Counting Down to the 3rd Annual Spaulding Scramble Golf Outing

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…
June also is Pride Month

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,…
June is Reunification Month

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…
Mental Health Awareness Month

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…
Time to think Summer

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…
Insight from a Foster Mom

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…
Melissa Jenovai, President and CEO, Spaulding for Children

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…
Melissa-Jenovai

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…
Ken Rice

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…