Fundamental: We Don’t Argue With The Data

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I’ve been with Thompson a little over 4 years now working in the PQI department and there have been many changes to our data reporting. For example, we used to use Excel spreadsheets that one person would take weeks to compile, including program quality metrics, employee data, and finance data. Manually crunching numbers, it was […]

Fundamental: “Quality Begets Quantity”

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Many of you may know, I am a proud father of McKenzie, my precious 4-year-old daughter. One of the many things I am working with her on is the importance of taking care of what you have, and in doing so, more will come. I think this is a very important concept for her to […]

Fundamental: Everything begins and ends with leadership

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Take a moment and think about any group endeavor you have ever been a part of in your personal or professional life where you had to accomplish a goal. It could be growing up playing sports, or working on a project in school, or any variety of professional goals you have pursued throughout your career. […]

Fundamental: No Margin, No Mission

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Late last week, I stumbled upon an article from the Charlotte Observer about Thompson from April 27, 2015 titled “ Thompson Child & Family Focus at Crossroad”.  The article went on to describe a $4 million funding gap, but also quoted the CEO at that time as saying that “We’re not going to change our […]

Grayson’s foster care journey supported by Friends of the Children

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Grayson spends most of his free time playing soccer, riding his bike, or interacting with the kids in his neighborhood. Grayson’s start was not so typical – he was removed from his mother due to abuse and neglect and has been in foster care for the last 3 years. At school, Grayson is often disruptive […]

Thompson Expands Therapeutic Services to South Carolina

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson) has been selected as a direct service provider of Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST) services for two regions in the state of South Carolina, in partnership with Evidence-Based Associates (EBA). MST services help reduce juvenile delinquency and anti-social behavior and are known to positively impact students who […]