Family Support Network: March 2026 Meetings and Workshops
- Jody Miller
- 5 days ago
- 3 min read
Updated: 1 day ago
Region A Food Resources
If you are a family in our community struggling to put food on the table, please know one thing above all else: You are not alone, and help is available.
See available resources (updated Nov 2025)
Smart Start/licc meetings
Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs) are community-based advisory groups made up of local service providers and parents working together to make sure that all families know about early intervention services.
Here is a list of the meetings happening in March.
Cherokee County - Mar 04 | 1 PM | Join Meeting Here
Mental Health, Parents as Teachers (PAT)
Clay County - Mar 05 | 1:30 PM | Join Meeting Here
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Graham County - Mar 12 | 9:30 AM | Join Meeting Here
Mental Health, Appalachian Community Services
Haywood County - Mar 18 | 10:30 AM | Join Meeting Here
Children and Families Specialty Plan, Appalachian Community Services, PAT
Jackson County - Mar 11 | 12:00 PM | Join Meeting Here
Tobacco Prevention
Macon County - Mar 26 | 12:30 PM | Join Meeting Here
Children and Families Specialty Plan, Appalachian Community Services
Qualla Boundary - Mar 25 | Lunch 11:30 AM | Meeting 12:00 PM Due to construction at the Hope Center, the location for this team meeting will vary for the next few months. Check event details for more information.
Children and Families Specialty Plan
Swain County - Mar 10 | 10:00 AM | Join Meeting Here
Children and Families Specialty Plan
Caregiver connections
Family Support Network Caregiver Connections is a support group for caregivers raising a child with special needs which can be physical, behavioral, or medical as well as foster, adoptive or kinship families.
Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey to help provide relevant and timely information to the group meetings.
Attendees can join in person or virtually.
March Meetings
Mar 11 | 5 PM | Jackson/Swain/Qualla Boundary
Mar 14 | 6 PM | Jackson County
Full Spectrum Farms Day. Come learn about how Full Spectrum Farms supports individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Western North Carolina through innovative, nature-based programs. Learn how the program helps people with Autism Spectrum Disorder be more active and involved in the WNC communities.
Mar 19 | 6 PM | Haywood County
Come share and learn from each other. Find resources and services to help your child.
Registration
RSVP Deadline: Two days prior to the meeting.
Please RSVP by email to Jody L. Miller at jmiller@rapc.org and note whether you plan to attend virtually or in-person.
Link to join virtually will be sent after RSVP is received.
workshops
Triple P Stepping Stones Seminar Series
10 am to 12 pm | In-person or Virtually
Children’s Developmental Services Agency, 87 Bonnie Lane, Sylva
Seminar 3—03/28/26-- Changing Problem Behavior into Positive Behavior. Parents are introduced to six steps to help manage problem behavior and help the child learn alternative and more adaptive behaviors to replace the problem behavior.
RSVP is required three days prior to the seminar with name(s) of attendee(s), which seminar(s) attending, and if attending in-person or virtual. A minimum of three attendees is needed. Link will be sent the Friday before the seminar.
For more information, please contact Jody at jmiller@rapc.org.
Tax Clinics and Resource Information
Pisgah Legal and Family Support NetworkTM of Region A are collaborating to host tax clinics and offer information on resources and services.
Free tax filing for those earning under $67,000!
Simple tax returns will be completed and filed on the spot.
Assistance in finding resources and services will be available.
Please sign up soon. We need at least five appointments to be scheduled ahead of time in order to hold this clinic.
For more information, please contact Jody at jmiller@rapc.org or 828.506.6111.
Upcoming Clinics:
March 2, 2026, from 4 pm to 6:30 pm at Children’s Developmental Services Agency located at 87 Bonnie Lane, Sylva
March 4, 2026, from 4 pm to 6:30 pm at Region A Partnership for Children located at 141 Peachtree St, Ste #5, Professional Building, Murphy
March 9, 2026, from 4 pm to 6:30 pm at Pisgah Legal Services located at 93 Church St, Suite 206, Franklin
Regional Resources & Support
Here is a PDF of additional support from organizations throughout our region.
For questions or more information about Family Support Network, please reach out to Jody Miller at jmiller@rapc.org.
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