We would like to welcome Cecilia Douglass on this episode surrounding family. Cecilia has lived in Southwest Kansas since she was 6 years old. She has two daughters graduating from Garden City High School in 2024 and a son who just finished Kindergarten. She has worked for KCSL for going on 6 years. She has been an ambassador for the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce since 2014 and serves on the board of directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney

and Kearny Counties and Tumbleweed Festival. She loves sharing agency’s mission with others and enjoys finding creative ways to fundraise and generate awareness for KCSL and their prevention efforts locally as well as statewide.

Email: cdouglass@kcsl.org

https://www.kcsl.org/

Counties served within Southwest Kansas: Head Start/Early Head Start in Finney, Kearny,

Grant, Gray, Haskell, Scott, Seward, Stevens, Stanton, and Wichita counties.

KCSL offers Head Start and Early Head Start services to 10 swks Counties. KCSL also offers 1-

800-Children or 1800childrenks.org as a resource for parents to access parenting supports all

over Kansas. Parents can call the 1-800-Children Helpline to speak with a live person about their

challenges and struggles or they can access 1800chikdrenks.org and type in their zip code to be

directed to applicable resources in their area!

Three take away:

1. It takes a village to raise children

2. Families bring so many of there own experiences that translate into valuable strengths

3. We all need help because parenting is not easy and things are always changing in parenthood

Resources Mentioned: - Grace Of God Outreach (Ford) - graceofgodoutreach2019@gmail.com - Aim to Inspire Meliorism LLC - Brittany@aimtoinspire.net or www.aimtoinspire.net (Finney) - Presbyterian Church of Garden City (Southwest Kansas) - Kansas Children Service League (KCSL) - (Southwest Kansas)

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We would like to welcome Ayrika Watson is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker who has been providing services to Garden City, Kansas and the surrounding Southwest Kansas areas since 2018. Ayrika’s practice, Healing Journeys, is located in the Presbyterian Church in Garden City as part of their effort to support those who are struggling with mental health challenges. Ayrika offers trauma- informed services to clients of all ages using a variety of modalities including play-therapy and faith-based counseling.

Email: healingjourneysks@gmail.com   Phone number: 316-285-0203

Three take away:

1. Focus on your mental wellness

2. Seeing a therapist or talking to a counselor is a mental health prevention tool

3. Although stigmas around Mental Health are still prevalent it is important that we talk about it and try to normalize getting the help one needs

Resources Mentioned: - Grace Of God Outreach (Ford) - graceofgodoutreach2019@gmail.com - Aim to Inspire Meliorism LLC - Brittany@aimtoinspire.net or www.aimtoinspire.net (Finney) - Healing Journeys (Southwest Kansas) - Bright Blue Clinic (Southwest Kansas) - St. Mary School (Finney) - Presbyterian Church of Garden City (Southwest Kansas)

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