Nearly 800 Attendees Soak Up Informative Speakers, Sessions. The biennial Prevention Conference, hosted by Children’s Trust in early October at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, brought together social workers, home…
COLUMBIA – South Carolina’s future prosperity depends upon all children having the opportunity to reach their full potential. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity…
Children’s Trust held its biennial Prevention Conference Oct. 2-3 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Neil White, who tells the organization’s stories, chronicles the event that brought together nearly…
With the guidance of Nurse-Family Partnership’s Debbie Brush, Kyleigh Lamb has bounced back from a teen pregnancy to keep her life’s goals in front of her while providing a loving, nurturing…
The ACE Initiative is designed for child-serving professionals like social workers, medical personnel, educators, counselors and policymakers – as well as average citizens – who care about the impact of…
Children’s Trust began its work on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with the idea that a shared understanding of the impact of traumatic events in the lives of children could lead…
Dr. David Willis sat at a roundtable discussion hosted by Children’s Trust and shared his national perspective on the home visiting program with five local implementing agencies in South Carolina.
Elizabeth Smart’s abduction from her Utah home at the age of 14 in 2002 followed by nine harrowing months in captivity created national headlines. Her fortuitous rescue from her captor,…
Presbyterian College men’s basketball coach Gregg Nibert and his wife Peggy have embraced the challenge of fostering children. They first answered the call in 2006 to serve as foster parents…
