New Agreement with Cardinal Innovations to Boost Capacity in Mecklenburg County to Address the Most Challenging Child Welfare Cases
New agreements with three major Charlotte behavioral health providers help support more youth in foster care with the greatest needs. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 2, 2021) – Cardinal Innovations Healthcare announced today that it has completed new agreements with three major behavioral health providers in Charlotte to serve more youth who represent the most complex and […]
How Charlotte will overcome the Covid-19 slide and educational inequality in today’s environment
By Weston Andress – PNC Regional President, Western Carolinas Jan 8, 2021 Rather than being a cornerstone, the state of early childhood learning and development had a fractured foundation prior to Covid-19 ― and is now exposed in every urban community, including Charlotte. Thompson was one of few child development centers that refused to close its doors when […]
Proud Partner of MeckHope
MeckHope is a collaborative initiative to bring urgent and preventive mental health and drug/alcohol-related services to Mecklenburg County residents during the time of COVID-19. Their website lists all partners and resources. The Covid-19 pandemic is causing more deaths and illnesses than those who have been directly infected, the impact on individuals and families from schools […]
The pandemic is an opportunity to help kids build resilience
This article was published In Charlotte Business Journal website by By Kristi Pikiewicz – Ph.D. Registered Psychotherapist Resilience is an oft sought-after word these days. Seemingly everywhere we turn, there is some measure of forces bearing down upon us, increasing stress, anxiety, and depression. This reality is all too often exasperated in the lives of our children. So many of […]
Charlotte Bilingual Preschool and Thompson partner to serve Latinx preschoolers this fall
Charlotte, N.C. – Charlotte Bilingual Preschool is pleased to announce a partnership with Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson) to implement two bilingual MECK Pre-K classrooms serving four- and five-year old children on-campus at Thompson’s Child Development Center on Clanton Road on Charlotte’s West Side. This 11th hour partnership came at a time of great […]
Prevention, Family and Communities: How to Implement a Radical Shift in Child Welfare
In conjunction with Jody Grutza of Grutza Consulting, LLC, THompson hosted a webinar to discuss how states, counties and providers can move towards a broad radical shift in child welfare, utilizing the Family First Prevention Services Act implementation as one vehicle to get there. During the webinar Children’s Bureau Associate Commissioner, Jerry Milner, lays out […]