Recent Blogs Posts

If there has been a busier year, I am not sure I recall when it would have been. Since accepting a job as a program coordinator at a University and juggling the day-to-day responsibilities of NDEC-TAC, it seems that time is hard to find. I am encouraged by the interest some have taken in helping the National Drug Endangered Children Training and Advocacy Center give a voice to children who do not have one. I am discouraged to hear other groups seeing addiction as an adult-recovery only issue. Believing ...

Attached Thumbnails

 

As a mother of three I have to make decisions every day not only based in my recovery, but also about my children and 'their recovery'. We are a family and therefore in this together. I have become involved in many groups and activities since being clean, from advocating for convicted felons to building my own business. Life is demanding and absolutely fun!! When choosing what to get involved in I must always stop and check the impact on my family life and time with my children. "Will this ...

I began my career as an early childhood development major working part-time in a lab environment at a University. Although I enjoyed this job, I needed an additional part-time job which led me to a part-time job working in jails and prisons as a urine drug screen collector and as an interviewer. It was during this time I learned to listen to criminals. Inmates newly arrested or serving time for a variety of offenses ranging from DUI related manslaughter, and murder to petty theft ...

In Kentucky, Legislators are asked to consider legislation that will prevent children under the age of ten from being charged with crimes--including beyond parental control. I am pleased to see this legislation, and I ask these policy makers to consider one additional step. Children under the age of ten are at the mercy of their home environment and their parents. Children learn all things either by observation or by more deliberate criminal behavior training. Young children may be taught how to ...

Have you ever stopped to think about the experience of someone living under the control of another? A woman beaten by her husband, but choosing not to leave because of finances, pride, and shame. A child living in a home littered with drug paraphernalia, visited frequently by members of that community’s underbelly. Wondering if this is what life is and surrendering hope before it’s time.

When you look at those employed in positions to help people, do you think of protection ...