have experienced symptoms consistent with depression, while 37 percent have experienced symptoms consistent with generalized anxiety.
It’s not just teachers though — the CDC found that overall, 1 in 6 school-age children had enough symptoms and impairment to meet the criteria for one or more childhood mental disorders, anxiety being the most common.
Prioritizing mental health through teletherapy not just improves clinical disorders, but also can improve confidence, mood, and academic performance.
• PTSD
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar Disorder
• Behavioral issues
• School issues
• Anger management
• Childhood truma and abuse
• Codependency
• Eating Disorder
• Divorce
• Emotional Disturbance
• Coping Skills
• Body Image Issues
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Coaching
• Medical Issues
• Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
• Self Esteem
• Sleep or Insomnia
• Suicidal Ideation
Visit esetelehealth.com and click “Get Started”
Under “For Schools”, click “Get started with Teletherapy”
Fill out and Submit the Patient Information & Insurance Form.
Urban Recipe ICS Food Co-Op
ICS partners with Urban Recipe to provide a food co-op to our low-income families. By the end of the 2023-24 school year, we hope to have 50 families participating in this program, free of charge.
The ICS Co-op meets every two weeks on Wednesdays after school. Members volunteer their time and energy to unload, sort, organize and distribute an average of 3,000 pounds of food equitably and according to family size. Urban Recipe Co-ops create food security as well as provide a place where relationships and community are built and the dignity of everyone involved is affirmed.
We are grateful to our committed community partners and contributing organizations:
