Fall 2023 - Child Welfare Issue

Fall 2023 - Child Welfare Issue

The Little Girl Who Became Our Daughter

The Little Girl Who Became Our Daughter

Oct 17, 2023

(From left) Rena Whittaker, The Contingent Arkansas; Jerome Strickland, The Contingent Arkansas; Mischa Martin,
Deputy Secretary of Youth and Families;
Dr. Phillip Goad,
Every Child Arkansas; Secretary Kristi Putnam, Department of Human Services; Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders; Ben Sand, The Contingent Arkansas; NJ Royer, The Contingent Arkansas; Paul Chapman, Restore Hope Arkansas;
and Brooke Gray, The Contingent

Growing Our Collective Capacity

Oct 17, 2023

Judge Troy Braswell: Taking the Time to Hear

Juvenile Justice

Judge Troy Braswell: Taking the Time to Hear

Oct 17, 2023

(L) Derek Brown of Arkansas Baptist Children and Family Ministries and (R) Christen Butler of The Call

Thoughts on Foster Care From Two Members of Every Child Arkansas

Smart Justice Staff

Oct 17, 2023

2 min read

Darneshia Allen is manager of Training and Technical Assistance Integration for Safe Babies nationally and works out of Washington, D.C.

Darneshia Allen of Safe Babies: Helping Families in Crisis

Oct 17, 2023

4 min read

Jerome Strickland is the Executive Director of The Contingent Arkansas, which partners with Every Child Arkansas

Navigating Heartbreak: The Birth of Every Child Arkansas

Jerome Strickland

Oct 17, 2023

5 min read

(From left) Christie Erwin, Morrell, a waiting teen, and Nathan Willis.

Nonprofit Helps Children Find Homes By Producing Films

Oct 17, 2023

4 min read

Gov. Huckabee Sanders issues an executive order designed to improve the foster care system

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Discusses Foster Care System

Smart Justice Staff

Oct 17, 2023

5 min read

Secretary Kristi
Putnam (left) tours
the Mansfield Juvenile Treatment Facility.

Profile: Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Kristi Putnam

Oct 17, 2023

5 min read

Mischa Martin (left),
Deputy Secretary of Youth and Families, speaks in the governor conference room alongside Christie Erwin, founder of Project Zero.

Child Protective Services: On the Front Lines

Smart Justice Staff

Oct 17, 2023

5 min read

Jeff Piker, coordinator for 100 Families in Yell and Pope counties and also an associate pastor
at Journey Church
in Russellville

A Day in the Life of a Child Welfare Advocate

Oct 17, 2023

10 min read

Allie was abused as a child but was given a new life through foster care.

Foster Care: Allie's Story

Oct 17, 2023

4 min read

Dr. Phillip
Goad and his wife Starla
sit on a porch at the
Second Chance Youth
Ranch. The ranch is a
private placement agency,
providing a community
of homes for children
and teens in foster care.

A Natural Response: Dr. Phillip Goad of Every Child Arkansas

Oct 17, 2023

6 min read

Dennis and Natalie Berry with their children, Chase and Juliana, on their family farm in Garland County.

Foster Families: Meet The Berrys

Oct 17, 2023

4 min read

Pastor Chris Massey and his wife Jennifer with their daughters Stella Kate, Wallace, and Ada Grace.

Searcy’s Fellowship Bible Church Helps Foster Families

Oct 17, 2023

3 min read

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