Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center is now a full member of the National Children's Alliance.
On October 25th, Heart to Heart was notified that it was now a full member of the National Children's Alliance. It has taken seven years to achieve this wonderful accreditation. Through the hard work of Marlene, Kay, Karen, the Task Force and the Board of Directors, Heart to Heart passed all the written standards and site visit from the National Children's Alliance. Heart to Heart is making great progress and advancement in the area of addressing child abuse. The community should be proud of all they too have done to help Heart to Heart reach this level. Through the fund raisers, the donations, and the giving up of precious time, Heart to Heart takes a mighty step forward.
Director Marlene holds up the certification of Heart to Heart's membership to the National Children's Alliance
The NCA Track system will be coming to Heart to Heart.
Director Marleen Beeson completed training for the new data base system that will be used at Heart to Heart. The NCA track system will provide valuable information of statistical data that can be used to evaluate Heart to Heart and be used in grant applications. Only a few Centers in Kansas have the NCA track. As other centers in the State grow, more and more will have access to the NCA track system. The system will provide needed information on a state and national level. Executive Director Marleen Beeson continually seeks better programs for Heart to Heart, providing the children and families of Harvey, Marion and McPherson Counties great resources.
Heart to Heart prints a quarterly newsletter. If you would be interested in having a copy sent to you, please call the office and we will get you on our mailing list.
GOOD NEWS KEEPS COMING TO HEART TO HEART!!!!!
Marlene keeps writing grants and the grants keep coming in. Heart to Heart has been awarded a grant from the State Attorney General's office. This grant will help pay for some salaries and provide Heart to Heart with more programs for children.
Other Child Advocacy Centers in the State of Kansas
Children's Advocacy Center, Inc.
123 West Adams, Pittsburg, KS 66762
Director Sandy Morris cac@mobil1.net 620-235-0067
Chidren's Advocacy Center serves: Crawford, Bourbon and Cherokee Counties
Meadowlark House Child Advocacy Center
11405 Avenue A, Dodge City, KS 67801
Director Betsy Morin crisiscenter@fordcounty.net 620-682-5195
Meadowlark House serves: Ford, Ness, Edwards, Hodgeman, Gray, Meade and Clark counties
Sunflower House, Inc.
15440 W 65th Street, Shawnee, KS. 66217
Director Cynthia Smith www.sunflowerhouse.org 913-631-5800
Sunflower House serves: Johnson and Wyandotte Counties
SOS Child Advocacy Center
25 West 5th, Emporia, KS. 66801
Director Kathleen Inwood kinwood@soskansas.com 620-342-6565
SOS child Advocacy Center serves: Lyon and Chase Counties
Horizons Child Advocacy Center
1715 East 23rd, Hutchinson, KS. 67502
Director Jane Holzrichter holzrichterj@hmhc.com 620-665-2240
Horizons serves: Reno, Pratt, Barber, Harper, and Kingman Counties
Saline County Child Advocacy Center - Chris' Place
300 South Ninth Street, Suite 105, Salina, KS 67401
Director: Gale Soukup cac@salhelp.org 785-643-2424
Chris' Place serves Saline County
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center
109 E 9th, Scott City, KS 67871
Directors David Fyler and Kelly Robbins krobbins@pld.com 620-872-3706
Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center serves 20 counties in Western Kansas
Prairie Advocacy Center
400 SW Oakley, Topeka, KS 66614
Director Kelly Stephens prairieadvocacy@hotmail.com 785-357-4763
Prairie Advocacy Center serves: Shawnee and surronding counties of Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Wabaunsee, and Potawatomie
Sunlight Child Advocacy Center
110 S. Gordy, El Dorado, KS
Director Nicole Stump 316-323-5120
Sunlight Child Advocacy Center serves Butler County
*Beginning to develop: McPherson County
Harvey County Attorney David Yoder has been a faithful supporter of Heart to Heart. Not only does he seek justice through the court system for the cases presented to him of the children who come to Heart to Heart reporting abuse, but he provides input and direction for the Center and its goals. County Attorney David Yoder is a graduate of Finding Words of Kansas and believes in the mission of Heart to Heart. His office was recognized last year by Heart to Heart for all they have done to help advance the growth of the Center. Kay Perkins has been the Family Advocate for Heart to Heart for many years. If you should ever call heart to heart it will be Kay's voice that greets you on the phone. Kay, a retired school principal, is a natural in making connections with the children who come to the Center. Kay has seen the Center grow in the years she has been with Heart to Heart. Kay has helped the Center achieve so many goals. Lt. T. Walton just can't seem to get away from Heart to Heart. He was named "Heart to Heart Founder". Over the years he has watched how the Center has grown through the community it serves. The "Three Amigos" making Heart to Heart a better place.
