Strengthening Families Program

The State

Connor Shaw Invites SFP Grads to Football Camp

By Josh Kendall The State Connor Shaw still makes his home in Greenville, but South Carolina’s winningest quarterback is coming back to the Midlands later this month. Shaw, who won 27 games for the Gamecocks between 2010 and 2013 and is fourth in school history in...

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Building a Bridge to Stronger Families

As Children’s Trust works with local partners across South Carolina to support children and families, Neil White, who tells the stories of the organization, visits one of the sites to watch a session of the evidence-based program known as SFP. HARTSVILLE – Tracy...

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Families Gain Strength Through Lessons Learned

Children’s Trust implements the Strengthening Families Program with 20 local partners in 24 counties in South Carolina. Sites recently completed the summer cycle with graduation ceremonies for their participating families. Neil White, who tells the stories of...

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Speaker Lucas Salutes Strengthening Families Program Graduates

Children's Trust wrapped up its spring cycle of the Strengthening Families Program in 24 counties with a special guest at one of the graduation ceremonies. The Strengthening Families Program received a ringing endorsement at a recent graduation from South Carolina...

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‘It Helped Me to Become a Better Father’

Children’s Trust implements the Strengthening Families Program with 20 local partners in 24 counties in South Carolina. The sites are currently completing the spring cycle with graduation ceremonies for their participating families. Neil White, who tells the...

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Strengthening Families Program Expands Into Darlington County

Children's Trust awarded a $75,000 grant to Darlington County First Steps to implement the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) for the current year during a Feb. 12 board meeting of the Darlington County School District. The program's first 14-week cycle will be...

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Strengthening Families Program: Building Bonds, Reducing Risks

The evidence-based Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is administered by Children’s Trust with local partners in half of South Carolina’s counties. It focuses on caretakers with children ages 6 to 11, and over the course of 14 weekly sessions, families learn how...

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Families Finding Strength

The evidence-based Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is administered by Children’s Trust with local partners in over half of South Carolina’s counties. It focuses on caretakers with children ages 6 to 11, and over the course of 14 weekly sessions, families learn...

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Strengthening Families Through a Wider Variety of Voices

As the Strengthening Families Program grows in South Carolina, so does the outreach to get more men involved in the delivery of the sessions. This strategic push is one way to reach young boys in the program and also get more fathers involved as participants with...

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