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Seattle CARES awarded City of Seattle grant to support learning and healing
Seattle CARES Mentoring Movement received $180,000 recently from the City of Seattle’s Human Services Department to offer disadvantaged families additional services centered on learning, healing and fostering connections.
The Family Support Services program is a new outreach initiative started by the city in 2024. The program invests in community-based organizations skilled in building opportunities for connection and family support while celebrating culture and heritage. Programs must take place within the city limits and involve one or more adult caregivers, either expecting a child or with children up to the age of 24.
Seattle CARES is a respected regional leader in developing programs to serve this audience. The organization provides weekly Community Wellness Circles that provide a safe space for adults, primarily women, who may be struggling to be more effective parents while working on healing themselves. Voices for Change is a monthly webinar launched two years ago that features national experts on wellness and recovery, personal healing, life skills and other important topics.
In April, Seattle CARES will launch InSight, a quarterly presentation that offers tools and techniques which families can use to improve their lives. The first topic will be on building family resilience.
“We are pleased to have this support from the City of Seattle that will allow us to better serve families in our community,” said Don Cameron, Seattle CARES executive director. “The funds will help us enhance and expand our Community Wellness Circles and our virtual and in-person presentations so we can continue to improve lives and transform futures.”
Seattle CARES, founded in 2008, offers innovative programs that provide critical skills and positive support systems to help Black youth and their families succeed and flourish. Guided by the latest research on education, mentorship, race and opportunity, the organization’s results-oriented approach was created by some of the nation’s top educators, wellness professionals, counselors and advocates.
Voices For Change Speaker Series: March – April
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Hear From A Distinguished Subject Matter Expert: Dr. Kenika S. Holloway – Activating Wellness Within
- March 21, 6 – 7:30 pm
- March 28, 6 – 7:30 pm
- April 4, 6 – 7:30 pm
- April 11, 6 – 7:30 pm
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Dr. Kenika S. Holloway has been a licensed professional counselor for more than 15 years. As the owner of Activating Wellness Within, a private counseling practice, she meets with clients online to support them with a variety of issues. Dr. Holloway earned her bachelor’s degree at Florida A&M University and both her master’s and doctoral degree from Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. She specialized in marriage and family counseling.
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Building a Better City
Seattle CARES Mentoring Movement Partners with the Liberated Village
Thanks to our partnership with Seattle’s Liberated Village, we have expanded our group mentoring program to reach young men and women in grades 7-12.
Mentoring can propel Black youth and other youth of color to greater success in school and in life!
Led by CARES-trained mentors, our group mentoring program meet twice a month, and offer a safe space to talk, share experiences and learn from a supportive role model.
What is the Liberated Village?
Formerly known as Trauma Informed and Restorative Practices (TIRP), the Liberated Village is a community of 30 partners who are working together to implement innovative anti-racist trauma-informed and restorative practices across 55 schools in ten school districts.
By bringing students, families, teachers, school districts, community-based organizations, and local government together, the Liberated Village partners recognize that it takes a community to help children and youth succeed.