August 18, 2025 • 16 mins
Sunflower Children's Collective operates as an umbrella organization encompassing three vital agencies serving vulnerable children: Sunflower CASA, Stepping Stones Child Advocacy Center, and Sunflower Bridge Child Exchange and Visitation Center. CASA volunteers serve as court-appointed advocates for abused and neglected children, walking alongside them through their court cases to ensure their voices are heard and needs are met.
• CASA volunteers provide crucial advocacy for children in the court system due to abuse and neglect
• New two-Saturday training format launching in October to make volunteer training more accessible
• Recently acquired a dedicated vehicle (nicknamed "CARSA") for staff to visit children placed throughout Kansas
• Successfully navigating funding challenges after temporary loss of federal expansion grant
• Implementing innovative therapy program for children with problematic sexualized behaviors, with 98% success rate
• Currently seeking gas cards or fuel donations to support their outreach vehicle
• Planning to reapply for federal funding in 2026 to continue expansion into underserved counties
We would love to have support from the community for gas money. We've created a Give Butter link on our website and in our newsletters where you can donate to help fuel our outreach vehicle.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour as heardon NewsRadio KMAN.
We return with this.
What is today?
It is August 18th, the August18th edition of the GMCF
(00:22):
Community Hour here on NewsRadioKMAM, and our guests today are
from Sunflower Children'sCollective and that may still be
somewhat of a new term for alot of people, but we're going
to ask Carson to talk about thataddress that Our guest,
jennifer Anguano.
She is the CASA Director andExecutive Director.
Carson Kober, ladies, goodmorning, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good morning, Hi.
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Well, we have a lot of things to talk about here and
let's just address you know, Ithink that there's still a lot
of people trying to get used towhat the Sunflower Children's
Collective is, because a lot ofpeople are familiar with CASA
and the work that's done here.
But there's more to what you doat SCC.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Sure, yeah, there is.
So for about three years nowwe've been Sunflower Children's
Collective, which is an umbrellaagency that really encompasses
the three agencies of SunflowerCasa and Stepping Stones Child
Advocacy Center and SunflowerBridge Child Exchange and
Visitation Center.
So those all three existedbefore.
(01:30):
They were just under anothername, sunflower Casa Project Inc
.
And because we wanted todifferentiate each agency, we
gave it more of a general name.
So we've been around SunflowerChildren's Collective for a
while now and I think morepeople are knowing who we are
because we're right here onpoints downtown and people are
(01:52):
asking who you know people.
Who is that?
Who, who?
And luckily all three of ourlogos are on the front windows.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, that's a.
That's a good explanation ofeverything that is being done
there, and all of it's quiteuseful.
And they all tie in together,don't they?
Carson.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They do.
You know, acasa supports childvictims of abuse and neglect
going through the court systemin our 21st Judicial District
here and we serve Park County,so we serve a little bit of the
2nd Judicial District County, sowe serve a little bit of the
second judicial district.
The Child Advocacy Center iswhere we perform forensic
interviews of child victims ofsexual abuse.
(02:30):
That can come from alldifferent areas, but mainly
Riley County, manhattan, and ourChild Exchange and Visitation
Center is also kind of regionalpeople coming from different
places meeting here for observedvisitations and exchanges in a
(02:50):
very safe environment, all ofwhich for children.
That's what we do.
We're here to make sure thatchildren have a safe place and
the support and advocacy theyneed.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And Jennifer.
I know it's not an easy gig butyou rely on volunteers, but it
is extremely needed in thecommunity.
It's not just needed, but it issomething that is heartwarming.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Yes, absolutely so.
Casa services are all run byvolunteers.
We have staff that supervisesthe volunteers, but if we didn't
have volunteers we wouldn't beable to serve the children that
need a voice.
So we specifically servechildren who have open child and
native care cases in the courtsystem.
So that means they've come tothe court for reasons of abuse
(03:37):
and neglect for no fault oftheir own and then the judge
appoints.
So we are court appointeddirectly by the judge overseeing
the case and the judge appointsCASA to really walk with that
child through the life of theircase, walk beside them, be their
champion, ensure their voice isheard, help identify some of
(03:58):
their needs, maybe some of theirunmet needs and kind of all
facets that touch their life.
