by Shelter Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | 2024, Community Education
OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH Ninety percent of youth in the child welfare system report having been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their life. Many have experienced more. Each traumatic event can cause invisible wounds that can change how a...
by Pat Cinquini | Apr 14, 2022 | Programs and Services
April 15 marks the third anniversary of six-year-old AJ Freund’s death from child abuse. Though most of us remember his name, there have been so many others since including six-year-olds Damari Perry and infants Ameer and Johntavis Newell. Have we learned anything...
by Pat Cinquini | Jan 11, 2022 | News
On December 29, 2021, six-year-old Damari Perry of North Chicago was forced by a relative to stand in a cold shower as a punishment, for an extended period, when he began to vomit. Though he became unresponsive, and his condition critical, no one called 911, and...
by Pat Cinquini | Aug 17, 2020 | Emergency Group Homes, Features, Foster Care Program, Healthy Families, News
Our collective mental health is taking a hit every day as the world seems to head further into despair. We are bombarded with bad news and negativity from every direction, and our new normal has become a defensive position in a climate of crisis we believe is beyond...
