by Casey Lozier | Apr 11, 2024 | Education, Community Trainings
When Melinda Brents first met *Mark, a seventh grader at Hocker Grove Middle School, he was running down the hallway screaming. Not only was it his first day at a new school, but Mark was also adjusting to a new living situation at home after moving in with his great...
by Casey Lozier | Apr 4, 2024 | Family Support
Guest Blog by Alyshia Wayland, Lead IIS/IFRS Specialist Child abuse is a topic that most people avoid, but the dedicated specialists who work in Intensive In-Home and Intensive Family Reunification services (IIS/IFRS) run towards it. There are many families who need...
by Casey Lozier | Mar 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Jerry McNeal’s first job in residential treatment was as a Youth Specialist at the Northwest Regional Youth Center in Missouri, working for three years with some of the most severe cases of childhood trauma. Many of the youth in his care had committed felonies,...
by Casey Lozier | Mar 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
This International Women’s Day, our four women in leadership reflect on the women in their life who helped shape them into the leaders they are today. Their stories — raw, spirited, and true — are a tribute to women who are leaders and waymakers in their own right,...
by Casey Lozier | Feb 29, 2024 | Family Support
Megan Pelton, a Tier 2 Family Preservation Case Manager, had been providing services for *Erin Warren and her three children for three months when she received a phone call that no case manager ever wants to receive. “I got a phone call saying that the family couldn’t...
