News & Perspectives

January 9, 2020 • Children's Trust in the News

Tips On Keeping Your Child Safe From Sexual Abuse, From An Expert

No parent wants to think about their child becoming the victim of sexual abuse. Here are some expert tips to prevent it from happening.
December 31, 2019 • Children's Trust in the News

How Fatherhood Helped Me Overcome Childhood Abuse and Trauma

I had a miserable childhood defined by cruelty and pain. Now, I'm raising a happy girl and life feels substantively different.
December 17, 2019 • Perspectives

I don't know where my family would be right now if it weren't for Healthy Families

When Jailene and Jose learned they were pregnant just after graduating high school, they had nowhere to turn. That's when they were introduced to the Healthy Families program.
December 16, 2019 • Children's Trust in the News

Children's Trust board member receives Ray E. Helfer, MD Award

The Children’s Trust recently announced that Dr. Robert Sege, a member of the Children’s Trust Board of Directors, received the Ray E. Helfer, MD Award for his contribution to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
December 3, 2019 • Perspectives

Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse

Childhood trauma lasts a lifetime. The Children's Trust is breaking the cycle of child abuse.
December 2, 2019 • Perspectives

How Going to Jail Made Me a Better Dad

The day my son was born and the day I became a dad are not the same day in my life.
November 21, 2019 • Perspectives

The Family Center stuck with us the whole way

Wenonah and her husband, Dan, wanted to adopt a baby girl to add to their growing family. When learning that the young girl had a baby sister on the way, they immediately decided to adopt both girls.
November 13, 2019 • Perspectives

november is youth homelessness awareness month

Did you know that as many as 2.5 million youth per year experience homelessness?