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How Serving Others Requires BothSarah Davenport, FCNI ManagerVoice of an FCNI Staff"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." – Nelson Mandela The work of the Family Care Network requires a lot of heart. As …
In today’s society, we thrive on performance, competition and perfection, which leads to an inevitable increase in stress levels. Normal, healthy levels of stress can be positive but too much of it can cause damage that is often underestimated, and …
By Judge Steven Teske Juvenile Justice Information Exchange “When you shine a light on the problem and don’t do anything, you’re only admiring the problem,” said school superintendent Randy Nelson of the La Crosse, Wis., school district. “It’s time to …
From mass incarceration, climate change, and an aging population to immigration, mental illness and rising income inequality, the most pressing issues facing America have something fundamental in common: the social factor. As a call to action on these and other …
My summer reading included Renegade for Peace and Justice, the autobiography of California Congresswoman Barbara Lee who represents the 13th Congressional District that includes Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda County. Hers is a remarkable story. She had to overcome enormous challenges—difficulties …
There were a few troubling findings in the survey of the nation’s millennial population recently released by the Institute on Politics (IOP) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School. C-SPAN’s Washington Journal’s Monday morning segment focused on the fact that …
Are you having difficulty overcoming uncertainty and turning your doubts into success? Does the uncertainty of your financial future bring with it fear and avoidance? No matter if you hope to achieve financial wellbeing, change careers or make another major …
We all have certain things that get under our skin, things that are likely to get us annoyed, irritated or distressed. These are known as ‘triggers’. Some triggers are shared by a wide range of people (if not by everybody) …
An Evaluation of its Effectiveness in Changing Financial Behaviors and Improving Self-Sufficiency Download Executive Summary Report! Financial Social Work Research Report United Way, of Erie Pennsylvania (highest poverty rate of any major PA city) conducted an extensive three-year research …
Perspective from a Longtime FCNI Social WorkerJamie Stablein, Crisis-Stabilization Foster Care SupervisorEvery year, when I hear from staff that it is time to gather wish lists from our children, youth and families and submit them for Sponsor a Child, I …
