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Know and Grow For a Better Oklahoma
By AJ Griffin, EdD, Potts Family Foundation CEO Welcome to Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities. This is an exciting project of the Potts Family Foundation (PFF) in partnership with the state, particularly the Oklahoma State...
Potts Family Foundation to Award $4.5 Million to Support Family Resource Centers
As part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation will soon award grants to communities across the state. The grants will be used to create sustainable Family Resource...
Stay Tuned for the Results: Potts Family Foundation Supports 15 Oklahoma Communities in Discovering How their Children and Families are Doing After the Pandemic
Back in August, as part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation awarded contracts to 15 communities to survey diverse groups of citizens - including families, extended...
‘Raising Resilience in Oklahoma’ Day-Long Event Held in Ardmore
by Linda Manaugh, MEd, Chief Programs Officer Potts Family Foundation "The key to effectively preventing child maltreatment is to tackle the root cause of the maltreatment and focus on primary prevention measures," said LaChez English, CBCAP Grant Coordinator for the...
Taking Care of Oklahoma Children is Not Political: Let’s Work Together
By AJ Griffin, EdD, Potts Family Foundation CEO Americans across the political spectrum recognize and agree that a safe and nurturing environment is crucial for children’s growth and development. Based on my experience in Oklahoma, despite a growing political divide,...
What is Early Relational Health and Why Is It So Important?
Think of Early Relational Health as the foundation formed in infancy and childhood that helps people weather adversity throughout the rest of their lives. The nonprofit organization Nurture Connection offers this definition: Early Relational Health is the state of...
Building Strong Foundations for Children After the Pandemic
In order for children to grow up with self-awareness, empathy, insight and the ability to regulate themselves emotionally and physically, they must, in their earliest years (0-5) be able to count on a stable, nurturing foundation. Early Relational Health is a term we...