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Vol. 28 No. 49
DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2021
A day in the life of a library social worker By kaRiNa koVaC kkovac@liherald.com
Courtesy Baldwin Public Library
Molly MiskiEwiCz Has experience in library social work, community organizing, nonprofit leadership, social welfare research and more.
Dedicating her life to helping people, Molly Miskiewicz, a licensed master social worker at the Baldwin Public Library and therapist for the private online practice Valera Health, is helping the Baldwin public one person at a time. Miskiewicz starts her day with a long walk with her two 2-year-old dogs, Chewie and Troper, one a Schnoodle and the other a Shorkie. Drinking her coffee while looking over her emails, Miskiewicz can
expect anywhere from 10 to 30 a day from people in need. “I feel like I’m glued to my email sometimes, but it’s all good,” she said. Sharing a similar call to serve the public, Miskiewicz a n d t h e B a l dw i n P u bl i c Library both offer services to help and inform the public. “[It’s] truly incredible how many people utilize the library, of course for books, learning and information gathering, but for so much more than that,” she said. Being a library social workContinued on page 12
School district constructing wellness center, nurses’ office By CRistiNa aRRoyo RoDRiguEz carroyo@liherald.com
The Baldwin Board of Education unanimously voted recently to approve a $100,000 Nassau County grant to reconstruct a school health center and nurses’ office at Baldwin High School. According to the district, officials are now developing the site plans to submit for approval by New York state. There was no word when construction would begin. Schools Superintendent Dr. Shari Camhi said this is the same wellness center project that was announced in March 2020 as a part of a new partner-
ship with Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow and Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, which was scheduled to begin later that fall. C o r o n av i r u s p a n d e m i c delays, however, pushed the project to this year, which had to be reauthorized. In 2020, school officials said they expected the project to provide high-quality primary medical care, mental and emotional health services, and supplemental health education services to enrolled students at the high school. Designed to meet students’ psychosocial and physical needs, the wellness center will serve as a student’s primary-care provid-
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his will be part of our high school’s existing physical structure, so it will not cost the district anything.
DR. sHaRi CaMHi Superintendent
er or a complement to services provided by an outside doctor. The center is to offer sameday and scheduled appointments
before, during and after school, providing specialty care in addition to primary care, including behavioral health, dental, optometric, podiatric and care-management services. The inter-municipal agreement between the Baldwin district and Nassau states that equal access to county residents living outside the district must
be granted, specifically the “underserved youth population.” Camhi emphasized, though, that the facility would “serve all Baldwin High School students.” The county is paying for construction of the center, and will not bear the cost of or incur the liability associated with running it. The center “will be part of Continued on page 13