Join us every Tuesday and Thursday through the end of May at Edmunds Oast Exchange for $5 beer and wine tastings. Carefully selected by Edmunds Oast's Beer Director and Sommelier, these libations are sure to delight. The [...]
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How to Help a Child in Foster Care this Christmas The holiday season; a time for joy, a time for happiness. Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, Kwanzaa; a time of giving and of family. It is a time [...]
The U.S. Senate is currently working on its version of the Health Care Bill. While we have heard it will not be as drastic as the House's version we expect 632,686 children in South Carolina to be in [...]
Immunizations save lives. There is no denying it: Vaccines have drastically reduced infant death and disability caused by preventable diseases. Just consider some of the milestones shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Through immunization, [...]
Education Issue Measuring what matters for child well-being Summer 2016 High School Graduation / Good News/Bad News Life Preparation / Ready for College/Career? Civil Rights in the Nation’s Schools / New Topics in Data Collection The New [...]
Hungry Children in Rich America Today, Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio released a new report with an urgent call to action on Early Childhood Hunger. There is no excuse for any child to go hungry in our country, and [...]
Researchers at the Child Mind Institute say 50 percent of U.S. children will have a diagnosable mental illness, but less than 8 percent will get treatment in any given year.There is a cavernous gap between the number [...]
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur in a child’s life. Examples of ACEs include abuse, neglect, household dysfunction, bullying, discrimination and homelessness. There is a relationship between traumatic experiences as a child and negative [...]
Trauma and Traumatic Events What Is Trauma? People often use the word “trauma” to refer to a traumatic event. A trauma is a scary, dangerous, or violent event that can happen to anyone. Not all dangerous or [...]