So education, mental health,their home life, just anything
their physical health, anythingoutside that we can help
identify and get servicesconnected to them to support
them, make them successful andultimately, if they're out of
(04:20):
home, return them back home,because that's where children
really should be.
If it's safe, it's a safeenvironment for them to be in.
Our kids really need to be athome with their families.
So it's a lot of work being aCASA volunteer.
There's a lot of emotional workinvolved and we talk a lot
about that through our trainingprocess and I always say it's
(04:41):
one of the hardest things I'veever done, but it's also I've
gotten the greatest reward outof this work, or I wouldn't have
been doing it and sustainingfor as long as I have.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
You have your fall training session coming up and I
understand that there's a newformat to this.
Can you divulge a little bitabout that?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, we're really excited to start our fall
training.
In the past we've run trainingsfor six to eight weeks,
three-hour sessions for six toeight weeks at a time, which is
a lot of time to ask people tocome and commit.
So we've decided to try a twoSaturday format this fall.
So we're going to train onOctober 18th and October 25th
(05:22):
from 9 to 3.30.
And we're going to try andsqueeze as much of our training
curriculum outside speakers,some case work, into those two
days and then we'll also giveour training class things to do
on their own and then, you know,meet back with us to ensure
that they're tracking whatthey're doing outside of those
(05:43):
two Saturdays.
But the goal is to ask lesstime of people, condense it a
little bit more in this two-dayformat so it doesn't feel like
they're giving and giving andgiving so much every week just
to get through the training whenthe work is.
Also, time can be timeconsuming and we want to
expedite that so we can getthose people trained, certified
(06:03):
and ready to go on cases.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I understand a new asset that you have with CASA is
a car.
I don't know if you call it aCARSA, but it may not be a nice
that's.
That's a good play on words, Iknow, but we don't, we should
though.
Yeah, there you go.
It's a CARSA.
I don't even need a royalty fee.
But but tell us what that is,how that came about, because I'm
(06:30):
sure that you know that's notcheap to have, but but what a
valuable asset to have,especially for I suppose you
know delicate situations withkids.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yes, so we have a dedicated person on staff who is
a victim advocate and her roleis to serve essentially as a
paid CASA for the youth that areplaced so far outside of our
area to ensure that they areactually getting an advocate and
their needs are being addressed.
So she serves children.
(07:01):
I mean she's gone as far asPratt and Atchison and Winfield.
She's currently serving kidsnow in Wichita, in Winfield,
(07:21):
winfield, in Hayesville and thatmight be it for right now.
But that's an extensive periodto travel just one way and our
kids should be seen weekly butstandard is twice a month.
So she was putting all of thosemiles on her own vehicle for a
very long time and going allover the state of Kansas.
So Carson worked reallydiligently to try and find some
(07:42):
sponsorships and some fundingsfor the vehicle that and I'm
going to let her talk about thatthat we finally secured and our
victim advocate has been ableto have since July of this year.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
So that could have been easy, Carson have since
July of this year, so that couldhave been easy, carson, yeah.
So we spent a good portion of acouple of years looking for
funding for this automobile andbecause we were reimbursing, you
know, on top of it being such aheavy burden for our staff
member to put all those miles onher car, we were reimbursing
her for mileage of about 20,000miles a year.
(08:16):
So through a very generoussupportive grant through Civic
Plus and CapFed and the socialservice advisory funds here in
Manhattan, we were able topurchase a Toyota Corolla for
her.
It gets great gas mileage.
It's even kind of cute to drivearound.
And, yeah, we finally have acar.
(08:38):
I've never had a car, so a car.
So you see weird to say becauseit's very close to my name and
that's true, and and, and.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
if anybody has any kind of you know reason for
conflict over because your name,you know, it's not to confuse,
it's just cute.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
It is.
It's super cute.
So, yeah, we have a car andit's been really wonderful so
far.
It gets really great gasmileage.
Like I said, it is somethingthat we would love to have.
Support from the community forgas money Would love to have
(09:17):
support from the community forgas money.
We're looking.
We've created a Give Butterlink on our website and in our
newsletters, everywhere that youcan find.
We're looking for fuel for thatcar.
It's the one thing we don'thave covered from grants, so, or
just gas cards from any gasstation around here in the
(09:38):
region would be great.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
You talked about grants and funding and obviously
one of the most challengingsituations that many nonprofits
have had is the loss of federalfunding.
