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Kris Corner – Parent the Child in Front of You
Today I just want to touch on something that I was recently encouraged to do by my son’s therapist…and that is to “parent the child that’s in front of me.” Now this could mean many different things, but the context I am talking about is that kids coming from trauma...
Autism Acceptance Month: Nicolas Allion
Nicolas Allion is an Eligibility Specialist at Firefly Children and Family Alliance, where he helps low-income households apply for childcare vouchers and navigate the CCDF policy manual: a job that requires quite a bit of juggling. On top of managing his work at...
Celebrating Social Worker Month!
March is National Social Worker Month! 👏 We would like to recognize the exceptional social workers on our team who consistently support and empower our clients. Social workers excel in not only identifying and analyzing issues, but also in effectively resolving...
Black History Month Spotlight: Tierra Ruffin, Director of Intervention Services
For Tierra Ruffin, Firefly’s Director of Intervention Services for Region 9, Black History Month holds great significance: the imparting of valuable lessons, the cultivation of knowledge, and triumph over adversity. Tierra openly acknowledges that it also...
DVAM Feature: Hospital Response Volunteer LeAnna
LeAnna started training as a Hospital Response volunteer with Firefly’s Survivor Advocacy team in late January. She takes several shifts per month being on-call to six local hospitals. As Marion County's Rape Crisis Center, Firefly has advocates like LeAnna available...
Kris’ Corner – Taking on Renovations with Trauma in the Home
So, as you may, or may not know, we have had a lot of changes and upheaval in our household in the past year. We moved to a new community, one son graduated from college in the spring and then in the fall he moved overseas for two years, the other older son is back in...
Kris’ Corner – Schooling Choices for Trauma
So if you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you probably know that I homeschool. Obviously, I understand you cannot homeschool a foster placement (except possibly in some very special exceptions), but want to just put this out there especially if you are moving...
Kris’ Corner – Foster Friendly app
So let’s take a few minutes and talk about the Foster Friendly App. Many of you might be aware of it but some of you might not. And I am embarrassed to admit that I just recently found out about it…but I am so excited to share this with you! Most of us are probably...
Kris’ Corner – Connecting with Biological Family Through Food
So this post might be a little shorter than normal… for two reasons: it’s the holidays and people are busy and probably not very many of you if you want to sit down and read a long blog post. And secondly, what I have to suggest is fairly simple and straightforward....
Kris’ Corner – Being All In on Your Child
Now you might be wondering about me, since my last post was about getting therapy for yourself…but I still believe, regardless of our need for help as parents, we can still be all in on our kids. To be the mom or dad who is all in on their kid… I never realized that’s...