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Adolescents, Children, Families, Financial Aid, Grants, Helping Others, The Family Foundation, The Frost School
For most of my ‘professional’ life I worked with children, adolescents, and families in various settings –- Peace Corps, John F. Kennedy High School, The Psychiatric Institute, and The Frost School –- and in a variety teaching, counseling, and administrative positions.
Along with a group of five other colleagues, we established The Family Foundation, Inc. in 1975 that served as our umbrella organization for The Frost School and later The Frost Counseling Center. The Family Foundation still exists, with the purpose “to provide educational, counseling, and charitable support to individuals, families, and organizations in need.”
The Frost School was where I spent most of my working life. It was a day treatment program that combined academics, daily therapy, and family treatment for emotionally troubled children, adolescents, and their families. It continues to exist and now is part of The Sheppard Pratt Health Systems.
Although we, the founders of The Family Foundation and The Frost School, are now retired (or all will be when Carrie Trauth ‘finally’ retires in June), we still have one major remaining project underway.
And that’s where readers of MillersTime could be of help.
No. We are not going to ask you for money, but we would like you to help expand the reach of those who know about us. The Family Foundation is increasing our grant making activities, and we are anxious to spread the word about the availability of these new resources.
Here’s what you can do:
You can check out our recently established website — www.thefamilyfoundationinc.com — to see specifically what we offer (more than just grants) to others.
Let us know of individuals, projects, or programs that you know of, perhaps have been or are currently associated with, that you believe could use our assistance.
Let others know about the goals of The Family Foundation and what we have to offer.
Often, the best leads we get for helping others come through individuals we know or who know of the work we’ve done.
So please, spread the word, encourage others to look at the website, and, of course, drop us a line, now or in the future, alerting us to worthwhile programs and individuals that we might consider supporting.
For further info, go to: http://www.thefamilyfoundationinc.com/
Father Eliot Nitz said:
I’m Father Eliot. I have never been involved with Frost, but many of my community has, e.g. Father Glen, Brothers Sean and Roger, Peter, John (deceased), and the now long deceased Father Gilbert. And what impresses me is that these Religious Order men worked well with an assorted number of associates. They loved the school. Whenever I meet a family who might need your services( or what I would call “ministry”), I mention Frost. I hope the spirit hasn’t changed that much from those early years.
Justin Stoyer said:
As a former student, I had the pleasure of meeting Sean, Roger, Glenn, Carrie, and Rick. These people have taken the reigns to help families with many issues. I am more than willing to help in any way I can.
Bob T said:
I’ve forwarded the website to some folks I work with at NAMI-DC (national alliance for mental illness, DC Chapter). I can envision a number of ways we might be able to tap into some of your expertise or ideas.
One thing that has struck me recently in conversations with individuals suffering from mental illness, and/or with their families, is that there seems to be a REAL SCARCITY OF THERAPISTS. Folks are able to find psychiatrists and perhaps case managers through their insurance or core service agencies, but finding a therapist seems to be a problem. I’m not sure what I mean by therapist– does it need to be a professionally qualified therapist, or in some cases do they mainly need someone who will listen to them– I don’t know. And I don’t know if this is anything you can address.