A lot of that got cut off backlast spring and that had to have
been challenging fororganizations like CASA and your
others.
How has that impacted you andhow do you address that
shortfall?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
We had written a national CASA grant that was
federal dollars through the DOJand we got it in October of 2024
.
And that grant was specificallywritten for expansion of CASA
services.
So Carson mentioned that weserve the 21st Judicial District
, which is Riley and Clay County, and then we were serving the
(10:29):
second, pottawatomie County inthe second, but only
Pottawatomie County and thesecond also encompasses Jackson,
jefferson and Waubonsiecounties who had never had a
CASA program before and we knewthat there was a need there and
that there were children thatneeded an advocate just as much
as children needing an advocatein the areas we were already
(10:51):
serving.
So we wrote that expansiongrant.
We got it, we hired a staffmember specifically to do that
expansion work.
We got into Waubonsee, jacksonand Jefferson counties.
We met with the county attorneys, the judges, the communities.
We started serving children.
We specifically held volunteertrainings in those communities.
(11:13):
We now have volunteers in allof those communities that never
had that presence before.
We started serving children inWaubonsee County and then in
April, before we started servingchildren in Wilburn C County,
and then in April, reallyovernight, we found out that
those dollars were gone and wehad to really immediately try
and pivot to keep the staffmember that we had hired and
(11:38):
continue to serve thosecommunities and those children
that were in need.
And I'll let Carson speak tohow we were able to pivot that
funding.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah.
So most people that lose agrant for $75,000 end up losing
a staff member.
We were able to pivot becausewe had a little bit of funding
we could move around.
We were able to keep that staffmember, but not in the capacity
(12:07):
of which she was serving.
So that second judicialdistrict Jefferson, jackson,
waubonsee counties have beensort of placed on a back burner,
not forgotten but not servedlike they were, because she had
to take on a position and a rolemore in the Manhattan community
.
(12:28):
Um, we plan to.
So the good news is thatNational CASA appealed this
termination and won, and we justfound that out last week.
There's not enough time left inthe grant cycle for us to get
back onto that grant, but wewill apply for it again for 2026
(12:49):
.
So the hope is that we can justkind of do a do-over with such
a robust five-month start ofthat grant the first time around
.
That we will be way ahead ofthe will be ahead and we'll be
able to hire another person torestart that expansion process
(13:13):
which we've been trying to dofor 10 plus years.
So it's a really, really bigdeal that we got that grant,
that we were able to move theneedle and really to move the
needle as much as we did in thefirst five months was incredible
and a testament to the wholeCASA staff.
(13:34):
But yeah, so not all is lost,but definitely had to postpone
some of that expansion.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Well, it is nice to hear some encouraging words, and
you know not just the work thatyou do, but also the fact that
you do have some moreopportunities financially here.
So good stuff there.
What else is new with you guys?
What you got in the works?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So good stuff there.
What else is new with you guys?
What you got in the works?
Well, we've got some reallycool stuff happening with our
child advocacy center.
So typically when kids come infor forensic interviews maybe
alleged sexual abuse sometimesthe abuser or the perpetrator is
another child and that leavesus feeling, has left us feeling
(14:28):
a little helpless, and we wereable to get a grant and some
training from Oklahoma.
There's a model in Oklahomacalled this is a whole bunch of
acronyms PSBCBT, which isProblematic Sexualized behavior,
cognitive behavioral therapy.
Basically, we have onboardedAndrews and associates
(14:56):
therapists to work with thechildren that are the alleged
perpetrators which we don'treally want to call a child that
perpetrators, which we don'treally want to call a child that
, but it does happen and gettingthem therapy so that they don't
re-engage in the problematicsexual behavior.
So we are building an even morerobust child advocacy center
(15:17):
model where we're workingtowards sort of a preventative
measure with kids that arecoming in that are we're seeing
these types of behaviors.
But the national statistic onthis is that only 2% of children
who have been through thisPSB-CBT re-engage in these
(15:42):
behaviors.
So if we can get them whilethey're young, we can make a
change.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
All right.
Well, hey, we've got a lot ofgreat things that are happening
there.
The website, Sunflower ChildrenCollective it's always a
delight to have you on andthanks for some good, positive
strokes for nonprofits,especially in your arena.
