There are 7 article(s) tagged Kindred Place:

• July 2024

  • SchoolSeed takes over Kindred Place, will reopen Midtown building

    The organization helps preventchild abuse by helping parents deal with their frustration and counseling them through triggering events.

    By Jane Roberts July 11, 2024

• December 2022

  • How Kindred Place tries to help parents be better parents

    Jennifer Balink, executive director of the nonprofit Kindred Place, joins Eric Barnes this week on The Sidebar. 

    By Eric Barnes December 03, 2022

• February 2021

  • Agency comes to the rescue for local families in distress

    Kindred Place will take over operation of the Universal Parenting Places, which were set to close in March. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 26, 2021

• December 2020

  • Opinion: Apply Kris Kringle’s advice to end-of-year giving

    Perhaps one lesson from 2020 is that helping other people requires thoughtful consideration for what someone else actually needs and wants. It’s a deeper kind of call and response, and it might require breaking established habits.

    By Jennifer Balink December 27, 2020

• November 2020

  • Opinion: Help for the holidays

    So many of us are feeling raw and on edge, more so than usual. Now, more than ever, talking to a professional counselor might be life-changing.

    By Jennifer Balink November 26, 2020

• April 2020

  • COVID-19 Fund delivers nearly $1M so far in relief grants

    We have our ear to the ground with hundreds of local nonprofits and are awarding weekly, rapid-relief grants — with $977,500 and counting out the door to 48 agencies thus far.

    By Bob Fockler April 11, 2020

• August 2019

  • Kindred Place helps former couples successfully co-parent

    Referrals from judges led to a new divorce and separation counseling program at Kindred Place that puts more focus on the emotional impact of separations on the children. 

    By Christin Yates August 10, 2019