Will Jones

Leading with Innovation in Child Welfare by Child Welfare Leaders This episode we talk to an Executive Team Leader in an expanding social service agency based in North Carolina that is leading change in Child Welfare through innovative practices. Innovation is just one of the core values of this organization. They say, "there is a way to do it better--find it." Jo...

This is right here. Big thanks to Martin Godwin and his family for to the THOMPSON Child & Family Focus .

Local former high school student-athlete Martin Godwin created a compelling program, called “Shut Out the Stigma” that raised thousands of dollars for mental health every time his soccer team achieved a “shut-out” win. Inspired by Thompson’s mission, he donated the money to our programs. His efforts were so impressive to the Thompson Board that they started a dollar-for-dollar match! Now a rising freshman, Godwin is in college, but still raising money for mental health. Learn more and get involved here: https://www.thompsoncff.org/thompson-to-match-local-mental-health-fundraising-efforts-started-by-rising-college-freshman/

We are so grateful for the generous investment as part of the Mecklenburg County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Community Health & Wellness Grant Program! Working together, we can make Mecklenburg County a place where everyone has an opportunity for a better life. Thankful for the funding to prioritize mental health. https://bit.ly/3rEA6nM

“Many shun running themselves like a business thinking that purpose trumps profit. Unfortunately, even though nonprofits are not driven by money, failing to adopt good for-profit business practices will often leave these well-intended nonprofits struggling to create the impact they were designed to make.”

Why the Best Nonprofit Organizations Steal Pages From For-Profit Business Playbooks Being a nonprofit organization doesn't mean you can ignore good business practices.

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Friends of the Children

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The supports and strengthens the entire family unit, resulting in even greater impact and outcomes for current and future generations. The multigenerational approach helped support both Shelbie and her children through a recent difficult period. Read more at https://www.thompsoncff.org/triumphs/friends-of-the-children-2gen-model-brings-shelbies-family-much-needed-support/

For more details on our Friends of The Children program go to https://www.thompsoncff.org/friends-of-the-children/

By an incredible coincidence the start of National Minority Mental Health Month also marks the completion of our first DHHS Incredible Years School-age Spanish cohort. Thompson is one of few agencies to offer bilingual services to improve service access to our non-English speaking community members.

We are so proud that all 20 parents have successfully completed the course! Our facilitators Emely and Jessica received this sweet note written by the child of one of our parents - the note says, “Thank you Emely and Jessica” - the child also went on to tell the facilitators that he appreciates his mother taking the classes because she is no longer yelling at him.

This program is just one of our evidence-based parenting classes that strengthens parent-child interactions to promote children’s social and emotional skills. Find out more at https://www.thompsoncff.org/family-education-partners/

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Meet Samantha Jones our Foster Care Program Supervisor in our Charlotte office . Samantha enjoys supporting her foster care families and youth to ensure they thrive and grow.

Read more about Samantha at https://www.thompsoncff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Top-Tier-Talent-Samantha-Jones.png

Interested to join our team? Check out other Top Tier Talent stories and current open positions at https://www.thompsoncff.org/employment/

Interested to learn more about becoming a foster parent? Go to https://www.thompsoncff.org/become-foster-parent/

Friends of the Children

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Easton is very goal oriented, and always willing to help struggling classmates. However, he struggled to voice frustrations and often became aggressive, this is where his 'Friend' stepped in and worked with Easton to better manage his emotions. Read more at https://www.thompsoncff.org/triumphs/eastons-friend-helps-him-manage-his-frustration/

For more details on our Friends of The Children program go to https://www.thompsoncff.org/friends-of-the-children/

A BIG Thank You to Children's Theatre of Charlotte and West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition (for the recommendation) for an amazing morning of fun for the children at Thompson Child Development Center.

It was a beautiful morning, on our great playground, full of art and creativity! Many thanks to Arlethia and Alex - the kids loved it!

Blog – Thompson Partners with Local MCOs to Offer Short-Term Residential Care Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson) is launching two new short-term residential care programs aimed at providing short-term crisis stabilization services to adolescents within the custody of Departments of Social Services. One program is a partnership with Cardinal Innovations. The other progra...

Pledge to 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 & 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 to support local families experiencing homelessness in our program.

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Additional 'Guess the Birdies' Contest to successfully guess the exact number of birdies to win a prize.

