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Counting Down to the 3rd Annual Spaulding Scramble Golf Outing
We are eagerly counting the days until we tee off at the 3rd Annual Spaulding Scramble Golf Outing. This special event is our sole fundraiser, bringing together like-minded individuals to golf and raise funds for children and youth in our child…
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June also is Pride Month
Spaulding is proud to be part of an LGBTQ+ Advocacy and Support Consortium for Southeast Michigan’s Child Welfare Agencies along with 20 private child placing agencies, the Ruth Ellis Center, Michigan Federation for Children and Families,…
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June is Reunification Month
National Reunification Month recognizes the people and ongoing efforts around the country that help families stay together. Observed annually in June, it is also a time to recommit to strengthening, improving and increasing those efforts all…
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Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a national observance started in 1949 by Mental Health America to bring attention to the importance of mental wellbeing. Across the country, individuals and organizations step up to raise awareness of and…
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Time to Think Summer
Summer is just around the corner. And there are lots of great things to do in Michigan's great outdoors. Please click on the highlighted text for details from the organizations online.
Detroit PAL presents Sports Programs and Youth…
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Insight from a Foster Mom
Rebecca Carlisle has fostered two children through Spaulding. She had given birth to a son and thereafter pursued fostering. She and her husband were licensed in 2022 and their first placement of a daughter came in June. Since then, she has…
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Message from our CEO/President
Michigan Continues to Move Toward A Kin-First Culture
May is National Foster Care Month. This year's observance is especially significant this year for kinship families in Michigan.
A new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services…
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National Child Abuse Prevention Month
During April, we recognize National Child Abuse Prevention Month (NCAPM) and the importance of communities working together to support and strengthen families and prevent child maltreatment.
Knowledge and understanding of protective factors and…
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Spaulding Joins the Race Equity Challenge
In honor of Black History Month and in alignment with the President’s Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government, the Children’s Bureau kicked off a 2024 Race…
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Kenneth ‘Ken’ Rice
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month. And while Spaulding has many valued volunteers, we would like to highlight Kenneth “Ken” Rice and acknowledge his nine years of service on Spaulding for Children’s Board of Directors.
At the…