Date: January 1 - December 31
Times: Subject to change
Location: Kansas Children's Service League
Address: 1365 N Custer
City: Wichita
Additional Information: Join us! Learn more about what we do and how we help Kansas children and families.
Building Healthy Families (BHF) mission tours guide visitors through the programs and services KCSL provides to help prevent child abuse, strengthen families and empower parents and youth. Unlike a building tour, BHF tours provide an intimate setting for visitors to not only engage with KCSL but also discover simple ways they can help spread awareness of KCSL’s mission, such as inviting a friend to a tour or referring a family to KCSL services. To participate in a tour, contact Jeremy Kindy at jkindy@kcsl.org or 316.942.4261 x1371.
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Date: January 1 - December 31
Times: Subject to change
Location: Kansas Children's Service League
Address: 3545 SW 5th St
City: Topeka
Additional Information: Join us! Learn more about what we do and how we help Kansas children and families.
Building Healthy Families (BHF) mission tours guide visitors through the programs and services KCSL provides to help prevent child abuse, strengthen families and empower parents and youth. Unlike a building tour, BHF tours provide an intimate setting for visitors to not only engage with KCSL but also discover simple ways they can help spread awareness of KCSL’s mission, such as inviting a friend to a tour or referring a family to KCSL services. To participate in a tour, contact Jenalea Randall at jrandall@kcsl.org or 785.274.3100 x1403.
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Date: January 18 - May 16
Times: 1-2:30 PM | 3rd Sat each month
Location: Clearwater Community Center
Address: 921 E Janet Ave
City: Clearwater
Additional Information: Parents & caregivers in the Clearwater area are invited to join KCSL's Family Empowerment, a parenting discussion group. We meet the 3rd Saturday each month. There will be gifts & FREE child care at each meeting!
Questions? Contact Tina Welch at 620.584.6474 or cpldirector@sktc.net.
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Date: February 11 - April 14
Times: 6-8 PM | Tuesdays
Location: Olivet Baptist Church
Address: 3440 W 13th St. N
City: Wichita
Additional Information: Parents who have adopted children from Kansas foster care or current foster parents planning to adopt, join us each Tuesday for Parents Circle! Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center’s (K-PARC) Parents Circle is a FREE, relationship and parent education program with content heavily influenced by Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®).
Children 12 and under can attend Kids Club at the same time. They will be paired with an adult buddy and learn the same skills as their parents learn in Parents Circle.
To register, contact Clairissa Maddy at 316.942.4261 x1357 or cmaddy@kcsl.org.
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Date: February 15 - March 28
Times: 9 AM-1:30 PM
Location: Andover Baptist Church
Address: 1043 S Andover Rd.
City: Andover
Additional Information: WORKSHOP DATES: Feb. 15--TBRI® Intro & Overview | Feb. 29--Connecting Principles | March 14--Empowering Principles | March 28--Correcting Principles. KCSL's Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center (K-PARC) offers a FREE workshop on the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®). This intervention style provides methods to care for and help children who have experienced trauma. TBRI® is an approach that any caregiver, educator or professional can use to help any child. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Contact Clairissa Maddy at 316-942-4261 x1357 or cmaddy@kcsl.org to sign up. PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO child care available for this training.
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Date: February 20 - March 26
City: online
Additional Information: KCSL offers free webinars on topics regarding child abuse and neglect prevention. 2020 WEBINAR DATES: Feb. 20--Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month Webinar | March 12--Preventing Infant Abuse with the Period of PURPLE Crying® | March 26--Child Abuse and Neglect Recognition and Reporting. For questions, contact Rachelle Soden at rsoden@kcsl.org or 877-530-5275 x1430.
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Date: March 13 - 14
Times: 10 AM-7 PM (Fri) & 10 AM-3 PM (Sat)
Location: Garden Valley Youth Center
Address: 1701 N 3rd St.
City: Garden City
Additional Information: Parents can learn more about KCSL's Head Start and Early Head Start at this enrollment event! These programs are for any women who are pregnant and families with children ages 0-5. • MUST BRING: Birth verification for child and proof of income (either 1 year of pay stubs, 2019 W-2, or 2019 tax return) • For more info, call Dianna Terrazas at 620.276.3232 x1107 or dterrazas@kcsl.org. Se habla español.
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Date: April 1 - 30
City: Everywhere
Additional Information: April is Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month! As the state chapter for Prevent Child Abuse America, KCSL organizes and coordinates state and local events and awareness activities; provides resources and materials to interested agencies, individuals, and families; and directs a month-long media campaign. For more information about Child Abuse Prevention Month and activities across the state please visit this site regularly or contact Pam Noble or toll free 1-877-530-5275 ext. 1343.
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Date: April 3
Location: Everywhere
City: Everywhere
Additional Information: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! Help us raise awareness by wearing BLUE on Friday, April 3. Feel free to share photos of your blue on our Facebook page, facebook.com/MyKCSL, using #GreatChildhoods & #WearBlue!
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Date: April 11 - May 30
Times: 12-5 PM
Location: St. Mathews Episcopal Church
Address: 2001 Windsor Dr
City: Newton
Additional Information: WORKSHOP DATES: April 11--TBRI® Intro & Overview | April 25--Connecting Principles | May 9--Empowering Principles | May 30--Correcting Principles. KCSL's Kansas Post Adoption Resource Center (K-PARC) offers a FREE workshop on the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®). This intervention style provides methods to care for and help children who have experienced trauma. TBRI® is an approach that any caregiver, educator or professional can use to help any child. REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Contact Clairissa Maddy at 316-942-4261 x1357 or cmaddy@kcsl.org to sign up. PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO child care available for this training.
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