Children's Friend & Service - Programs & Services

It's an exciting time for Children's Friend! Visit our Blog regularly to get all the latest updates from President and Chief Execuitive Officer, David Caprio; Administrator, Advancement, Julie Casimiro; and Administrator, Programs, Aimee Mitchell.


David Caprio	Julie Casimiro	Aimee Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer	Administrator, Advancement	Administrator, Programs/ Head Start Director

2010

July 26, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
If you happened to be at Roger Williams Park on Thursday, July 22, you would have seen quite a crowd gathered together.

July 19, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
Foster Parenting is more than helping a child...it provides hope for an entire family.

July 12, 2010 - David Caprio
Once again Bryant University and PricewaterhouseCoopers have included our kids in their Accounting Careers Leadership Institute.

July 06, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
For most of us, summer is a happy time, and probably always has been.

June 28, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
Children’s Friend is pleased to announce that the “Nurse Family Partnership” program will begin in Rhode Island on July 17.

June 21, 2010 - David Caprio
It has been a little over a week since the 176th Annual Meeting of Children’s Friend was held.

June 14, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
June is Children’s Awareness Month.

June 7, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
When violence rips through a community, everyone is effected ... our children, our families, our staff.

June 1, 2010 - David Caprio
For the second year in a row, Children’s Friend has been named a Best Place to Work by Providence Business News.

May 24, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
Looking Back: Celebrating 45 years of Head Start

May 17, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
Child abuse, in any form, is never acceptable.

May 10, 2010 - David Caprio
Last week, on Thursday, May 6th, Children’s Friend participated in Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.

May 03, 2010 - David Caprio
Thank you to all who helped to make the recent Walk For Children’s Friend sponsored by Panera Bread a huge success.

April 26, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
On Saturday, May 1st, hundreds of people will gather at Roger Williams Park Carousel for a great day in the park and for an even greater cause.

April 19, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
On April 12th, the team at Rhode Island KidsCount released the 2010 Fact Book to a room filled with over 500 people made up of policy makers, providers, legislative leaders, youth and families.

April 12, 2010 - David Caprio
April 11th through the 17th is the Week of the Young Child.

April 5, 2010 - David Caprio
Many in Rhode Island have been devastated recently by the incredible flooding which has blanketed the area.

March 29, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
Reading is Fundamental, a federally funded program with a local match required, helps Children's Friend provide 5,700 books to low-income children on an annual basis.

March 22, 2010 - David Caprio
Many of us have been following the recent news accounts of the death of a 2 year old boy in a neighboring state.

March 15, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
“Keeping children safe while helping families achieve a substance free life”.

March 8, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
When a crisis hits a family, sometimes it is unsafe for a child to remain in the home.

March 1, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
The “Project Approach” in education is rapidly gaining ground in schools across the nation.

February 22, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
Creating “centers of excellence” is critical to providing the best services for our children and their families.

February 15, 2010 - David Caprio
One of the national priorities of the Child Welfare League of America is to call on Congress and the President to convene a White House Conference on Children and Youth.

February 8, 2010 - Aimee Mitchell
Childhood obesity is of particular concern to all of us at Children’s Friend.

February 1, 2010 - Julie Casimiro
All of us consider community violence to be a serious matter...

January 19, 2010 - David Caprio
We enter 2010 energized to continue moving forward in our mission of promoting the well being and healthy development of our most vulnerable children.

2009

December 21, 2009 - David Caprio
The first academic semester at Children’s Friend wraps up this week.

December 14, 2009 - David Caprio
The Spirit of Giving Holiday Drive at Children’s Friend is in full swing.

December 07, 2009 - David Caprio
We recently received confirmation that our application for federal stimulus funds to expand Early Head Start services...

November 30, 2009 - David Caprio
We are currently putting the final touches on our 2010 budget. The budget will be presented to our Board this week.

November 23, 2009 - David Caprio
As our country prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving, it affords me the opportunity to reflect on the many things that Children’s Friend has to be thankful for.

November 16, 2009 - David Caprio
Last week, Children’s Friend was the proud recipient of a large furniture donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island.

November 9, 2009 - David Caprio
As we enter the last 2 months of 2009, our 175th anniversary year, much has changed at Children’s Friend in this anniversary year.

November 2, 2009 - David Caprio
This week marks the official beginning of the 2009 Spirit of Giving Holiday Drive at Children’s Friend.

October 26, 2009 - David Caprio
We are very thankful to the Rhode Island Foundation for its recent grant to help Children’s Friend

October 19, 2009 - David Caprio
Our lecture series, “The Privilege of Caring, A Community’s Response to Needy Children”, has begun.

October 13, 2009 - David Caprio
Thank you to the 200 attendees at the Investing in Our Children Luncheon on October 5th. What a great turnout and strong showing of support for the work of Children’s Friend.