Heritage Children Services Somerset

10/10/2026

10/08/2026

10/08/2026

Big news: Valvoline Instant Oil Change is now Foster Friendly! 🎉

Foster and kinship families can now receive 15% off services at participating Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations nationwide.

Every business that steps up matters!

We’re so grateful to Valvoline Instant Oil Change for choosing to support foster and kinship families in a practical, meaningful way.

Find this offer and other Foster Friendly businesses in the Foster Friendly App. ❤️

10/08/2026

📚 New Foster Friendly Business!

T is for Tot is supporting foster families with 20% off individual T is for Tot kits! These thoughtfully designed kits make it easier to bring engaging, hands-on learning into your home.

Use code FOSTERFRIENDLY20 at checkout to receive 20% off.

Please note: This offer is valid on one-time individual kit purchases only and excludes subscriptions.

Thank you, T is for Tot, for supporting foster families through this meaningful offer! 💙

Learn more: https://www.tisfortot.com/

09/26/2026

Our office would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mr. Don Pratt for his generous donation of suitcases to our Somerset office!

Suitcases are such an important part of what we do. Many of the children we serve enter or leave care with their belongings in trash bags or whatever they have available. Having a suitcase gives them a more personal and dignified way to carry the things that belong to them.

We truly appreciate Mr. Pratt thinking of our kids and helping us make these transitions a little more personal. Thank you for supporting our mission and the children we serve!

09/17/2026

Someone needs to hear this today. ❤️ What if the most powerful su***de prevention tool isn't technology, but human connection?
That's the message CEO Dr. Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C, shared in a Forbes Health feature on su***de prevention. Suicide’s impact reaches is devastating. “Families are left with profound grief, guilt and often silence,” he says. “Communities lose leaders, caregivers and loved ones.” While AI can help connect people with information and crisis resources, it can never replace the empathy, compassion, and clinical judgment of trained mental health professionals.
Read the full article: https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/su***de-prevention-strategies/

09/17/2026

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09/17/2026

Does anyone else's head get kinda busy?

Especially when it comes to the vital and important work of raising young people!?

The stakes are high... so we worry, we overthink, we replay, we admonish and tie ourselves in knots.

We can only do the best we can. That is a fact. And yet...

This is what makes Hand In Hand's Tool of "Listening Partnerships" so uniquely special and transformative,

In a Listening Partnership, you and another adult exchange an agreed-upon amount of time to Listen and be Listened to without interruption/judgement/referring back. You are totally free to let loose and the other person just holds how good and wise you are, Listening with empathy and attention.

It allows you to get out any gunk in a safe space and frees up your mind for clear-thinking and problem-solving.

We highly recommend it.

Want more info and/or how to get started?

⬇️ Comment "LP guide" and we will send you what you need to know.

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