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Columbus
Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home
Reality House
Weracoba Second Chance
Children's Tree House
Chattahoochee CASA
T.R.U.S.T.
Community Counseling
LaGrange
Bradfield Center
Connections
Coleman Community Center in LaGrange
Adult Parenting
Children's Advocacy of Troup County
Comprehensive Awareness Program
Community Counseling
Parents As Teachers
Troup County Prevention Coalition
Magnolias Campus in LaGrange
Annette Boyd Group Home
Georgia Farm Bureau 2nd Chance
Moore Therapeutic Foster Care
Macon
Georgia Industrial Children's Home,
A Campus of TCYFS
Meriwether County
Youth Leadership & Services Program
Mountville
Camp Viola
Other Programs
Challenge Ropes Course
Corporate/ Community Programs
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Leading The Way
Our TCYFS
Board of Directors
Kenneth Gordon
President Frank "Chunk" Newman
Vice President
Arthur Bickerstaff
Secretary Cathy Smith
Treasurer
Patrick Crews
Past President Markette Baker
Greg Brown
Rep. Debbie Buckner
Bobby Doerr
Jerry Fulks
Linda McMullen
Barbara Miller
George Moore
Cheryl Myers
Alice Owens
Stacey Poydasheff
W.B. "Bill" Shedd
Cindy Sparks
Bill Stump
Greg Tapley
Al Zachry |
Our TCYFS Foundation Board of Directors
Roy Spinks
President Arthur B. Edge, III
Vice President
Gene Kemp
Secretary/Treasurer Jerry Fulks
Liaison to the
TCYFS Board of Directors
Nancy Durand
Clifton Fay
Susan Prather |
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DID YOU KNOW ?
On an annual basis our Food Services Team at Twin Cedars
prepares and serves
approximately 164,250 meals
and 109,500 snacks to our residents.
Lashondra, TCYFS Food Services team member, works at the Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home in Columbus, GA.
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Welcome to our
NEW TCYFS Team Members
 | Lindsay Isbell
Clinical Therapist
LaGrange |
 | Davida Heard
Group Leader III
Hudson Cottage
LaGrange |
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Chris Ross
Clinical Therapist
LaGrange, GA |
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Susan Carmichael
Food Service Coordinator
TCYFS
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James Finley
Technical Support Specialist
TCYFS |
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Recently At The ROPES  | | Leadership Phenix City |
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LaGrange Public Safety
Retreat
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TCYFS Staff Promotions
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Melodie Edmondson
Melodie Edmondson who has been fulfilling her duties as an HSP at the Bradfield Campus of TCYS has agreed to become the Community Residential Coordinator of the ABGH. Melodie comes with significant experience both in social work and program management. We are very fortunate to have her joining the Community Services Department. |
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Tunya Brown, the Community Residential Coordinator at the Annette Boyd Group Home, for the past 6 years is leaving for active duty in the Alabama National Guard. Tunya will be greatly missed; we wish her both success and safe passage as she embarks on what should be an exciting and adventurous period of her life.
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Dear Friends,
In January of 2010, Twin Cedars' Leadership Team decided to accomplish a job satisfaction survey of Agency employees. Tom Slater, TCYFS Director of Administrative Services and Human Resources conducted the survey and has provided a thorough report. The results were posted for all employees to review. We would like to share the overwhelming results. Of 12 factors that were rated, nearly 73% of all employees were extremely satisfied with their jobs. This is an overwhelming percentage given that this is the first survey of this kind for our organization. While the typical response rate for a survey is 30% or less, our company participation rate was 42%. Based on the overall rating of 12 factors there is little doubt that the vast majority of our workforce is highly satisfied across the spectrum of 12 rated areas and hold TCYFS in high regard.
"Working part time for CASA/Twin Cedars has been a wonderful experience for me. Not only is the work rewarding on a personal level, but I also can say I genuinely like working with the TCYFS staff. I also am happy that the CASA program hired from within its own volunteer pool, which means I am now working for the very place I use to volunteer my free time. How lucky for me. Great partnership all around."
~ Alaina Barnett
Chattahoochee CASA
Part Time Volunteer Supervisor
7 months of Service
"I have enjoyed working with the Maintenance Team at Twin Cedars. It has been a great opportunity to use my skill set to indirectly help children in need."
