by Pat Cinquini | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” – Maya Angelou During the Covid-19 pandemic, we can’t change that our lives have been altered and that stress and anxiety are rapidly becoming...
by Pat Cinquini | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you ever wanted to be a Superhero, now’s your chance. By investing a few minutes of your time, you can give a gift to yourself and over 12 million other people in Illinois simply by completing the 2020 Census. No magic cape, shield, or superpowers are required....
by Pat Cinquini | Mar 26, 2020 | Healthy Families
Shelter’s Healthy Families abuse prevention program is for first-time parents with multiple challenges whose babies are birth through five. Normally, the program consists of intensive home visitations with goals of enhancing family functioning, promoting healthy child...
by Pat Cinquini | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s safe to say there are untold millions of parents experiencing high levels of stress during the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re being bombarded with situations in which we fear we have little control: the safety of our families, job security, financial stability, life...
by Pat Cinquini | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Fiction: Human trafficking of children mostly happens in third-world countries. Fact: The U.S. is one of the largest markets for trafficking children. It happens in every state. Shelter has served children from the suburbs who have been victims of commercial sex...
