Mental Health Matters for Foster Care Youth 06 June 2025

May is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Foster Care Awareness Month—two causes that are deeply connected.

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March is Social Work Month 20 March 2025

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.

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Spring Program Successes 06 June 2025

Our programs have been up to great work this spring!

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What Makes a Champion? 26 June 2025

“Champions don’t show up to get everything they want; they show up to give everything they have” -Alexander den Heijer

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Turning Points for Children Named a Top Workplace! 12 October 2021

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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Valerie’s Story of Resilience and Motherhood 22 February 2022

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.

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May is Foster Care Awareness Month 21 May 2024

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.

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