On Friday, September 24, afternoon 9 Charles County kids graduated from the Wholesome Households Southern Maryland program at an awards ceremony at Gilbert Run Park in Charlotte Corridor the place visitor speaker Maryland State Senator Arthur Ellis, 28thLegislative District, introduced a Maryland Senate Quotation to the group for its program helping households in each Charles and Saint Mary’s counties.
Jennifer Fiechtner, program supervisor for the nationally accredited program, stated that they at present have 48 households in Charles and St. Mary’s counties enrolled of their program that gives cost-free assist to space households from being pregnant from age three to 5 when the kids enter pre-school or Head Begin packages.
Senator Ellis stated the quotation famous the “immeasurable work your group has executed to guide the event of Charles County’s kids and households. Since 1999, Wholesome Households Charles County has offered cost-free packages aimed to empower our group.”
The graduates had been supplied with certificates and a backpack for college, together with a catered supper and dessert.
Fiechtner stated their program is funded by the Maryland Division of Schooling and St. Mary’s Well being Division. She added that the group supplies households with residence visits to show them about baby improvement, connections to group assets for housing and employment assist, training alternatives, and sensible gadgets corresponding to diapers.
Fiechtner famous that their program “…companions with the Maryland Diaper Financial institution to distribute over 2000 diapers a month to our individuals, and we run a small donation closet with garments, toys, books, and different child gadgets for our households.”
Wholesome Households Southern Maryland usually has a employees of seven, though it’s at present in search of to fill two vacant Household Assist Specialists positions.
Fiechtner added, “We usually have a commencement yearly, however we weren’t in a position to have on in 2020 as a result of pandemic. This commencement celebrated all households who accomplished our program since June 2019.
“We had 9 kids graduating this 12 months from eight households (one set of twins)….All graduating households had been from Charles County.”
Wholesome Households Southern Maryland was began at Heart for Youngsters in 1999, serving Charles County, and increasing to St. Mary’s County in 2014.
