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The Duke Endowment Commits $15 Million to Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts in Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina

October 10, 2024

The Duke Endowment announces that it will provide $15 million in grant support to help meet immediate relief needs following Hurricane Helene, including initial grants to the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina’s Emergency and Disaster Response Fund and the Central Carolina Community Foundation’s One SC Fund.

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Get the latest from the Endowment and read more about the impact of the work being done by our grantees and individuals in the field

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How Implementation Science Can Help Improve Child Welfare Systems

What is implementation science, and how can it help advance child welfare improvements? Allison Metz of UNC Chapel Hill explains.

October 3, 2023

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Strengthening Families Program Celebrates Children and Caregivers Growing Together

The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is an evidence-based, family-strengthening prevention program, but simply put, it is a special — and often life-changing — opportunity for families to grow together.

June 2, 2023 | Children's Trust of South Carolina

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Empowering Youth Voice to Enhance Positive Child Welfare Outcomes

One young woman's journey from foster care to adulthood shows the importance of incorporating youth feedback into child welfare programming.

May 31, 2023

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Faith & Food: Come To The Table In Action

Come to the Table’s mission is to empower faith communities to participate in the creation of a just food system through collaboration, capacity building, and advocacy.

May 16, 2023

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Video: Encouraging Parents to Feel Safe Asking for Help

The Duke Endowment supports public and private child- and family-serving agencies that provide proven programs to prevent or treat child maltreatment.

April 17, 2023

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A Welcome Change in S.C. Foster Care Policy

South Carolina wins praise for new policy offering foster care services until age 21.

December 6, 2022 | Phillip H. Redmond Jr.

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Video: The Importance of Kinship Care (Part I)

Kinship care is what happens when parents can't or won't meet their children's basic needs and grandparents, aunts, cousins or other adults close to the children assume responsibility.

September 7, 2022

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Video: The Importance of Kinship Care (Part II)

Kinship care is what happens when parents can't or won't meet their children's basic needs and grandparents, aunts, cousins or other adults close to the children assume responsibility.

September 6, 2022

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Video: The Importance of Kinship Care (Part III)

Kinship care is what happens when parents can't or won't meet their children's basic needs and grandparents, aunts, cousins or other adults close to the children assume responsibility.

September 6, 2022

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Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina Receives $1.2 Million Grant to Improve Community Health

A three-year, $1.2 million grant from The Duke Endowment will help the Alliance for a Healthier SC develop a sustainable statewide infrastructure to help hospitals and community partners impact complex health and social issues more effectively.

August 11, 2022 | News 19 WLTX

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S.C. Children's Trust Launches Video Series Promoting the Positive Parenting Program

Children's Trust has launched the first interview in a new series highlighting practitioners in South Carolina who deliver the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P).

June 2, 2022 | S.C. Children's Trust

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Making a Difference for Latino Families

Margarita Franco is a small woman with kind brown eyes and a soft voice. But people use heavy words to describe her.

February 2, 2022 | Lin B. Hollowell III