Suicide Prevention

Risk Factors and Warning Signs to Prevent Suicide Do you know someone who has been affected by suicide?  Not everyone who considers suicide has attempted to end one’s life, and most people keep these thoughts to themselves.  Many people worry that talking about...

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence can be equated to your “emotional IQ” and is actually a stage of human development. Many have experienced some extent of trauma during our emotional development. When this happens, our ability to regulate our own emotions and also...

Q&A – Foster Care/Child Abuse Prevention

Recently, we sat down with LFCS Foster Care Senior Program Manager Lisa Lowrance to discuss child abuse and neglect, foster care, and the needs of children and families throughout Missouri. As a tenured worker in foster care and an adoptive mother herself, she offers...

Help End Abuse

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Together we can spread awareness while promoting safety, stability, and well-being for all children across Missouri. In 2020, more than 56,000 cases of child abuse and neglect were reported across the state. These reports...