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Our Year in Review
At Nurture the Next, our values are incredibly important to us.
They’re not just words.
They guide how we operate in the communities we serve, and they represent the future we’re determined to build.
The Fear of the Unknown: Anxiety and the Upcoming School Year
Within the next couple of weeks, young Tennesseans will start heading back to school. Unfortunately, after a chaotic 18 months for students dealing with a disjointed education, there remains a great deal of uncertainty at the start of the school year.
We have a confession to make: We miss you … a lot.
While our team has not missed a beat over the last year—transitioning to virtual home visits overnight to continue supporting parents—we have certainly missed being physically with you. The power of personal interaction is why our evidence-based home visiting program is so effective. That’s why we are proud to announce that we are transitioning back to in-person home visiting.
Join us in Lifting Parents this April!
In recognizing the unprecedented challenges parents are now facing, Nurture the Next is launching a Child Abuse Prevention Month campaign with a simple message: Lift a Parent, Raise a Child. We are calling on all community members to join us in #RaisingTogether this April.
Is childhood poverty something that can actually be solved? Yes, and here’s how.
Due to no fault of their own, simply based on the family they were born into, 20 percent of Tennessee’s children are facing an uphill battle with every facet of life—from education to health outcomes to lifelong earning prospects. The issue of childhood poverty is complex, but we know the types of public investments that can solve it,
Addressing our greatest social ills starts with giving every child the opportunity for a healthy, productive life.
Tennessee taxpayers spend well over $1 billion a year on incarceration costs and close to another half-billion on programs to address mental health and substance abuse issues across our state.
This is equal parts an economic issue and a social justice issue. And it’s completely within our power to fix. In fact, most of our chronic social challenges can be addressed by giving children healthy, nurturing childhoods. Here’s why:
Help for domestic violence victims in Tennessee will soon be just a text message away.
But picking up a phone to dial for help in a home that’s unsafe, and where your actions are likely closely monitored, can be a real challenge. That’s why we’ve recently implemented a new texting feature for our helpline. This gives choice to victims, so they can access help in a way that works best for them.
