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The Baby Fold in Normal has served McLean County for over a century, and now, it’ll do so from an additional location in Bloomington called the Center of Excellence. The nonprofit will use the space at 1701 W. Market St. to host training surrounding trauma-informed care.
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One of the area's largest Christmas-themed fundraisers is marking 30 years. The Baby Fold is hosting its annual Festival of Trees through Saturday at the Interstate Center in Bloomington.
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Major projects include creating a universal screening tool for mental health in schools across districts, introducing an additional youth psychiatrist in the community, and starting at-home care visits.
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While McLean County nonprofits have struggled, they don’t seem to be seeing the critical decreases in funding and workforce volatility that is crippling nonprofits elsewhere.
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The Baby Fold — a nonprofit and community partner to Fairview Elementary School — is using a McLean County Health Department grant for regulating student behavior.
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The Baby Fold's pilot doula initiative is the first of its kind in Illinois. Doulas assist with new parents' birth plan and have expertise in mood disorders related to pregnancy and birth.
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The Baby Fold board has named a new CEO, Clete Winkelmann, to replace Dianne Schultz, who is retiring.
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The president of the Normal firefighters union says they will find a new beneficiary for proceeds from their gun raffle, after The Baby Fold raised concerns and distanced itself from the annual fundraiser.
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The new principal at Hammitt Elementary in Normal says she never planned to get into education, until she realized schools needed more teachers of color. Latasha Schraeder says she came to realize that when she started law school to become an attorney.
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Social service agencies have had to integrate more technology into their outreach amid COVID. Some of those changes could stick, even after the pandemic…