The Pinwheel Podcast: Hope for Florida's Families

Prevent Child Abuse Florida Executive Director Chris Lolley talks about Family Resource Centers with the following guests:

• Pebbles Edelman, M.Ed., Ed.S., LMHC, Senior Vice President of Clinical and Community Services for Partnership for Strong Families
• Stacy Merritt, Director of Resource Centers for Partnership for Strong Families 

This episode was recorded on December 9, 2021.

Prevent Child Abuse Florida Executive Director Chris Lolley talks with the following guests about Community Partnership Schools:

• Children’s Home Society (CHS) Regional Executive Director Jessica Davis
• Program Coordinator for the UCF Center for Community Schools Robert Palmer, M.Ed.
• Statewide Director of Community Partnership Schools with CHS Jarvis Wheeler, MPA, MSW
• Superintendent of Manatee County Schools Cynthia Saunders
• Chair of the Manatee Elementary Cabinet and Treasurer of Manatee Community Foundation Conrad Szymanski (Retired President of Bealls Department Stores and Bealls Outlet Stores)
• Community Partnership School Director at Manatee Elementary School through CHS Renita Houston 

This episode was recorded on November 16, 2021.

Special guests Jennifer Ohlsen, Vanessa Fischel, and Melba Zavala join Chris Lolley and talk about safe sleep environments for infants and how Healthy Families Florida staff including home visitors can help families. Jennifer Ohlsen is the Executive Director of Healthy Families Florida. Vanessa Fischel is the Program Manager of Healthy Families Hendry & Glades. Melba Zavala is the Supervisor of Healthy Families Hendry & Glades. To learn more about Healthy Families Florida, visit healthyfamiliesfla.org.

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Vanessa: [email protected]
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This episode is the second in a series of interviews in recognition of October as Safe Sleep Awareness Month.

Special guests Retired Major Connie Shingledecker and Rebecca Albert  join Chris Lolley and talk about the ABCs of Safe Sleep for babies. This episode is the first in a series of interviews in recognition of October as Safe Sleep Awareness Month. Ret. Maj. Shingledecker is a member of Florida’s Child Abuse Death Review Team. Rebecca Albert is the Strategic Initiatives Manager for the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County. 

Special guests Suzan Gage and Lindsay Holmes join Chris Lolley and talk about their work at the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida. Learn more about their organization here: www.elcnwf.org

Special guest Bart Klika, Chief Research Officer for Prevent Child Abuse America, joins Chris Lolley to talk about prevention policy and upcoming opportunities.

Chris and Nydia talk to Yaridis Garcia, Community Planning Manager for the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County, about the Juvenile Welfare Board's Neighborhood Family Centers and 2021 Child Abuse Prevention Conference.

Join us as we kick of the Pinwheels for Prevention campaign in observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month in Florida. 

Chris and Nydia talk about the upcoming Pinwheels for Prevention campaign in observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month. We discuss strategies for a successful campaign and meet guests who participate in the campaign in a variety of ways. To see the slides used in the original webinar or learn more about the campaign, visit https://www.ounce.org/CAP_toolkit.html. 

Chris and Nydia talk about the upcoming Pinwheels for Prevention campaign in observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month. We discuss strategies for a successful campaign and meet guests who participate in the campaign in a variety of ways. To see the slides used in the original webinar or learn more about the campaign, visit https://www.ounce.org/CAP_toolkit.html.