Family & Children’s Place board member Doug Haynes recently visited Meyzeek Middle School for a visit with the agency’s Collaborative Learning After School Program (CLASP), managed by the Family & School Services team. “I was so impressed and so moved,” said Haynes, a family law attorney who also holds a master’s in social work. “The kids there had so much energy and enthusiasm, and the staff was amazing, working with the students to help them advance in their grades, social skills and life. I walked away with so much emotion. “I want every child, every student, even those not in […]

Family & Children’s Place is fortunate to be among 17 local community-serving organizations that U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth contributes his annual federal salary, to, so we want to be sure to say to Rep. Yarmuth, thank you – for your gift and for your caring commitment to the youngest citizens of the community you represent. Every gift, every grant supports lifesaving and changing work to help children and families hurt by violence. But it provides even more help than that. By supporting the proven services of Family & Children’s Place, rep. Yarmuth and others make a powerful pronouncement – that […]

Many thanks to volunteers from UPS who came out last week to help with a beautification project at our Shively (West Louisville) office. Your help and support are invaluable and much appreciated!

Kentucky’s 43rd annual Kentucky School of Alcohol and Other Drug Studies (KSAODS) will be held July 17-21, 2016, at the Crowne Plaza in Louisville, Ky. Featured this year are 82 workshops and 48 presenters, including many national speakers offering insight on current topics in the field. Annually, as many as 700 Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio professionals who work in alcohol and drug treatment, mental health, prevention and other related fields gather to up-and-coming theories of practice in the behavioral health world. You can find a copy of the course catalog as well as a registration link here: http://dbhdid.ky.gov/dbh/ksaods.aspx    (Look to […]

On Friday, June 10, Family & Children’s Place hosted its annual Drive Out Child Abuse Golf Scramble at the Persimmon Ridge Golf Club. We’d like to thank the teams who came out to support our work to end and heal child violence, abuse and neglect, and our sponsors: Presenting Hole In One Sponsor Humana Sustaining Sponsor Brown-Forman Eagle Sponsor Arnold World Class Relocation Birdie Partner Riverpoint Capital Tri Arrow Aluminum Hall Contracting Maxim Healthcare Bingham, Greenebaum, Doll Putting Green Sponsor DMLO Hole Sponsor Harlan Furbush & Friends Advanced Payroll Systems Todd Asset Management RE/MAX Realty Group Shelby Counseling Associates, PSC […]