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Thank you WSOC-TV for highlighting the funding coming to North Carolina from the 'American Rescue Plan' to help families recover from the impact of job-losses, lack of affordable childcare, housing and schools being closed much of this school year.

With $23.6m coming to North Carolina to support students and families experiencing homelessness it is important that those funds go to programs that work. Our supports this population in our community, and recent data shows that 80% of these families improved their self-sufficiency.

The demand for these and similar mental health services is at an all-time high and we are growing to meet these needs with many openings - if you are interested to join out team check out https://www.thompsoncff.org/employment/

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/federal-funding-will-help-support-students-experiencing-homelessness/0b6ff730-cea7-431b-a74e-8f3dd81abfde/

Underserved children and families have stronger needs than ever Thompson Child and Family focus is helping this community and you can too

Registration is now open for Friends of the Children’s panel discussion, ‘𝗜𝗻 𝗜𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴’ on 2/25 at 1pm PT/4pm ET!

Panelists will answer questions about rebuilding systems and supports using two-generation ( ) approaches. Two-generation approaches work. If you work with youth and families in any capacity, you won’t want to miss this conversation! http://bit.ly/InItTogetherPanel

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Erica Dunlap is a Case Manager in our program. She approaches families with compassion and understanding of their past experiences, and is most proud of the positive outcomes that we see with the families we have served.

Read more about Erica at https://www.thompsoncff.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Top_Tier_Talent_Erica_Dunlap.png

Interested to join our team? Check out other Top Tier Talent stories and current open positions at https://www.thompsoncff.org/employment/

Or, register for our career event at https://events.indeed.com/event/82128/?from=fb

Today's celebrates Gov. Cooper's recent proclamation of February as 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.

Tashina didn’t believe she needed a parenting class… until she began attending and realized its value – and now looks forward to each week to learn more.

For more details on Tashina's story go to https://www.thompsoncff.org/triumphs/tashina-embraces-family-education-classes/

For more details on our Family Education programs go to https://www.thompsoncff.org/family-education-partners/

I wanted to share something that I saw today that gave me mixed emotions. It truly made me laugh, almost cry, and shake my head. Imagine if every business was run like a organization. Happy new year to you all!

Everyone Deserves A Fair Slice

This put a smile on my face today as these 12 myths about are so true. I love it when someone reaches out to me and tells me they are burnt out and want to give back by being a . 🤦‍♂️

Council Post: 12 Huge Myths About Nonprofits That Need To Be Dispelled Before believing misconceptions about an industry, do your due diligence to get the whole picture.

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Bursting with excitement...our new website is LIVE. Check us out at www.thompsoncff.org - thankful to our designers at Lazarus Design Team.

Join Thompson Child & Family Focus and Grutza Consulting, LLC, on Tuesday, July 28th from 2:00pm to 3:15pm ET for a virtual panel discussion '𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲'.

The webinar will not only feature Children's Bureau Associate Commissioner Jerry Milner but also Jody Grutza of Grutza Consulting, Will Jones, with Thompson and Page Walley with Saint Francis Ministries. Also joining the panel will be state leaders from Arkansas and North Carolina.

The webinar will focus on 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. Associate Commissioner Milner will lay out this broader vision, a national update on Family First will be provided and then action oriented Public and private partnerships in Arkansas and North Carolina child welfare will be discussed.

Places are limited - register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdOmuqzorE9G9kp3cNHrwH2HmwG4lx2RI

𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 #𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄?

Join Thompson Child & Family Focus and Technocom Business Systems as we host a fundraising hero, Steven Screen for our fifth edition of Pivot in the Panic.

Learn how to create and perfect the ask and most importantly, how to make the ask again, and again.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pivot-in-the-panic-better-fundraising-with-steven-screen-tickets-109343447194

Excited to announce that Thompson Child & Family Focus has earned a 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency by sharing our key metrics and highlighting the impact we’re making. Check out our updated on GuideStar: www.guidestar.org/Profile/7855052
(Now part of Candid)

The stay at home orders issued in March created chaos for the already vulnerable families in our A Child's Place program. We quickly rethought our options, and with help from the community were able to convert one of the empty cottages on our Matthews campus into a temporary shelter. Read more about this at http://ow.ly/Jvwq50A6nQH