Since July, two events that have shaken the core of both the Jenks and Broken Arrow communities in the aftermath of tragic, and sudden, deaths of children and teens. In July, the Jenks community recently faced these questions after a car crash south of Oklahoma City ended the lives of one adult and three children.…
Christine Marsh is the Senior Director of the Child Abuse and Trauma Services at Family & Children’s Services (FCS). Marsh has been the director since 1990 when the program was the Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program before expanding to serve all types of child abuse and trauma experiences. Marsh is a licensed clinical social worker…
In 1983, during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, April was set aside as National Child Abuse Awareness month as a way of raising awareness for the issues of child abuse in America. The Blue Ribbon that’s associated with child abuse (much as pink ribbons are associated with breast cancer) was first established in 1989, yet…
The Kappa Delta Foundation’s 2016 KiDs Grant was given to Family & Children’s Services. The $2,500 gift benefited our Child Abuse and Trauma Service program with toys and two-way communication systems for parent-child interaction therapy. The Kappa Delta Foundation KiDs Grants fund nonprofits that help children and families. These grants are designed to allow Kappa…
Nine-year-old Taylor* was a friendly girl. She performed well at school and enjoyed attending church with her family. But everything changed after Taylor was sexually abused by her uncle. She began avoiding others and spent many a Sunday morning crying in the church parking lot. Classrooms were unbearable, so Taylor’s parents withdrew her from school.…