~Eric Scott
TCYFS Maintenance Team
3 Years of Service
'It is very satisfying to know we have been good stewards of the funds entrusted to us for the care of our children. Our goal is to maximize the usage of the funds directly for their care. In doing so, we can make a positive contribution to thier lives."
~J. David Overby Chief Financial Officer
7 Years of Service |
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Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home
Hosts Fall Harvest Festival
 | | Auxiliary Members Brenda Williams and Kappa Robinson enjoy the Harvest Festival. |
On October 27th, the Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home Auxiliary held their Annual Fall Harvest Festival. The event was held at the Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home. Girls living at the home enjoyed a variety of games as well as, a chili dog lunch. Thank you to Cynthia Hill, long time Auxiliary Member for making this event possible!
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James Menzie
"Distinguished Service to Children"
On September 28, James Menzie, longtime volunteer at the Georgia Industrial Children's Home in Macon, Georgia, was awarded with the "Distinguished Service to Children" Award. This award is given annually by the Kiwanis Club of Macon. Mr. Menzie also received a $500 check from the Kiwanians which he donated back to GICH.
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Twin Cedars Welcomes New Admissions Director
 Ada S. CornwellTwin Cedars Youth & Family Services, Inc. is proud to announce that a new Admissions Director has been hired. Ada S. Cornwell has a Master's of Social Work and a Master's of Public Administration both from the University of Georgia. She brings with her over 10 years experience in residential child care with Ga. Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries, Inc.
Ada began as Group Leader - worked with pre-adolescent and adolescent girls, and adolescent boys; worked as Family Counselor/Social Worker; Program Coordinator for Fayette Group Homes; Program Coordinator for Central Intake; and Director of Ministries for the Palmetto Campus.
Ada grew up in Columbus, Georgia, and graduated from Shaw High School. She earned her undergraduate degree from Columbus State University. Ada currently lives in Newnan, Georgia, with husband Eric, and two sons, Grayson and Will. She is an active member of First Baptist Church in Newnan and is involved with the Brooks Elementary PTSO.
Ada can be reached at the Magnolias Campus of Twin Cedars in LaGrange, Georgia, at 706.298.2148 extension 106.
For more Admissions information please
CLICK HERE
to visit Twin Cedars' Admissions page on the website.
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Mandy Hill
Earns new Prevention Certification
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Mandy Hill, longtime Twin Cedars employee and Prevention Coordinator has recently earned a new designation as an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist or ICPS through the Prevention Credentialing Consortium of Georgia, Inc. The Prevention Credentialing Consortium of Georgia, Inc. (PCCG) works to advance prevention as a viable and effective professional discipline to benefit Georgia communities. It is the mission of PCCG to establish and promote the credentialing standards of excellence in the field of prevention. The purpose of the certification in prevention is to:
·Establish and recognize basic standards for professional competence in the prevention field and,
·Establish and confirm the credibility of the prevention profession with consumers, employers and funders.
Certification as a Preventionist is based on experience and competencies as set by the International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC) as established through an oral and written exam.
Mandy currently oversees the following programs at Twin Cedars Youth & Family Services, Inc.
* Adult Parenting
*Cirlce of Care
*Comprehensive Awareness Program
*Meriwether Youth Leadership and Service Program
*Parents As Teachers
*Troup County Prevention Coalition
Hill is also a member of the PCCG Board of Directors.
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CAP Program Nominated
for
2010-2011 Service to Science Initiative
The Comprehensive Awareness Program (CAP) is a prevention program that targets at-risk first-time juvenile offenders and their families. This program aims to reduce the recidivism rates of first-time offenders and to decrease Alcohol, Tobacco and other drug use by youth that have already experimented with ATOD. CAP is also aimed at increasing participants' level of awareness to societal consequences resulting from persistent/continuous negative behavior. Another component of CAP is to assist the parent or legal guardians of high-risk youth in developing and improving parenting skills.
Because of the continued success of reducing recidivism and increasing parental knowledge, CAP has been nominated by the State Office of Prevention for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and the Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) 2010-11 Service to Science initiative.
For more information about Twin Cedars' Comprehensive awareness program CLICK HERE
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Chattahoochee CASA's 2010 Annual Report
is now available on our website
for "A Year in Review"
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What is this?
Mike Angstadt, Executive Director of TCYFS, along with Dr. Page Walley of Casey Family Programs, were invited to make presentations about efforts to promote and address permanency for children in foster care at Ulyanovsk University. Both presentations were well received and have been made available in this International Journal. An English translation should be available next month. |
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