It's encouraging to hear someneat things that are happening
amidst, all of you know, a lotof fears and frustrations with
(16:12):
some federal funding and such.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yes, thank you so much for giving us the
opportunity to speak today.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Jennifer Anguano.
She's the CASA director andCarson Kober, the executive
director of the SunflowerChildren's Collective Up next
Vern's going to step back in.
We'll get a calendar look andthen also a preview of next
week's show here on the GMCFCommunity Hour on NewsRadio KMAN
.
Philanthropy Today is brought to you by the Greater
Manhattan Community Foundation.
In this episode we feature arecently broadcast segment of
the GMCF Community Hour as heardon NewsRadio KMAN.
We return with this.
What is today?
It is August 18th, the August18th edition of the GMCF
(00:22):
Community Hour here on NewsRadioKMAM, and our guests today are
from Sunflower Children'sCollective and that may still be
somewhat of a new term for alot of people, but we're going
to ask Carson to talk about thataddress that Our guest,
jennifer Anguano.
She is the CASA Director andExecutive Director.
Carson Kober, ladies, goodmorning, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Good morning, Hi.
Thanks for having us.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Well, we have a lot of things to talk about here and
let's just address you know, Ithink that there's still a lot
of people trying to get used towhat the Sunflower Children's
Collective is, because a lot ofpeople are familiar with CASA
and the work that's done here.
But there's more to what you doat SCC.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Sure, yeah, there is.
So for about three years nowwe've been Sunflower Children's
Collective, which is an umbrellaagency that really encompasses
the three agencies of SunflowerCasa and Stepping Stones Child
Advocacy Center and SunflowerBridge Child Exchange and
Visitation Center.
So those all three existedbefore.
(01:30):
They were just under anothername, sunflower Casa Project Inc
.
And because we wanted todifferentiate each agency, we
gave it more of a general name.
So we've been around SunflowerChildren's Collective for a
while now and I think morepeople are knowing who we are
because we're right here onpoints downtown and people are
(01:52):
asking who you know people.
Who is that?
Who, who?
And luckily all three of ourlogos are on the front windows.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Well, that's a.
That's a good explanation ofeverything that is being done
there, and all of it's quiteuseful.
And they all tie in together,don't they?
Carson.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
They do.
You know, acasa supports childvictims of abuse and neglect
going through the court systemin our 21st Judicial District
here and we serve Park County,so we serve a little bit of the
2nd Judicial District County, sowe serve a little bit of the
second judicial district.
The Child Advocacy Center iswhere we perform forensic
interviews of child victims ofsexual abuse.
(02:30):
That can come from alldifferent areas, but mainly
Riley County, manhattan, and ourChild Exchange and Visitation
Center is also kind of regionalpeople coming from different
places meeting here for observedvisitations and exchanges in a
(02:50):
very safe environment, all ofwhich for children.
That's what we do.
We're here to make sure thatchildren have a safe place and
the support and advocacy theyneed.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And Jennifer.
I know it's not an easy gig butyou rely on volunteers, but it
is extremely needed in thecommunity.
It's not just needed, but it issomething that is heartwarming.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Yes, absolutely so.
Casa services are all run byvolunteers.
We have staff that supervisesthe volunteers, but if we didn't
have volunteers we wouldn't beable to serve the children that
need a voice.
So we specifically servechildren who have open child and
native care cases in the courtsystem.
So that means they've come tothe court for reasons of abuse
(03:37):
and neglect for no fault oftheir own and then the judge
appoints.
So we are court appointeddirectly by the judge overseeing
the case and the judge appointsCASA to really walk with that
child through the life of theircase, walk beside them, be their
champion, ensure their voice isheard, help identify some of
(03:58):
their needs, maybe some of theirunmet needs and kind of all
facets that touch their life.
So education, mental health,their home life, just anything
their physical health, anythingoutside that we can help
identify and get servicesconnected to them to support
them, make them successful andultimately, if they're out of
(04:20):
home, return them back home,because that's where children
really should be.
If it's safe, it's a safeenvironment for them to be in.
Our kids really need to be athome with their families.
So it's a lot of work being aCASA volunteer.
There's a lot of emotional workinvolved and we talk a lot
about that through our trainingprocess and I always say it's
(04:41):
one of the hardest things I'veever done, but it's also I've
gotten the greatest reward outof this work, or I wouldn't have
been doing it and sustainingfor as long as I have.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
You have your fall training session coming up and I
understand that there's a newformat to this.
