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2019 Home Visiting Summit

Home Visiting Summit 2019

The 2019 Home Visiting Summit – with its theme of “Expanding the Road to Stronger Families” – highlighted over two days the importance of a cohesive early childhood system. Home visiting is a proven early-intervention strategy that pairs volunteer families with...

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Dolores Johnson

Finding Strength in Program That Builds Family Bonds

As part of an expansion of the Strengthening Families Program around the state in the new year, Lutheran Services Carolinas held its first cycle for families this spring in the Charleston area. Neil White, who tells the stories of Children's Trust, covered the...

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2019 Home Visiting Summit Award

Griggs Named Home Visitor of the Year

Children's Trust and the South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium awarded the first Home Visitor of the Year award at the 2019 Home Visiting Summit. Neil White, who tells the stories of Children's Trust, covered the ceremony. Sarah Griggs spends a lot of time on the...

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Parent Matters meeting

Midlands Parents Ready to Activate Their Voices

Children's Trust, which has launched parent advisory councils in three regions across the state, held a recent meeting with its group in the Midlands. The members discussed how to ensure parent participation in prevention and family strengthening work. Neil White,...

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Parent Matters meeting

Advisory Councils Give Parents a Say

Children's Trust has launched parent advisory councils in three regions across the state to ensure parent voice in prevention and family strengthening work. Neil White, who tells the organization's stories, learned more at a recent council meeting. Building better...

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Empower Action Model training

Empower Action Model Informs ACE Trainers

Children's Trust launched its Empower Action Model in early December as a next step in its statewide Adverse Childhood Experiences Initiative. Children’s Trust has led the statewide initiative to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) over the last three...

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Group Connections Home Visiting

Families Discover Resources in Home Visiting

Home visiting models such as Parents as Teachers provide mothers with young children with important information, resources and skills that transform lives. Neil White, who tells the stories of Children's Trust, covered a recent event with one of our home visiting...

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