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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

KVC

In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

My field placement is with Wellmore Behavioral Health in Waterbury, where I am an Intensive In-home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services clinician. My passion is to advocate for underserved and monolingual Latinx populations, undocumented individuals, and children involved in the mental health or foster care system.

LMSW 52
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What Effect Does the Environment Have on Your Health & How We Can Improve Community Health

KVC

By understanding the social determinants of health, policymakers and healthcare professionals can assess what’s needed most in a community and then take the proper measures to work toward a healthy population.