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10/04/2018 - Virginia Mercury: Most teens who age out of foster care have trouble getting a driver’s license and it affects everything they do.

October 4, 2018

Virginia Mercury on Monday published an online article about the difficulties for aged-out foster youth in Virginia to obtain a drivers licence. Cassie Cunningham and Bruin Richardson, who along with CHS’s staff of well-informed social workers, have closely followed this situation for several years as an important element of our program The Possibilities Project, and […]

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09/18/2018 - Children’s Home Society of Virginia selected as 2018 Carol S. Fox “Making Kids Count” Awards Honoree

September 18, 2018

Voices for Virginia’s Children recently announced that Children’s Home Society of Virginia has been selected to be an honoree of the 2018 Carol S. Fox MAKING KIDS COUNT Award. The awards recognize Virginia individuals and organizations for their exemplary efforts to improve the lives of children in the Commonwealth. CHS President and CEO Nadine Marsh-Carter remarked, […]

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09/17/2018 - Neighborworks.org article “The Possibilities Project: Collaborating to help former-foster-care youth”

September 17, 2018

CHS’s The Possibilities Project was featured in a thoughtful neighborworks.org blog post by Stacie Birchett, director of communications of the Better Housing Coalition. Thanks, Stacie, for giving this program—and the under-served aged-out foster youth who participate in it—the much-deserved recognition and support! View the entire article online here or below: The Possibilities Project: collaborating to help […]

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08/02/2018 - Richmond Times-Dispatch Announces New CHS Officers and Members on the Board of Directors

August 2, 2018

On Monday July 30, our new slate of Board members and officers appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Metro Business Section. Click hear to see the post online at www.richmond.com.     New officers and members on the board of directors for the Children’s Home Society are: chair, Mel Tull with Bankers Insurance LLC; immediate past chair, Kathy Wall with Mary Washington […]

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08/02/2018 - The Possibilities Project Receives Major Funding From Brookfield Foundation

August 2, 2018

  Continuing its support of The Possibilities Project (TPP), Brookfield Foundation has awarded CHS a two year, $175,000 grant.  Brookfield’s grant will allow TPP, a collaboration between Children’s Home Society and the Better Housing Coalition, to provide housing and full wrap-around supports to youth who have aged-out of the foster care system. Now entering its […]

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07/19/2018 - Richmond BizSense’ The Herd Announces CHSVA New Board Members and Officers

July 19, 2018

This week, new members joining the Board of Directors, as well as our new slate of Board Officers were recognized in The Herd section of Richmond BizSense for new hires, promotions and departures, under the Nonprofits section. CLICK HERE to see it or read it below. The Herd: New hires, promotions & departures for 7.17.18 Nonprofits […]

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07/10/2018 - Fredericksburg Parent Magazine’s Ask The Expert: Q&A with Children’s Home Society

July 10, 2018

Check out this link to see the Q&A with Fredericksburg Parent Magazine’s Ask The Expert: Children’s Home Society…about our adoption and post adoption services! Or read it here: Parenting Ask The Expert: Children’s Home Society  Category: Parenting “Every Child Deserves A Home.” That fundamental belief drives The Children’s Home Society of Virginia. Chartered by the Virginia […]

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