As we all adjust our lives, both personal and professional, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team at CHS continues its work—albeit in new and creative ways. The uncertainty of our new reality creates additional challenges for the vulnerable and already traumatized children, families and adults with whom we work every day. In the third […]
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04/03/2020 - How COVID-19 Affects CHS’s Work, Part II: Post Adoption
As we all adjust our lives, both personal and professional, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team at CHS continues its work—albeit in new and creative ways. The uncertainty of our new reality creates additional challenges for the vulnerable and already traumatized children, families and adults with whom we work every day. In the second […]
04/01/2020 - How COVID-19 Affects CHS’s Work, Part I: Foster Care Adoption
As we all adjust our lives, both personal and professional, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team at CHS continues its work—albeit in new and creative ways. The uncertainty of our new reality creates additional challenges for the vulnerable and already traumatized children, families and adults with whom we work every day. In the […]
03/18/2020 - A Message to Children’s Home Society Supporters
As we all deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, we wanted to take a moment to let you know how Children’s Home Society is proactively assuring that we can continue our mission of serving Virginia’s at-risk children, youth and families. First, our work goes on. We continue to serve the foster children and youth with whom we […]
03/17/2020 - Virginia’s General Assembly Continue to Focus on Improving Foster Care
Thank you to everyone who helped advocate for positive changes to the foster care system during this 2020 General Assembly session! Your voice was heard! We are thankful to each of you as well as the members of the General Assembly for their continued focus on improving the lives of children and youth involved in […]
02/26/2020 - Exclusive Interview with “Aged-Out: Finding Home” Documentary Director, Pam Hervey
In January, VPM and 19RED released a new documentary titled “Aged-Out: Finding Home” that provides awareness of The Possibilities Project, a privately funded program for youth ages 18 to 25 who have aged out of the traditional foster care system in Virginia, as well as provides awareness of the difficulties faced by these youth. This […]
02/25/2020 - CHS Featured in Virginia Lawyer Magazine
We are at the tail end of the 2020 General Assembly session and will post an update within the next couple of days on how things are ending up. Spoiler alert: we may have some action items for those interested in joining our advocacy work! As we finish our work this session, CHS was featured […]
02/07/2020 - WRVA 1140AM “Giving Tuesday” Interview Nadine MC for CHS 120th Anniversary
CHS supporters will be delighted to listen to CEO Nadine Marsh-Carter’s interview with talk show favorite John Reid on Tuesday Feb 4 (see link below) announcing our 120th birthday—and describing our May 7 “120th Anniversary Celebration” fundraising gala at the Jefferson. As always she does a great job!
02/03/2020 - Child Welfare Information Gateway: What Happens When Youth Age Out of Foster Care? Presenting “Aged-Out: Finding Home”
World-wide news aggregator for the child welfare industry Child Welfare Information Gateway published a “News Tip” in their January 28th edition promoting the VPM PBS documentary about CHS’s The Possibilities Project entitled “Aged Out.” They also linked to the announcement in Richmond-Times Dispatch’s richmond.com. VA: What Happens When Youth Age Out of Foster Care? Presenting […]
01/22/2020 - Richmond Times-Dispatch: ‘Aged Out’ documentary on VPM PBS sheds light on local youth aging out of foster care
CHS is grateful that Richmond Times-Dispatch and their website www.richmond.com promoted our documentary, “Aged Out: Finding Home” to be aired on VPM PBS at 9 pm on Jan 23rd. Click here to read the article online. ..or read it here: ‘Aged Out’ documentary on VPM PBS sheds light on local youth aging out of foster […]