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Video: The Importance of Kinship Care (Part II)

Kinship care is what happens when parents can't or won't meet their children's basic needs and grandparents, aunts, cousins or other adults close to the children assume responsibility.

September 6, 2022

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Video: The Importance of Kinship Care (Part III)

Kinship care is what happens when parents can't or won't meet their children's basic needs and grandparents, aunts, cousins or other adults close to the children assume responsibility.

September 6, 2022

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S.C. Children's Trust Launches Video Series Promoting the Positive Parenting Program

Children's Trust has launched the first interview in a new series highlighting practitioners in South Carolina who deliver the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P).

June 2, 2022 | S.C. Children's Trust

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A New Mom’s View of the Importance of Child Abuse Awareness Month

In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month, a new mom urges greater empathy and support for struggling parents and caregivers.

April 18, 2022 | Kate A. Gaskin

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New S.C. Initiative Aims to Reduce the Need for Foster Care

S.C. leaders have announced Connected Families, a new public-private initiative to prevent child maltreatment, strengthen families, and improve mental health outcomes for families involved in child welfare services.

April 11, 2022 | S.C. First Steps

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A Key to Whether a Child Succeeds or Fails? Family Support

On a late Saturday afternoon in 1964 in a small North Carolina town, a teenager gave birth to a son. A recent high school graduate, she had dreams of a career that would take her away from rural North Carolina. Instead, she now had a baby, a husband not much older than she and no idea of the challenges ahead. All her hopes and love were poured into her son.

February 1, 2022 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Taking Action For North Carolina Families

The pandemic exacerbated challenges for low-income families. The North Carolina Community Action Association is helping its network respond.

December 14, 2021

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Providing Support in Kinship Care

Kinship caregivers play an important role in the child welfare system. In South Carolina, HALOS makes sure they get the extra support they need.

December 14, 2021 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Vibrant, Thriving Families: Moving Upstream to Primary Prevention in North Carolina

A leading N.C. child protection organization unveils new resources to fight child abuse and neglect.

September 8, 2021 | Nina Tracy

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Building Community for Foster Families

Jennifer and Zachary Lynch were at church one Sunday morning when they heard a presentation about the urgent need for foster parents. Married for four years, the Lynches were eager to expand their family, but the idea of fostering hadn’t crossed their minds.

August 16, 2021 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr., Robert R. Webb III

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Time to Celebrate the Reunification of Families

June is National Reunification Month — time to celebrate children moving from foster care back to their biological families.

June 1, 2021 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Saluting Dedicated Foster Parents Across the Carolinas

Our Child and Family Well-Being program area spotlights May as National Foster Care Month.

May 17, 2021 | Tamika D. Williams, Phillip H. Redmond Jr.