Dec 13, 2017

When are teens ready to truly assume adulthood?

In our culture, multiple milestones are associated with reaching adulthood. Singularly, or en masse, they can be legal, physical, emotional, financial and/or cultural attainments or achievements. Some of these milestones are foist upon us without choice. Others we seek out or are steered into with some measure of intent or compliance.

Dec 12, 2017

Smart Businesses are Helping Workers Take on Growing Caregiving Role

Estimates are that nearly 20 percent of U.S. workers (even more among middle-aged workers) are providing care for older adults, and half of the current workforce expects to be providing eldercare in the near future.

Nov 16, 2017

International Suicide Survivors Day: November 18, 2017

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US with more than 44,000 dying each year to suicide. For each suicide family, friends, and loved ones of the person who died are left behind to try…

Nov 14, 2017

Supporting Youth in Crisis

The National Survey of Children’s Health reports that almost half the nation’s children have experienced at least one or more types of serious childhood trauma. That is approximately 34 million children.…

Oct 05, 2017

Fall 2017 Newsletter

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FamilyMeans Launches “Ready to be...” New Program Prepares Teens for Post-Secondary Life

Bike Program Roundup...Youth…

Oct 02, 2017

Grieving through a national tragedy, you are not alone.

At 6:30am this morning I was woken by an alarm off my cell phone. As I went to turn the alarm off, I saw a news update that read "A Las Vegas shooting that has killed at least 50 is the deadliest in…