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…
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Spring into March

March, when winter ends and spring begins, is a very busy month this year.This year, the Easter holiday falls on Sunday, March 31. For many families, it's a day of traditions, such as coloring eggs together and hunting for them in the backyard, or…
Malika Williams, Founder, Executive Director, L.I.V.E Outreach

March Is Women’s History Month

In addition to celebrating women who have paved the way for us throughout history, including Jane Addams who founded Chicago’s Hull House, the nation’s first settlement house and is considered the first social worker and the second woman…
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Jennifer Wrayno – Regional Director, Children’s Services Agency of MDHHS

Jennifer Wrayno says that she knew she wanted to go into child welfare as a teenager. Her mother grew up in foster care. And throughout her life, her mom stayed connected with her foster parents. Jennifer grew up knowing them as “uncles”…