CHS has the special honor of announcing that Nadine Marsh-Carter, our CEO and President, has been selected as a 2018 RTD Person of the Year honoree! The RTD Person of the Year program honors servant-leaders and others who strengthen and highlight the Richmond region. The Richmond Times-Dispatch will honor 25 individuals in the 2018 RTD […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Imagine you were 18, or even in your early 20s, with no knowledge of what credit means, how to get it or how to use it. Try to envision being young and never having had parents that showed you how to budget your money, build a savings or open a bank account. That’s the terrifying […]
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 […]
RICHMOND, Va. (June 29, 2018) Children’s Home Society is pleased to announce four new board members, each of whom will complement our goals for diversity and expertise in the areas of child welfare and community leadership. Joining the Board of Directors for the upcoming fiscal year, starting July 1, 2018, will be: Colleen Ewing, […]
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 […]