KidsPeace Named 2024 Culture Innovator for Employee Recognition Efforts kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace Named 2024 Culture Innovator for Employee Recognition Efforts

KidsPeace has been named a 2024 Culture Innovator by an employee recognition software provider, for its creative use of the…

Bob MartinDecember 10, 2024

Healing Magazine Marks KidsPeace Foster Care’s 45th Anniversary kpnewsPress Release

Healing Magazine Marks KidsPeace Foster Care’s 45th Anniversary

In 1979 KidsPeace (then known as Wiley House) was first licensed to provide foster care services in Bethlehem, PA. Over…

Bob MartinDecember 4, 2024

Gutman Named to KidsPeace Board of Directors kpnews

Gutman Named to KidsPeace Board of Directors

KidsPeace announced that Alisa R. Gutman, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the organization’s National Board of Directors. Dr. Gutman currently serves…

Bob MartinNovember 25, 2024

An Open Letter to the KidsPeace Community kpnews

An Open Letter to the KidsPeace Community

Friends: We at KidsPeace join all Americans in mourning the loss of life in last week’s school shooting tragedy in…

Michael SlackSeptember 10, 2024

Business Publication Recognizes KidsPeace President/CEO as Industry Leader kpnews

Business Publication Recognizes KidsPeace President/CEO as Industry Leader

KidsPeace President and CEO Michael W. Slack is among thirty area leaders named to Lehigh Valley Business’s “Power List for…

Bob MartinAugust 26, 2024

Michael B. Kent, Jr., Named to KidsPeace Foundation Board of Trustees kpnewsPress Release

Michael B. Kent, Jr., Named to KidsPeace Foundation Board of Trustees

The KidsPeace Foundation announced that Michael B. Kent, Jr., has joined its Board of Trustees. Mr. Kent is a professor…

Bob MartinAugust 6, 2024

Talking Too Much About Kids Mental Health? kpnews

Talking Too Much About Kids Mental Health?

Talking Too Much About Kids’ Mental Health? No, Says KidsPeace CEO  Recent strides in breaking down the stigma around mental…

Bob MartinJune 20, 2024

Keystone Family Alliance Mentor program kpnews

Keystone Family Alliance Mentor program

Mentoring as a calling For Sarah Whiteford, the impetus to find ways to help in kids in crisis is a…

Bob MartinJune 20, 2024

Young People Discuss Mental Health in Latest Healing Magazine kpnewsPress Release

Young People Discuss Mental Health in Latest Healing Magazine

The latest issue of KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine gives a platform to views on the mental health of America’s youth from…

Bob MartinJune 6, 2024

Communications and Creative Services Wins National Recognition kpnewsPress Release

Communications and Creative Services Wins National Recognition

KidsPeace’s Communications/Creative Services group have won top honors in two national marketing and advertising competitions for 2023. The pieces received…

Bob MartinMay 14, 2024

KidsPeace Launches Spring Fundraiser kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace Launches Spring Fundraiser

KidsPeace has launched a spring fundraiser that pays tribute to the dedication of a longtime associate while seeking assistance for…

Bob MartinApril 30, 2024

KidsPeace 2023 Annual Report Published kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace 2023 Annual Report Published

For the past several years, KidsPeace and other mental healthcare providers have faced a dilemma that arose in the wake…

Bob MartinMarch 19, 2024

KidsPeace, Lehigh County Mark Anniversary of Partnership on Walk-In Assessments kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace, Lehigh County Mark Anniversary of Partnership on Walk-In Assessments

One year into their innovative partnership to make mental health assessments more available to families in need, KidsPeace and Lehigh…

Bob MartinMarch 7, 2024

KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine Examines Mental Health Workforce Shortage kpnews

KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine Examines Mental Health Workforce Shortage

Mental health providers are facing a number of serious challenges emerging in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but one…

Bob MartinDecember 1, 2023

Remembering former KidsPeace President/CEO John Peter kpnews

Remembering former KidsPeace President/CEO John Peter

The KidsPeace organization is saddened to report the passing of longtime President and Chief Executive Officer John Peter.  Mr. Peter…

Bob MartinOctober 30, 2023

kpnewsStories

Rob’s Story

“Fresh air, sunshine and the outdoors are always a positive recipe for improving your mood, your physical health and your…

Bob MartinSeptember 20, 2023

KidsPeace Foster Care in Bucks County Receives $7,500 Grant kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace Foster Care in Bucks County Receives $7,500 Grant

Justine Dawson (left), Program Manager at the KidsPeace Foster Care office in Chalfont, receives the Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grant…

Bob MartinAugust 17, 2023

KidsPeace to Launch Mentoring Program for Foster Youth in PA kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace to Launch Mentoring Program for Foster Youth in PA

KidsPeace has received a $7,250 grant to create a mentoring program for youth in foster care in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.…

Bob MartinJuly 26, 2023

2022 Community Health Needs Assessment kpnews

2022 Community Health Needs Assessment

Every three years, KidsPeace Hospital conducts a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), aimed at identifying strengths and needs of our…

Bob MartinJune 26, 2023

Healing Magazine Focuses on Mental Healthcare Barriers Facing Underserved Populations kpnews

Healing Magazine Focuses on Mental Healthcare Barriers Facing Underserved Populations

The need for mental and behavioral healthcare services in the U.S. has risen sharply as a result of the COVID-19…

Bob MartinJune 26, 2023

KidsPeace Names Muncy (PA) Resident 2023 National Foster Parent of the Year kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace Names Muncy (PA) Resident 2023 National Foster Parent of the Year

KidsPeace Foster Care and Community Programs (FCCP) has announced that Monique Shoemaker of Muncy, PA has been chosen as its…

Bob MartinMay 8, 2023

KidsPeace Launches Autism Focused Foster Care Program kpnewsPress Release

KidsPeace Launches Autism Focused Foster Care Program

According to a recent study, children with autism are more than twice as likely to enter foster care than those…

Bob MartinApril 10, 2023

Workforce woes: KidsPeace CEO guest column kpnews

Workforce woes: KidsPeace CEO guest column

Recently announced innovative and collaborative efforts among healthcare providers are important in meeting the increasing need for effective mental health…

Bob MartinMarch 2, 2023

KidsPeace Enriches Psychiatric Residency Training kpnews

KidsPeace Enriches Psychiatric Residency Training

By providing a range of services for mental and behavioral healthcare for children, KidsPeace is making a difference in the…

Bob MartinFebruary 21, 2023

Robert A. Oster Named to KidsPeace Foundation Board of Trustees kpnewsPress Release

Robert A. Oster Named to KidsPeace Foundation Board of Trustees

The KidsPeace Foundation announced that Robert A. Oster has been named to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Oster is a…

Bob MartinFebruary 21, 2023