Saint Francis Ministries is one of 15 organizations to recently receive the Texas Home Visiting (THV) grant award from the Prevention and Early Intervention Division of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Nearly 1 in 5 women in the United States have experienced rape or attempted rape some time in their lives, and 1 in 67 American men have experienced the same. According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN), every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted.
Saint Francis Ministries is pleased to announce an agreement in principle to transition services for the Cheshire Adult Residential Program in Gulfport, Mississippi, from Saint Francis Ministries to REM Mississippi. The transition is expected to be completed by the end of April 2024.
Perhaps author Clara Ortega describes the relationship between siblings best: “To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were, we know each other’s hearts, we share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys.”
Saint Francis Ministries children in foster care in Kansas and Nebraska will soon receive duffle bags, teddy bears, and bibles to call their own, thanks to a generous contribution by Focus on the Family’s “Wait No More” program. The Colorado Springs-based ministry recently shipped 2,000 duffel bags and teddy bears and 2,000 bibles to Saint Francis Ministries’ Otis Avenue campus in Salina, Kansas, from where they will be disbursed to youth in foster care in Omaha and Grand Island, Nebraska, along with SFM locations throughout Kansas.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which makes blue the color of the day … and the month. Saint Francis Ministries is kicking off this annual opportunity to raise awareness about child abuse prevention by wearing blue on April 5, and on other Fridays throughout the month.
Saint Francis Ministries announces that that the nonprofit organization will transition services for the Cheshire Adult Residential Program in Gulfport, Mississippi, from Saint Francis Ministries to Sevita by the end of April 2024. This joint decision comes as a result of both entities commitment to maximizing their impact in Mississippi.
As every child knows with absolute certainty, Christmas is always celebrated on December 25th. There is no need to consult the lunar calendar, no complex formula whose intricacies must be worked out. You don’t need to know a thing about the Golden Number or the Sunday Letter to figure out when Christmas occurs. Christmas Day is December 25th and December 25th is Christmas Day. Simple.
The State of Kansas has awarded Saint Francis Ministries the case management services contract for Areas 1 and 2, comprising 65 counties in central and western Kansas.
The Saint Francis Ministries Advocacy Team has remained busy over the last month monitoring bills and working to positively influencing policies that impact child welfare.
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