In April, Shannon Daily Stokes, Matthew Hile, and Jill Meyer presented a paper at the 17th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Atlanta, Georgia. The slides and audio are available on our public pages. read more ...

Scholastic Inc. recently gave an in-kind donation of books, valued at more than $2,000, to Circle of Hope, a project that supports families affected by methamphetamine abuse in Missouri.

The books will be distributed to families in the program to encourage parents to read to their children. Circle of Hope staff will visit clients with age-appropriate books and discuss with parents the importance of reading and how it nurtures family relationships.

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"A program offering services to families affected by methamphetamine abuse in southwest Missouri has recently been launched by a Chicago-based private non-profit human service organization. Circle of Hope with its newly named director Shannon Stokes will target nine counties in the southwest corner of the state with especially high numbers of children in care who have been affected by their families' meth drug abuse..." view a cached version or for the original read more ...