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New Building and New Location By Melissa Palfrey From October of 2019 to September of 2020, Family Advocates received 393 calls for...
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Melissa Palfrey
May 25, 20222 min read
A Call to Youth Educators
By: Matt Larson, Family Advocates' Youth Services Director Family Advocates sees a need to expand our reach. Our practice of in-school,...
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Melissa Palfrey
Oct 25, 20211 min read
What is Advocacy?
By: Mikayla Onken, Outreach Services Advocate "Hi, My name is Mikayla and I am the services advocate here at Family Advocates. I work in...
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Melissa Palfrey
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Cosby Decision
By: Darlene Masters, Executive Director at Family Advocates Bill Cosby is not an innocent man. He was convicted of sexual assault. A mere...
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Melissa Palfrey
Jun 25, 20212 min read
Local Issues of Teen Dating Violence
By: Kendra Kaul, Sexual Assault Outreach Advocate I am Kendra Kaul, a sexual assault outreach advocate. The majority of my work focuses...
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Melissa Palfrey
Jun 8, 20211 min read
Support Group
Tristyn Newman, Iowa County Services Coordinator After a long year of social distancing and safety measures, Iowa County Family Advocates...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 29, 20212 min read
Trauma Dynamics
Hi Paula here, please look for all of our posts on Family Advocates' Facebook page. I was asked to share with you one thing that stands...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 22, 20212 min read
Child Abuse Prevention
Hi! Welcome back to my second video of the week. My name is Kira and I’m the youth services advocate for Family Advocates. In this video...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Staff Spotlight - Kira Snyder
My name is Kira, and I am the Youth Services Advocate for Family Advocates. First, I’d like to tell you a little bit about how I got to...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 15, 20211 min read
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
A few statistics that stood out to me were that 1 in 3 females and 1 in 4 males had experienced sexual violence within their lifetime....
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 13, 20211 min read
Staff Spotlight - Kendra Kaul
I am Kendra Kaul, the Sexual Assault Outreach Advocate for Family Advocates. I mainly work with survivors and victims of sexual violence.
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention
Hi! If you missed my video from earlier this week, my name is Matt Larson. April is child abuse awareness month. In the reporting of...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Staff Spotlight - Child Abuse Awareness Month
Hi, I’m Matt Larson, the youth services Director at Family Advocates. I have been at Family Advocates coming up on three years. I’d like...
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Melissa Palfrey
Aug 24, 20202 min read
Infinite Present
The phrase that seems to entirely encompass this is infinite present. We have no definite future plans, no anticipation of future events
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Melissa Palfrey
May 7, 20203 min read
Today is a Hard Day; Make the choice to find the good.
But, it is my belief that normal will look different. What do you want to be your new normal?
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Isolated with an Abuser?
Being isolated with an abuser can and usually will increase abusive incidents and level of force. Here are a few ideas to remain safe.
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Parenting During Challenging Times
Remember, we always act as a beacon for our children. We are examples of how to function in a community; and here we are, at this pivotal...
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Being Resilient in Difficult Times
We access our resilient core daily in ways great and small such as when we lose our keys or cell phone or when our alarm doesn’t go off....
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Melissa Palfrey
Apr 10, 20203 min read
Teen Support - During COVID-19
the national crisis has sparked a lot of challenging emotions for teens: anxiety, worry, fear, and depression.
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Melissa Palfrey
Mar 25, 20202 min read
I am Jane Doe
Over several years, several sex trafficking victims who were sold via this site waged in a legal battle
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