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<image:caption>Panelists speak about the stresses of sending your children back to school during the August alliance meeting at Thrive Iowa of Warren County in Indianola</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Melissa Gradischnig, a community resource navigator at WeLIFT in Indianola, speaks about the stresses and obstacles of parents sending their children back to school during the August alliance meeting of Thrive Iowa of Warren County.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sarah Downard, coordinator of Thrive Iowa of Warren County, leads a panel discussion about back to school stresses during the August alliance meeting in Indianola.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Attendees of the Thrive Iowa of Warren County August alliance meeting hear from panelists on the stresses of families getting their children ready to head back to school.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://smartjustice.org/topic-areas/child-welfare/hope-resilience-purpose-kristonis-story</loc>
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<news:title>Hope, Resilience, Purpose: Kristoni's Story</news:title>
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<news:title>A Mother's Determination for Reunification</news:title>
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