Sue Williams, Children’s Trust CEO By Sue Williams While April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, preventing abuse is year-long work. However, April does give us the opportunity to…
Preventing child abuse and neglect starts with protective factors. When protective factors are present, the risk of abuse and neglect decreases. So, what exactly are protective factors and how can…
By Phillip Cease While not a new idea, paid family leave has gotten more attention at the federal and state level over the past two years, including in South Carolina.
What happens in an individual’s childhood plays a large part in the type of person they become, how they view the world, the opportunities they have and how they raise…
COLUMBIA — South Carolina ranks No. 41 nationally in child and family well-being, according to the 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent household data…
Phillip Cease, our senior director of policy and advocacy, did a Facebook Live interview last week with Sara Barr of Fostering Great Ideas. Cease explained the programmatic work of…
Phillip Cease has joined the Children’s Trust staff as the new director of policy and advocacy. A former policy advisor to Gov. Mark Sanford, Cease educates policymakers and…
