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Chrissy’s Story – This Child Abuse Survivor Now Helps Other Children Heal and Find Loving Families

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One girl’s story of surviving physical, sexual and emotional abuse and becoming a champion for other children in danger.

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The White House Hosts First-Ever Technology Hackathon to Improve Foster Care

White House hosts foster care and technology hackathon

Non-profit organizations, child welfare leaders, philanthropists, engineers and leaders from the technology sector attended a two-day event to discuss ways to improve the foster care system through technology-focused solutions.

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Healing From the Life-Long Effects of Childhood Trauma [VIDEO]

Healing from the life-long effects of childhood trauma

Addressing and treating childhood trauma improves outcomes for individuals, families and communities as a whole.

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Free Childhood Trauma Training Available for Kansas Schools, Districts Through NYU/KVC Center

KVC offering free training on childhood traumatic stress for four Kansas school districts

School districts in Kansas are invited to request free training for staff on childhood traumatic stress in order to become a trauma-informed school.

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Spring 2016 “KVC Matters” Newsletter Now Available

Read the latest stories of how KVC is helping children and families across the U.S.

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Safely Reducing Psychotropic Medication for Youth in Foster Care

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The number of children in KVC Kansas programs on psychotropic medications is less than 9%, only a fraction of the number that many other foster care programs experience.

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New Software Digitizes Case Planning, Benefitting Families

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Safe & Connected™ allows social workers to spend less time documenting and more time using their gifts and insights to help children and families.

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City of Olathe, Kansas Honors KVC’s Wayne Sims

KVC Health Systems Past CEO Wayne Sims and City of Olathe, Kansas Mayor Michael Copeland

Last month, Olathe, Kansas mayor Michael Copeland presented KVC Health Systems’ past president and CEO with its 2016 Cathedral Builder Award.

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The Best Stories of Children and Families Staying Together, Finding Healing and Finding Each Other

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Hear real-life examples of how KVC is touching lives through in-home family support, reunification services, foster care, adoption, behavioral healthcare and psychiatric hospitals.

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KVC’s MyLink™ Telehealth Project Completes Pilot Testing, Moves to Distribution

When fully implemented, MyLink will use iPads to transform care delivered to children in over 1,000 foster families in Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky and West Virginia.

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