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KVC Celebrates Staff During Social Work Month

Throughout the month of March, our KVC teams in four states recognized and celebrated staff who provide exceptional care and support to children and families in need.

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KVC Tests New Foster Parent Training Curriculum in Ohio and Maryland

KVC trained public agencies at two national pilot sites on a curriculum that will help relative and foster parents better care for children and youth who have experienced trauma.

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The Biological Consequences for Children Living in Poverty… and What We Can Do

Highly segregated, low-income neighborhoods such as Ferguson, MO, are experiencing a toxic stress epidemic. As parents become overwhelmed, children miss out on positive interactions needed for healthy brain development.

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Actors, Athletes Raise Awareness of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Hollywood actors and professional athletes share what it felt like to be 18 in a new video to raise awareness of youth aging out of foster care.

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KVC CEO Jason Hooper Featured in Ingram’s Magazine

As of January 1, Jason Hooper is the President/CEO of KVC Health Systems, a behavioral healthcare and nonprofit child welfare organization headquartered in Olathe.

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Duck Dynasty Stars Are Adopting Teen Boy From Foster Care

Stories of adoption from foster care

Willie and Korie Robertson announced on Instagram that they are in the process of adopting a 13-year-old boy from foster care.

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KVC Health Systems Announces New Executive Team

New CEO Jason Hooper will have the help of three new chief officers in leading the national behavioral healthcare and child welfare organization.

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Documentary Series Reframes Child Health and Development in America

The Raising of America is a new five-part documentary series that explores how conditions faced by children and their families during infancy and the early years can literally alter the developing brain and affect a child’s future success—in school and in life.

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The Most Effective Way to Teach Your Kids to Follow Directions

Teach your kid to follow directions

There are times when every parent asks or instructs their child to do something and they don’t comply. Try out these tips to strengthen your ability to give a good direction.

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Holiday Heroes Donate Gifts for Over 6,000 Children and Teens in Need

KVC Holiday Heroes gift giving program for youth in foster care child welfare mental behavioral healthcare

Individuals and organizations gave holiday gifts to more than 6,000 children and teens involved in the child welfare system or receiving behavioral healthcare from KVC.

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