Community Conversations: A Podcast from the Children's Trust of Alachua County

What is the Children's Trust of Alachua County?

The Children’s Trust of Alachua County funds and supports a coordinated system of community services that allows all youth and their families to thrive. They work to ensure that children and youth are healthy and have nurturing caregivers and relationships, that children and youth can learn what they need to be successful, and that children and youth live in a safe community.

Learn about how this amazing resource works, what programs will be a fit for your family, and how you can get matched with providers and services.

Each episode focuses on different resources for families and youth in our county, the successes we've seen and the goals we're working toward.

LATEST EPISODES:

Episode 3: Partnership for Strong Families with Pebbles Edelman and Ginger Griffeth

We talk with Ginger Griffeth and Pebbles Edelman about resources available to children and their families through Partnership for Strong Families. We talk about the need for foster parents and the system in which the care continuum exists. How you can help in this episode. We also sit down with Willie Mae Stokes Family Resource Center about resources for Micanopy and rural areas.

Episode 2: Center for Nonprofit Excellence with Theresa Beachy

We talk to Dr. Theresa Beachy about her work in the nonprofit sector and the role of the centralized CNE hub for Gainesville nonprofits. This resource is a boon for any and all nonprofits in the area, and has recently moved into a beautiful space downtown. Check out the Center for Nonprofit Excellence.

Episode 1: County Commissioner and Board Member Ken Cornell

Executive Director of the Children's Trust of Alachua County Marsha Kiner, sits down with Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell to talk about what the Trust has accomplished, why it came to be, and where it's going--including programming and services for so many children in our area--maybe for you and your family, too!