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·Apr 5, 2022

Partnerships for Child Welfare

Volunteers can help professionals, families, and children themselves shape a better future. — April — Child Abuse Prevention Month and Volunteer Appreciation Month — arrives during what is heralded as the “year of the child.” It’s an occasion both to enhance related systems and to recognize how fundamentally those systems are connected, with collaboration an element in their success. In Connecticut and beyond…

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Partnerships for Child Welfare
Partnerships for Child Welfare
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Change Becomes You

·Jun 20, 2021

During Family Reunification Month, a Movement for Children Unites

Not only is Sunday Father’s Day; June 13–19 was “Children’s Week” (shouldn’t that be every week?) during Family Reunification Month, following Foster Care Month (May). Foster care should be temporary, children then reunited with families whenever safely possible. Even better, where feasible: preventing entry into the foster system altogether. That’s…

Family

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During Family Reunification Month, a Movement for Children Unites
During Family Reunification Month, a Movement for Children Unites
Family

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Change Becomes You

·Jan 18, 2021

The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships across Generations

January is mentoring month. — January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day — with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.) Supportive, cross-generational relationships help…

Mentorship

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The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships across Generations
The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships across Generations
Mentorship

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Change Becomes You

·Nov 26, 2020

Turning 50 — and Giving Thanks — in 2020

Sweet appreciation, and helping those in need. — A decade ago, I reflected on turning 40 — this year I turned 50. In 2010, we were recovering from the Great Recession; now there’s a pandemic. Such calamities heighten what should be appreciation for all that we do have and enjoy, while so many neighbors are suffering. Illness, unemployment…

Gratitude

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Turning 50 — and Giving Thanks — in 2020
Turning 50 — and Giving Thanks — in 2020
Gratitude

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Change Becomes You

·Oct 2, 2020

October: A time to think about domestic violence and substance abuse

Domestic violence and substance abuse receive particular attention during October, a month for heightened awareness. This follows September, designated for recovery and suicide prevention, and months for often related issues — from child abuse prevention (April) and foster care (May) to mental health (May), among others. Also known as intimate…

Domestic Violence

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October: A time to think about domestic violence and substance abuse
October: A time to think about domestic violence and substance abuse
Domestic Violence

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Sep 22, 2020

Virtual Teaching and Learning: Supporting Youth and Families in 2020

This article about the Literacy Coalition of Greater New Haven and its YouTube resource first appeared in the New Haven Independent. …

Literacy

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Virtual Teaching and Learning: Supporting Youth and Families in 2020
Virtual Teaching and Learning: Supporting Youth and Families in 2020
Literacy

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Jun 12, 2020

Generations after the Movement … Civil Rights imperatives remain

I write as a (white) father, citizen, and volunteer basketball coach of fifth- and sixth-grade boys. They are the age of Tamir Rice, the Cleveland 12-year-old shot dead in 2014 on a playground by a police officer responding to a report of a “probably fake” — indeed toy — gun…

BlackLivesMatter

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Generations after the Movement …Civil Rights imperatives remain
Generations after the Movement …Civil Rights imperatives remain
BlackLivesMatter

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May 26, 2020

May is Foster Care Month, June Reunification Month— while child abuse, neglect likely underreported

May is Foster Care Month, May 15 the International Day of Families. June is National Reunification Month, a complement in that the hope is for foster care to be temporary before children are reunited with their families. …

Casa

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May is Foster Care Month, June Reunification Month— while child abuse, neglect likely underreported
May is Foster Care Month, June Reunification Month— while child abuse, neglect likely underreported
Casa

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Mar 31, 2020

Even at moment of social distancing, it’s ‘Volunteer Month’ and ‘Child Abuse Prevention Month’

While April is officially “Volunteer Month,” it’s always timely to recognize those who give their hours, skills, and thoughts to serve others. Whether mentors or tutors, helping in hospitals or disaster relief, volunteers assist those of all ages and bring us together. This is harder when public health requires “social…

Foster Care

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Even at moment of social distancing, it’s ‘Volunteer Month’ and ‘Child Abuse Prevention Month’
Even at moment of social distancing, it’s ‘Volunteer Month’ and ‘Child Abuse Prevention Month’
Foster Care

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Nov 30, 2019

Lighting the Way to Safe, Permanent Homes for Children

November is National Adoption Month. Amid the opioid epidemic, with the number of Connecticut children in foster care increasing past 4,300 (after having earlier dropped below 4,000) — and with the total number of children under the juvenile court’s jurisdiction due to abuse or neglect exceeding 10,000 per year —…

Foster Care

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Lighting the Way to Safe, Permanent Homes for Children
Lighting the Way to Safe, Permanent Homes for Children
Foster Care

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Dad, husband, nonprofit professional, volunteer youth coach, eclectic reader and writer, #citizen…. http://www.josiahbrown.org/ @JosiahBrownCT

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