March is National Social Work Month, a time to celebrate the great profession of social work! The theme for Social Work Month 2025 is Social Work: Compassion + Action.
Continue reading >In Philadelphia, there are about 3,100 children and youth in foster care at any given time. Children enter foster care because of child abuse, neglect or special family circumstances requiring that the child receive out-of-home care. Foster care services are intended to provide temporary care for a child until he or she is reunited with their biological family or until another permanent living situation is found.
Continue reading >Valerie has a self-care jar. She writes down ideas on slips of paper, puts them in the jar, and then once a week she picks something out: Getting her nails done.
Continue reading >On a recent Pop-Up Pantry day, Turning Points’ FAWN (Food and Wellness Network) went to Frankford. We packed over a hundred bags of food, as faces watched us through the storefront window. The line formed fast.
Continue reading >I am excited to share the news that Turning Points for Children has been named a Top Workplace by The Philadelphia Inquirer Top Work Places 2021! The award is based solely on the feedback of our staff administered through an outside employee survey.
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