Can you divulge a little bitabout that?
Speaker 3 (04:58):
Yeah, we're really excited to start our fall
training.
In the past we've run trainingsfor six to eight weeks,
three-hour sessions for six toeight weeks at a time, which is
a lot of time to ask people tocome and commit.
So we've decided to try a twoSaturday format this fall.
So we're going to train onOctober 18th and October 25th
(05:22):
from 9 to 3.30.
And we're going to try andsqueeze as much of our training
curriculum outside speakers,some case work, into those two
days and then we'll also giveour training class things to do
on their own and then, you know,meet back with us to ensure
that they're tracking whatthey're doing outside of those
(05:43):
two Saturdays.
But the goal is to ask lesstime of people, condense it a
little bit more in this two-dayformat so it doesn't feel like
they're giving and giving andgiving so much every week just
to get through the training whenthe work is.
Also, time can be timeconsuming and we want to
expedite that so we can getthose people trained, certified
(06:03):
and ready to go on cases.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
I understand a new asset that you have with CASA is
a car.
I don't know if you call it aCARSA, but it may not be a nice
that's.
That's a good play on words, Iknow, but we don't, we should
though.
Yeah, there you go.
It's a CARSA.
I don't even need a royalty fee.
But but tell us what that is,how that came about, because I'm
(06:30):
sure that you know that's notcheap to have, but but what a
valuable asset to have,especially for I suppose you
know delicate situations withkids.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
Yes, so we have a dedicated person on staff who is
a victim advocate and her roleis to serve essentially as a
paid CASA for the youth that areplaced so far outside of our
area to ensure that they areactually getting an advocate and
their needs are being addressed.
So she serves children.
(07:01):
I mean she's gone as far asPratt and Atchison and Winfield.
She's currently serving kidsnow in Wichita, in Winfield,
(07:21):
winfield, in Hayesville and thatmight be it for right now.
But that's an extensive periodto travel just one way and our
kids should be seen weekly butstandard is twice a month.
So she was putting all of thosemiles on her own vehicle for a
very long time and going allover the state of Kansas.
So Carson worked reallydiligently to try and find some
(07:42):
sponsorships and some fundingsfor the vehicle that and I'm
going to let her talk about thatthat we finally secured and our
victim advocate has been ableto have since July of this year.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
So that could have been easy, Carson have since
July of this year, so that couldhave been easy, carson, yeah.
So we spent a good portion of acouple of years looking for
funding for this automobile andbecause we were reimbursing, you
know, on top of it being such aheavy burden for our staff
member to put all those miles onher car, we were reimbursing
her for mileage of about 20,000miles a year.
(08:16):
So through a very generoussupportive grant through Civic
Plus and CapFed and the socialservice advisory funds here in
Manhattan, we were able topurchase a Toyota Corolla for
her.
It gets great gas mileage.
It's even kind of cute to drivearound.
And, yeah, we finally have acar.
(08:38):
I've never had a car, so a car.
So you see weird to say becauseit's very close to my name and
that's true, and and, and.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
if anybody has any kind of you know reason for
conflict over because your name,you know, it's not to confuse,
it's just cute.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
It is.
It's super cute.
So, yeah, we have a car andit's been really wonderful so
far.
It gets really great gasmileage.
Like I said, it is somethingthat we would love to have.
Support from the community forgas money Would love to have
(09:17):
support from the community forgas money.
We're looking.
We've created a Give Butterlink on our website and in our
newsletters, everywhere that youcan find.
We're looking for fuel for thatcar.
It's the one thing we don'thave covered from grants, so, or
just gas cards from any gasstation around here in the
(09:38):
region would be great.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
You talked about grants and funding and obviously
one of the most challengingsituations that many nonprofits
have had is the loss of federalfunding.
A lot of that got cut off backlast spring and that had to have
been challenging fororganizations like CASA and your
others.
How has that impacted you andhow do you address that
shortfall?
Speaker 3 (10:07):
We had written a national CASA grant that was
federal dollars through the DOJand we got it in October of 2024
.
And that grant was specificallywritten for expansion of CASA
services.
