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New program helps Wood County families
Children and Disability Resource Center is a new program available to families in Wood County. This program helps families access the programs and services necessary to care for their children with special needs. Read more.
Racine counseling office adds new staff member
Buddy, an animal-assisted therapy dog, joins the staff in Racine. Read Buddy's blog.
Marsha Connet retires from Racine advisory board
Long-time Children's Service Society board member, Marsha Connet, retired from the agency's Racine advisory board Oct. 31, 2009. Connet has been serving as a board member and also volunteering in many different capacities for more than three decades. Read more.
Children's Service Soceity receives $1.2 million grant
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families - Children's Bureau. This grant will allow Children's Service Society to expand its Family Finding program to serve all Wisconsin counties. Family Finding locates biological family members for children placed in out-of-home care. Studies show that children thrive when cared for by family members. Read more.
Foster child finds success
Jessica Holden has a story that doesn't seem like it would end with, and off she goes to college. Listen to Jessica's inspiring interview on WUWM.
Program aims to strengthen families.
The Wausau Family Resource Center and University of Wisconsin Extension will offer a free program for parents and youths ages 10 to 14 years old. Since the early 1990s, substance abuse and other behavioral problems have been increasing among America's youths. To counter these trends, we must strengthen prevention efforts.
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