COMMUNITY RESOURCES
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
What is Community Wellness?
Community wellness refers to the combination of social, economic, environmental, cultural, and political conditions that individuals and communities identify as essential for their flourishing potential fulfillment (What Is Community Wellbeing? | Taking Charge of Your Wellbeing (umn.edu)). What that means at DML is the library is a place where you can come to get connected to resources and support, and build healthy community connections. Promoting wellness in all areas allows people to be better students, workers, and citizens because basic needs are being met. DML is committed to doing our part of this important work.
Yasmine Lajimi, CHES is the Community Wellness Specialist. Specializing in Whole Person Health, Behavior Change, and Resilience Skills, she is passionate about empowering individuals with the knowledge and tools to enhance their well-being. By understanding how our bodies function, how behaviors and values shape health, and how resilience can be cultivated, Yasmine helps individuals take control of their wellness. At the core of her approach is self-responsibility—the key to achieving optimal health and balance in life.
Services Offered
Meet with our Community Wellness Specialist for 1:1 or small group sessions covering:
- Principles of Mindfulness
- Whole Person Health – Learn how we are physical, emotional, mental, ethical, and social beings and how stress affects our body.
- Resilience Building – Learn about self-awareness and regulation, building optimism, mental agility, strengths of character, and connection along with the practical skills for achieving these competencies in daily life.
- Behavior Change and Goal Setting – Understand the stages of change, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy and skills life imagery, behavior therapy technique, and social influences of behavior change.
Schedule an appointment at any DML Branch – email YLajimi@DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call 937.496.8917.
Support and Resources
MINI RESOURCE FAIRS
Looking for a quick way to make connections with regional support resources?
Mini Resources Fairs host a variety of local service providers at the Main Library to help you connect to community resources. View Upcoming Fair Dates, opens a new window
CRISIS SERVICES
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - Call. Text. Chat. (988lifeline.org)
- YWCA Dayton | Domestic Violence Shelter & Rape Crisis Center
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES
- YWCA Dayton
- Domestic Violence Shelter & Rape Crisis Center - Artemis Center
- - Dayton's Domestic Violence Resource Agency
- Single Parents Rock: Support for Victims of Domestic Violence
DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT
- Substance Abuse Facility | Ohio (woodhavenohio.com)
- OneFifteen - Alcohol & Drug Rehab Center Dayton, OH
- Nova Behavioral Health
EMERGENCY SHELTER
- Area Cooling Centers
- St Vincent de Paul Dayton (stvincentdayton.org)
- Women and Families
- Gateway Emergency Shelter, opens a new window
- Men’s Shelter
- Daybreak (daybreakdayton.org)
- Youth ages 10-21
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
- The Job Center – OhioMeansJobs | Montgomery County
- Office of Reentry | Montgomery County, OH - Official Website (mcohio.org)
FIND RESOURCES
- FindHelp, opens a new window
- Search for specific needs by zip code
- Montgomery County Community Resource Guide, opens a new window
GENERAL INFORMATION SERVICES
- Montgomery County ADAMHS Board (mcadamhs.org)
- United Way of the Greater Dayton Area – Serving Montgomery, Greene, and Preble Counties (dayton-unitedway.org)
HEALTH
- Kettering Health Dayton | Kettering Health
- Premier Health - Dayton, Ohio
- Our Dayton Office | Equitas Health
- Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region
- Montgomery County Department of Health, opens a new window
HOUSING ASSISTANCE
MENTAL HEALTH
- Mental Health Toolkit, opens a new window (PDF)
- South Community | Mental health, Substance Use in the greater Miami Valley
- Eastway Behavioral Healthcare
- Samaritan Behavioral Health (sbhihelp.org)
- Access Hospital | Short-Term Care, Long-Term Solution
- GESMV
- Centerville Ohio Therapy | Ellie Mental Health
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
- Home - Area Agency on Aging (info4seniors.org)
- Older Adult Services
- Rainbow Elder Care of Greater Dayton – Providing advocacy, educational resources, support and referral services to the elder LGBT community and straight allies (wpcomstaging.com)
- Elder LGBT+ Services
- Ebenezer Healthcare Access (ebenezeri.org)
- Healthcare Access for Immigrants
- V&R in Community & Self (visibleandresilient.org)
- LGBT+ Youth Services
- DAVID'S PLACE - Daybreak (daybreakdayton.org)
- LGBT+ Youth Services
- PFLAG Dayton
- LGBT+ Youth Services
- Greater Dayton LGBT Center
- LGBT+ Adult Services
- Pathways HUB, opens a new window
- Connect to a Community Health Worker
Food Distribution
Some DML Branches have partnered with The Foodbank, as official Pantry Partner locations in Montgomery County.
Those in need of food assistance are eligible to pick up an emergency food box at a DML Pantry Partner location. Patrons may visit a DML pantry once a month.
Peer to Peer Support
Peer support is to help you build hope. It is where you can share what is going on in your life, what goals you are working towards, or simply vent if you are struggling. Peer support is free, informal, and confidential.
For more information contact Timothy, from Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley, at 937.269.6252.
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