Dorothy Stucky Hale from the Kansas Attorney General's office of Crime Victims compensation, came to Heart to heart and provided staff, Detectives, and the County Attorney's office, information on resources that crime victims may have available to them. It didn't take long for everyone to quickly realize how sincere and dedicated Dorothy is to her job and to crime victims in the State of Kansas. With the information she provided, Heart to Heart will work on completing crime victim application forms to better serve the children and families who come to the Center. If approved, applications can provide counseling, therapy, medical assistance and even lost wages.Dorothy took a tour of the Center and was pleased to see how Heart to Heart was so concerned about the children of the community. We were happy to have such a wonderful person visit Heart to Heart and proud to know what a good person is running the Kansas Crime victims Unit.
It was Kids Fest 2008. Heart to Heart was there for the third year in a row. This year Heart to Heat had a floating duck pond. The kids loved it. When a child picked up a duck, there was a number on the bottom of it. The number awarded each child a prize. The prize was fun, but playing in the duck pond and watching the ducks float around was even better. Kay, Karen and Tee managed to keep the ducks swimming and handing out lots and lots of prizes.
April Merchant Fund Raiser
April was Child Abuse Awarness month. Merchants and business folks throughout the county came together and donated part of their sales and profits to Heart to Heart for the month of April. The money is earmaked for Mental Health for child victims coming to Heart to Heart. Thank you for all you have done.
Write or call your local representative to show your support of the funding in the Governor's budget using the information listed below:
Sen. Carolyn McGinn
11047 N. 87W
Sedgwick, Kansas 67135
(785) 296 7377
mcginn@senate.state.ks.us
Rep. Marc Rhodes
1006 Lazy Creek Drive
Newton, Kansas 67114
(785) 296 7696
rhoades@house.state.ks.us
Rep. Don Schroeder
131 14th Ave.
Inman, Kansas 67546
shroeder@house.state.ks.us
Graduates of Finding Words of Kansas
Newton Police Detective, Bryan Hall
Newton Police Detective, Mike Yoder
Newton Police Resource Officer, Randy Jordan
Newton Police Resource Officer, Chad Gay
North Newton Assistant Police Chief, Bill Koonce
Harvey County Attorney, David Yoder
Harvey County Assistant Attorney, Mike Llamas
Marion County Attorney,
Hillsboro Police Chief, Don Kinney
Hesston Police Chief, Doug Schroeder
Newton SRS Worker, Wilma Mueller
Newton SRS Worker, Ruth Meyer
McPherson SRS worker, Bill Toeves
Harvey County Under Sheriff, BJ Tyner
Harvey County Sheriff Investigator, Robert Guest
McPherson Police Detective, Mark Brinck
McPherson County Sheriff's Office, Captain Douglas Anderson
Assistant McPherson County Attorney
McPherson CAC worker, Suzee Shugart
Heart to Heart Director, Marlene Beeson
School Social Worker, Marian Heidner
School Social Worker, Lisa Yoder
School Social Worker, G.B. Yost
School Social Worker, Penny Dorado
We are proud to have all these professionals working with the Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Team
In September 2008 a week of training for Finding Words of Kansas will take place in Great Bend. There will be another group of heart to heart members taking part in the classes.
We are proud to see how involved Newton School District is in participating in Heart to Heart training and the mission of Heart to Heart
Lt. Walton, loading vending machines from the bankrupt Wild West World. It didn't take long to find new homes for the machnes. Our Thanks to everyone who helped get the machines back and for everyone who stepped forward and asked to place machines at their businesses.
Heart to Heart is looking to start a support group for those involved in cases of abuse. If you find yourself needing help, needing to talk to someone, needing support, we want to help. For more information on support groups, contact Marlene at Heart to Heart. Stop by, call or email, Heart to Heart will be there for you and try our best to help.
Marlene Beeson
h2hdir@newtonkansas.org
284-6029
Finding Words of Kansas
Our Heart felt thanks to all those who attended the Finding Words of Kansas class hosted by Heart to Heart during the week of April 23-27, 2007. Our thanks to the members of Grace Community Church who allowed us to use their campus for the week, Grace Community was a wonderful setting for the class. Heart to Heart hopes to host another class possibly in the year 2009. Already, the third class of the year in Colby, Kansas is full. Classes for the year of 2008 are planned for Butler County, Barton County and Leavenworth. Those classes are already beginning to fill up. It is great to see so many professionals taking on the "R.A.T.A.C." process.
316-284-6029