Thompson welcomes Greg Taylor as new Board Chair
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Thompson Child & Family Focus welcomes its newest Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Greg Taylor, who has dedicated much of his volunteer time to children and health care. Taylor earned a B.A. in Sociology from Yale College in 1973, and then earned his Master’s in Finance, Accounting and Economics from Northwestern […]
Joanne receives support from Thompson RISE program
Joanne is just 18 years old and has many of the same aspirations of any teenager. She is also the mother of a two year old boy and trying to juggle both their needs for a safe and happy future. Joanne was struggling to find affordable housing and ended up at Florence Crittenton – Sarah’s […]
Thompson to Match Local Mental Health Fundraising Efforts Started by Rising College Freshman
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – When former high school senior Martin Godwin became connected to Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson), he didn’t know that all the money he’d helped to raise for mental health through his “Shut Out the Stigma” program would be met by a dollar-for-dollar match by Thompson, but the Board was so […]
Pedro gets help with appropriate developmental expectations
Pedro is 5 years old and loves everything about dinosaurs. Pedro has several development delays, which makes tracking standard milestones and age-appropriate expectations difficult. He was having difficulties listening, sleeping, feeding, and dressing himself – and would choose to run away. As a result, life at home and at school became increasingly difficult for his […]
NBA Player Seth Curry Visits Thompson Campus
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Recently, NBA player Seth Curry, Charlotte native and shooting guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, visited Thompson Child & Family Focus’ (Thompson) campus in Matthews to learn more about the A Child’s Place program (ACP). Curry visited Thompson’s Matthews campus in late July and was greeted by members of Thompson’s executive leadership […]
Thompson Expanding Reach to Florida Market with Teen Unit Case Management Program in Partnership with Eckerd Connects
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson), a leading provider of clinical and prevention services to children and families across the state of North Carolina, is expanding to the Florida market through the creation of a new Teen Unit Case Management Unit to serve high risk youth in the Child […]