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Welcome
The mission of the Caring Council is to link services and resources to enhance the opportunities for children and families to achieve their highest potential. The Caring Council is dedicated to strengthening families, schools, and communities, and to promoting coordination and cooperation between social service providers, churches, the business community, and the educational system, in order to empower families and individuals to become more self-reliant, responsible, and resourceful.
The Dunklin/Stoddard Caring Council is one of twenty community partnerships 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/.
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
Our Team
Venna Oldsen
Executive Director
Kristi Smith
Housing Resource
Coordinator
Cheryl Bruce
Program Director
Courtney Rushing
Housing Resource
Coordinator
Sara Dye
Program Assistant
Coordinator
Leticia Jarred
Workforce Readiness Coordinator
Melanie Ray
Family Outreach
Director
Christina Nixon
Family Health
Coordinator
Kelendria Johnson
Community Outreach
Educator
Breanca Jefferson
Parent Education
Coordinator
Michelle Caldwell
Family Outreach
Educator
Lori Lloyd
Family Outreach
Educator
Mary Hill
Family 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