On September 29, the Today Show featured the story of Debbie Brush, a home visitor in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who save the life of one of the mothers she cared for. Brush is a registered nurse in the NFP home visiting program model affiliated with...
Watch the interview By Mary Green COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A nationwide program that helps tens of thousands of families each year give their babies the best start in life faces a key deadline coming up soon. Congress has until the end of September to reauthorize...
By Becky Budds NEWS 19 WLTX COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Monday, school resource officers from the Richland County Sheriff's Department learned better ways to handle students experiencing mental health crises. According to the CDC, nearly one in five children are living...
Soundbites Services Children in South Carolina are facing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression, according to the 2020 Kids Count Data Book, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report found mental health is a concern across the country, as...
You have a chance to be a champion for children. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in our state.
By Simone Jameson WATCH FOX 57 Watch video story  RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) -- It’s a crisis in the classroom: the mental health dilemma in teachers and students across the Midlands. Now, the SC Department of Education has partnered with Children’s Trust of...
By Bailey Wright ABC 4 NEWS COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Department of Education is partnering with Children's Trust of South Carolina to help schools "recognize and address" the impacts the pandemic has had on children's mental health. Every school...
By Rochelle Dean ABC COLUMBIA Watch video story  COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The State Department of Education is taking steps to recognize and treat the impacts of the pandemic on the mental health of children in South Carolina. Monday the department announced a...
South Carolina ETV shows the impact of the Spartanburg Nurse-Family Partnership home visiting program in this report. https://youtu.be/ugbWuTfMny4 A recent story by South Carolina ETV (SCETV), the state's public educational broadcasting network, featured a look at...
Children's Trust CEO Sue Williams spoke recently on the Business Solutionaries podcast hosted by Charleston-based Allora Solutions Group. Kat Leitner and Ashleigh Metherall, who launched Allora with a goal of helping businesses maximize their potential, interviewed...
By Chris Spiker WBTW News 13 View WBTW.com story and video COLUMBIA – As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available, there’s concern it alone may not heal some things the pandemic has hurt for children. Like everyone, the pandemic has changed the lives of...
By Caitlin Harrington Greenville News  Whether it’s childcare issues, distance learning or unemployment, a new study shows nearly half of the state’s households with children are struggling in some way due to COVID-19.  South Carolina topped the nationwide...