Employee Handbook
18 Degrees History
Agency Programs and Community Involvement
FRC Group Acronyms
Random
100

Up to 2 yrs = 10 days, 2-5 yrs = 15 days, 5+ years = 10 days

Vacation time 

100

The Pittsfield Family Resource Center opened in what year

2015

100

A free intensive classical music program for youth

Kids4Harmony 

100

S.S.

Safe Spaces 

100

Where the sun stands just below the horizon at daybreak

18 Degrees

200

Verbal warnings, performance improvement plan, suspension, & termination are examples of

Disciplinary action 

200

The agency’s very first name 

The union for home work 
200

Learn and experience music production, songwriting, studio sessions, promotion, and money management

RAP Inc. 

200

P.H.P

Parents helping Parents 

200

The number of FRC’s in Massachusetts

27

300

Accountability, Courage, Better together, Integrity

The compass points 

300

The Agency’s name before its current one.

Berkshire Children and Families

300

Change a diaper, change a life

Berkshire Community Diaper Project

300

P.C.C.B

Parenting Children with Challenging Behaviors

300

CASA stands for

Court Appointed Special Advocate

400

Under this plan, employees may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for certain family/medical reasons

Family Medical Leave Act 

400

This “Act” of 1935 altered the role of the agency in that public authorities took over the relief functions.

The social security act 
400

PCC offers this program to foster relationships with young people, their families, and the community

The Mentoring Program 

400

E.L.L.

English Language Learners

400

The current Chair of the 18 Degrees Board of Directors

Christopher King

500

The Agency contributes 3% of each employee’s annual salary to this each year

Retirement savings plan 

500

This building was once the Coolidge Hill School for Crippled Children (describe where it is and what it looks like)

The white mansion behind the FRC 
500

This program is designed to support families who are fostering and adopting children in an intergenerational community

Treehouse Community 

500

ATTENDS stands for ______

Absenteeism and Truancy Training to Engage, Nurture, and Develop Success

500

A graphic depiction that presents the shared relationships among the resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact for our program

the Logic Model

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