DCS Welcomes New Executive Director
The Board of Directors of Disaster Chaplaincy Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Pacitti as Executive Director, effective October 3, 2011. He succeeds the Rev. Julie Taylor, who has served in this position since March 2005, and who will remain with DCS as the Consultant for Deployment and Training. Jay is responsible for the day-to-day operations of DCS to achieve the goals and further the mission of the organization: to assure skilled and appropriate interdisciplinary spiritual care for all people affected by emergencies, crises, and disasters throughout the...
Read MoreTraining Opportunity: Emotional & Spiritual Care in Disasters
This advanced level course will enhance your skills to provide effective emotional and spiritual care to meet the disaster-related needs of disaster responders and disaster affected families and individuals within disaster operations. This course builds on the crisis intervention principles taught in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) core courses to effectively integrate these principles within ESC teams for appropriate care throughout the disaster continuum from the immediate to long-term recovery process. Prerequisites: ICISF’s Group Crisis Intervention. Suggested but not...
Read MoreDisaster Chaplaincy Services Special Alert
World Trade Center Health Program Encourages Chaplains Who Worked the 9/11 Response to Sign Up Are you concerned about the health and mental health effects of your 9/11-related work? Do you wonder if there might be changes in your health you might not be aware of? To help you find out, free and confidential monitoring exams are available through the World Trade Center Health Program (WTC Health Program). The World Trade Center Health Program (formerly known as the WTC Medical Monitoring & Treatment Program and as the Mt. Sinai Program) provides medical monitoring and...
Read MoreTen Years After 9/11
9/11 Disaster Chaplains ALMOST 10 YEARS HAVE PASSED: HEALING, HOPE, CHALLENGE & RESILIENCE An Interfaith Discussion, with Reflection & Refreshments Hosted By: The Episcopal Parish of Trinity Church & St. Paul’s Chapel August 4, 2011 – 6:00 PM 74 Trinity Place in the Parlour Room Come Share: What Memories of your Efforts? What Worked well and what not so well? What impact did interfaith chaplaincy efforts have on your own perspective? What are the ongoing unmet spiritual care needs in our community? Where are we all now in our work as caregivers? Are we still a...
Read More2010: DCS’ Year in Review
The year 2010 was full of exciting new opportunities as well as difficult deployments. DCS started out the year with a response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12th. DCS chaplains were deployed to local schools and reception centers to support refugees as well as the local Haitian community during those difficult first weeks. In a joint effort with the American Red Cross of Greater New York, one of our chaplains, Rev. Noster Montas, who is originally from Haiti, was able to deploy aboard the USNS Comfort off the coast of Haiti to act as a translator for those injured in...
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