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Number of Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care Decreasing
(From The Journal Times) The current number of children placed in out-of-home care daily is 209. Racine County officials credit work to create several different initiatives during those difficult days of 2017 as leading to such a decrease.
Kohl’s Donates Half a Million Dollars to Family-Serving Orgs
(Corporate.Kohls.com) Kohl’s is giving more than $500,000 in grants to local organizations who serve families in the areas of health/wellness, art/culture and social services. SaintA is proud to be among the 25 recipients.
SaintA Receives Ideas to Action Award
(From On the Table MKE) SaintA received $2,000 to support an event focused on bringing awareness to the barriers young adults face when they age out of foster care, such as acquiring housing and employment. The event will include a simulation and panel of youth who have aged out of foster care and will ...
Governor’s Outstanding Adoptive Parent Award Winners
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families today named the 2019 Governor’s Outstanding Adoptive Parent Award winners. SaintA family, Chris and Wendy Attoe among the winners.
Trauma-Responsive Model Impacts Child Welfare Outcomes
(Taylor & Francis Online) A recently released journal article outlines findings significant to child welfare case management in Milwaukee and potentially throughout Wisconsin. (Free Abstract)
Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Donates to Trauma Informed Organizations
(From NBA.com) SaintA was among 15 nonprofits to receive more than $300,00o in funding from the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation. Funds will go to youth programs for those who have aged out of foster care.
Vouchers Help Former Foster Youth Gain Housing Stability
(From Chronicle of Social Change) SaintA attended a press conference and roundtable as HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced an initiative that offers youth aging out of foster care a path to stable housing within the nation’s public housing network.
SaintA’s New VP of Educational Services
(From Milwaukee Business Journal) Sara Daniel has been promoted to Vice President of Educational Services at SaintA. In this role, she oversees strategic direction for Capitol West Academy, SaintA’s K4-8 public charter school.
Women aged out of foster care inspire others
(From TMJ4) Life can be traumatic for a child aging out of foster care. In Wisconsin the age is 18. Often teens are sent into the world with nothing, but an effort is underway to prevent that.
Celebrating Cathy’s Collection: 1 Year Later
(From GrowHope) Cathy invested 20 years of her life to children by fostering more than 70 youth and adopting six kids of her own. After she passed away, we opened Cathy’s Collection.
Walk By Faith: 10 Ways to Serve a Foster Child
(From GrowHope) From becoming a foster parent to beginning a mentoring ministry, GrowHope names ten ways to “walk by faith” in service of children in foster care.
SaintA adds VP of Fund Development
(From Biz Times Milwaukee) SaintA recently hired Starlet Hayes as Vice President of Fund Development. With 25 years of fundraising experience, Hayes will manage funding opportunities and spread the mission of SaintA.
Cathy’s Collection’s Best Customer: A First-Hand Account of a Lasting Legacy
(From GrowHope) As a Caregiver Support Specialist at SaintA, Nancy Nedland meets with families who are often reaching beyond their means in order to provide care for children in their homes.
Capitol West Academy has new VP of Education
(From CWAcademy.org) SaintA and Capitol West Academy recently announced the promotion of Sara Daniel to Vice President of Educational Services. She works closely with school leaders to improve social-emotional learning.
Sharon Lynn Wilson Center Partners With Capitol West Academy To Explore Gullah Culture
(From WUWM 89.7) Leading up to a concert, Milwaukee visual artist Francis Annan partnered with Capitol West Academy students to create art celebrating Gullah culture.
Empower Me Foster Walk highlights achievements of WI foster system
(From Fox 6 News) The Empower Me Foster Walk on Saturday, May 4 helped raise funds and awareness for the foster home community.
What A Simple Test Can Say About Lifelong Traumas
(From WisContext) Data from a multi-year survey in Wisconsin show just how prevalent ACEs are in the state. Featuring Sara Daniel, SaintA’s Vice President of Educational Services.
Congrats Capitol West Academy Class of 2019!
(From CWAcademy.org) Our K4-8 Grade school is done for the year! Thirty-three 8th Graders are headed off to high school while the K5 class prepares to enter the 1st Grade. Read more.
Q&A: Not Enough Apologies
(From Wisconsin Public Television) An interview with Frederica Freyberg, producer of Not Enough Apologies, a Wisconsin Public Television documentary exploring the epidemic of childhood trauma and local efforts to respond to it.
Trauma Informed Care in Wisconsin
(From WisContext) Many Wisconsinites have experienced traumas in childhood, but their effects are not universal, nor are their burdens evenly distributed among the state’s different communities. This series explores trauma in the state of Wisconsin.
Not Enough Apologies: Trauma Stories
(From Wisconsin Public Television) This documentary and supplemental videos explore the impact of adverse childhood experiences and how service providers across Wisconsin are working to be responsive to trauma.
An epidemic of psychological trauma mobilizes a city
(From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) SaintA CEO Ann Leinfelder Grove appears alongside other community leaders dedicated to creating trauma-responsive communities through Scaling Wellness in Milwaukee (SWIM).
New Hire at SaintA: Leah Harris
(From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Leah Harris has joined SaintA as a Digital Content Specialist.
SaintA adds Digital Content Specialist
(From Milwaukee Business Journal) Marquette grad Leah Harris has joined SaintA’s in-house marketing team as a digital content specialist. Through internships she has already had bylines in Milwaukee Neighborhood News and Milwaukee Magazine.
Called to Care for Teenagers
(From GrowHope.net) Ms. Roberson has cared for nearly 40 foster children in the past five years – almost all have been teenagers. “They’re hurting on the inside and they need someone to love them and to trust them,” she says.
