Children and families in our HANDS (Health Access Nurturing Development Services) program partied with a purpose recently – celebrating their graduation with games, food, gifts, mortarboards and plenty of fun. HANDS is one of six core programs at Family & Children’s Place, and focuses principally on helping prepare parents to raise a happy, healthy child in a home free from neglect and abuse. Parent visitors mentor moms and dads in parenting and behavioral skills, and techniques and activities that stimulate the baby’s development to give him or her the best start possible in life. Recently, HANDS recognized 46 graduates – […]

All of us at Family & Children’s Place are so excited by and so proud to be a part of our clients’ successes. Recently, our Family Stabilization Program (FSP) team celebrated a Moving Up ceremony with five of their  client families. These are the first five client families that have successfully transitioned from uncertain housing to Section 8 Housing – a federal program that helps low-income families, the elderly and disables afford decent, safe and secure housing in the private market. As they move up, the families graduate from FSP and no longer need the program’s case management services, taking […]

A worthwhile repost from 2015: Halloween is just around the corner, a time for kids to choose just the right costume for trick-or-treating. While fun and scoring as much candy as possible are the ultimate fright night goals, it’s good to keep child safety in mind. Here are some tips from the Centers for Disease Control to ensure the safest spooky night possible: S – swords, knives and other costume accessories should be short, soft and flexible. A — avoid trick-or-treating alone. Walk in groups or with a trusted adult. F – Fasten reflective tape to costumes and bags to […]

Are you a fiend for fashion? A champion of children? Blend a bit of both at Laura’s Angels: Disco Fever, a night of ’70s flashback fashion where 100 percent of proceeds go to organizations working with young people in Louisville, including Family & Children’s Place. Planned by Kentucky’s own America’s Next Top Model Runner Up and All-Star, Laura Kirkpatrick, the charity fashion show brings together the state’s hottest designers, refreshingly colorful models and most recognized hair and makeup squad for the one night event, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, at the city’s top dance club, PLAY, 1101 E. […]

Thanks to our friends at MainSource Bank, who provided $2,500 for our Family Stabilization program. The gift will help provide essential items for families, including pans and cooking utensils, plates and glasses, bedding, towels, shower curtains, brooms, mops, buckets, trashcans and other household items.  The gift also provides heating and cooling units, including fans and portable space heaters. In the photo above are, Micah Jorrisch, Philanthropy, Quentin Childers, Family Stabilization Program, and J. Scott Borowick, market president. Thanks, MainSource, for helping make our families housing feel like home.

Today, Oct. 10, 2016, is World Mental Health Day – a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy, and a day to recognize and acknowledge that mental illness doesn’t just happen to other people, that it’s a growing concern for us all. In fact, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), if we don’t act urgently, by 2030 depression will be the leading illness globally.” World Mental Health Day began in 1992 as the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in many countries, including the United States. […]