Welcome
The Dunklin/Stoddard Caring Council is located at 311 Kennett Street in Kennett, Mo. The Community Partnership serves Dunklin and Stoddard Counties, which has a combined population of 61,492. The two counties cover an area of 1,364 square miles. Arbyrd, Campbell, Cardwell, Clarkton, Holcomb, Hornersville, Malden, and Senath are towns in Dunklin County, with Kennett being the County Seat. Bloomfield is the County Seat of Stoddard County, with other towns being Advance, Bell City, Bernie, Dexter, Dudley, Essex, and Puxico. Kennett is 100 miles north of Memphis, TN and 200 miles south of St. Louis.
The Dunklin/Stoddard Caring Council is one of twenty community parternships throughout Missouri supported by the Family and Community Trust. These partnerships form a unique network to focus on six core result areas: Parents Working, Children Safe, Children Ready to Enter School, Children & Families Healthy, Children & Youth Succeeding in School and Youth Ready to Enter the Workforce. For more information on Family and Community Trust, visit their website at http://mofact.org/.
Our Team
Six Core Results
Parents Working
Children Safe
Children Ready to Enter School
Children & Families Healthy
Children & Youth Succeeding in School
Youth Ready to Enter the Workforce
Venna Oldsen
Cheryl Bruce
Executive Director
Kristi Smith
SkillUp Case Manager
Community Program Coordinator
Christina Nixon
Healthy Communities Coordinator
Melanie Ray
Family Outreach Coordinator
Linda Tabor
Outreach Educator
Our Board
Bob Green, President - First Presbyterian Church
Mon T Grays, Vice President - Veteran Of Foreign Wars
Gwedolyn Johnson, Member - Business Owner
Marianne Dalton, Secretary/Treasurer - Kennett Trust Bank
Dorothy Adams, Member - CASA of Dunklin County
Denton Kooyman, Member - Mayor of Malden
Tommy Allgood, Member - FCC Behavioral Health, Retired