So Carson mentioned that weserve the 21st Judicial District
, which is Riley and Clay County, and then we were serving the
(10:29):
second, pottawatomie County inthe second, but only
Pottawatomie County and thesecond also encompasses Jackson,
jefferson and Waubonsiecounties who had never had a
CASA program before and we knewthat there was a need there and
that there were children thatneeded an advocate just as much
as children needing an advocatein the areas we were already
(10:51):
serving.
So we wrote that expansiongrant.
We got it, we hired a staffmember specifically to do that
expansion work.
We got into Waubonsee, jacksonand Jefferson counties.
We met with the county attorneys, the judges, the communities.
We started serving children.
We specifically held volunteertrainings in those communities.
(11:13):
We now have volunteers in allof those communities that never
had that presence before.
We started serving children inWaubonsee County and then in
April, before we started servingchildren in Wilburn C County,
and then in April, reallyovernight, we found out that
those dollars were gone and wehad to really immediately try
and pivot to keep the staffmember that we had hired and
(11:38):
continue to serve thosecommunities and those children
that were in need.
And I'll let Carson speak tohow we were able to pivot that
funding.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Yeah.
So most people that lose agrant for $75,000 end up losing
a staff member.
We were able to pivot becausewe had a little bit of funding
we could move around.
We were able to keep that staffmember, but not in the capacity
(12:07):
of which she was serving.
So that second judicialdistrict Jefferson, jackson,
waubonsee counties have beensort of placed on a back burner,
not forgotten but not servedlike they were, because she had
to take on a position and a rolemore in the Manhattan community
.
(12:28):
Um, we plan to.
So the good news is thatNational CASA appealed this
termination and won, and we justfound that out last week.
There's not enough time left inthe grant cycle for us to get
back onto that grant, but wewill apply for it again for 2026
(12:49):
.
So the hope is that we can justkind of do a do-over with such
a robust five-month start ofthat grant the first time around
.
That we will be way ahead ofthe will be ahead and we'll be
able to hire another person torestart that expansion process
(13:13):
which we've been trying to dofor 10 plus years.
So it's a really, really bigdeal that we got that grant,
that we were able to move theneedle and really to move the
needle as much as we did in thefirst five months was incredible
and a testament to the wholeCASA staff.
(13:34):
But yeah, so not all is lost,but definitely had to postpone
some of that expansion.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Well, it is nice to hear some encouraging words, and
you know not just the work thatyou do, but also the fact that
you do have some moreopportunities financially here.
So good stuff there.
What else is new with you guys?
What you got in the works?
Speaker 2 (14:02):
So good stuff there.
What else is new with you guys?
What you got in the works?
Well, we've got some reallycool stuff happening with our
child advocacy center.
So typically when kids come infor forensic interviews maybe
alleged sexual abuse sometimesthe abuser or the perpetrator is
another child and that leavesus feeling, has left us feeling
(14:28):
a little helpless, and we wereable to get a grant and some
training from Oklahoma.
There's a model in Oklahomacalled this is a whole bunch of
acronyms PSBCBT, which isProblematic Sexualized behavior,
cognitive behavioral therapy.
Basically, we have onboardedAndrews and associates
(14:56):
therapists to work with thechildren that are the alleged
perpetrators which we don'treally want to call a child that
perpetrators, which we don'treally want to call a child that
, but it does happen and gettingthem therapy so that they don't
re-engage in the problematicsexual behavior.
So we are building an even morerobust child advocacy center
(15:17):
model where we're workingtowards sort of a preventative
measure with kids that arecoming in that are we're seeing
these types of behaviors.
But the national statistic onthis is that only 2% of children
who have been through thisPSB-CBT re-engage in these
(15:42):
behaviors.
So if we can get them whilethey're young, we can make a
change.
Speaker 1 (15:50):
All right.
Well, hey, we've got a lot ofgreat things that are happening
there.
The website, Sunflower ChildrenCollective it's always a
delight to have you on andthanks for some good, positive
strokes for nonprofits,especially in your arena.
It's encouraging to hear someneat things that are happening
amidst, all of you know, a lotof fears and frustrations with
(16:12):
some federal funding and such.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yes, thank you so much for giving us the
opportunity to speak today.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Jennifer Anguano.
She's the CASA director andCarson Kober, the executive
director of the SunflowerChildren's Collective Up next
Vern's going to step back in.
We'll get a calendar look andthen also a preview of next
week's show here on the GMCFCommunity Hour on NewsRadio KMAN
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