How will the pandemic impact our children in the long-term?
By Carey Haley Wong and Katherine Meger Kelsey

Child Advocates and Kids’ Voice, both Indianapolis-based agencies serving abused and neglected children, have teamed up to identify how to best serve children during the pandemic. Understanding this isn’t an isolated issue, we reached out to several subject matter experts in a variety of fields including schools, courts, law enforcement, mental health professionals, kids themselves, social workers, pediatricians, lawyers, parents, and government officials, for their insights and ideas.   More….

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Please click on the picture to listen to an important message from our President/CEO Lindsay Scott.   

Kids’ Voice has developed this page to help provide the most recent factual information as well as information about resources that may be helpful during this time. Please be sure check this page often as we are committed to updating information and adding new content as soon as it becomes available.

We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you all posted with updates. You can visit http://marionhealth.org/homeslider/coronavirus-faqs/ for more information.

Thank you,

Lindsay Scott
President/CEO

Here is a Frequently Asked Questions article about custody, parenting time, and the pandemic: FAQ About Custody, Parenting Time, and the Covid-19 Pandemic (updated April 7 2020)

For more information on emergency plans for your family, Parental Powers of Attorney, Standby Guardianship, and other information, go here.

Video Updates about the programs at Kids’ Voice and how we are operating during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Please click on the picture to listen to an important message from our Katie Kelsey, Director  of the Children’s Law Center of Indiana .   

Please click on the picture to listen to an important message from Emily Angel, Supervising Attorney for our Guardian Ad Litem Program. 

Please click on the picture to listen to an important message from Claudia Needleman, Director of the Safe Child Parenting Time Program. 

Here are links to community resources that also contain many links to other resources that will be helpful to our clients, attorneys, and other supporters as we work through this difficult time.

• Expanded Meal times for IPS Spring Break 
• Indianapolis Bar Association – COVID-19 Resources for the Legal Community
• ACE Connections Roundup article – Education resources, including mental health, for kids, families during coronavirus pandemic
• Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence – COVID-19 Resources ICADV
• The ARC of Indiana Resource Page
• Family and Social Services Administration-FSSA-News Release 3/19/2020
• Dentons’ US COVID-19/Pandemic Client Special Situations Team-Small Business Disaster Loan Assistance
• US Small Business Administration-Disaster Loan Information and Assistance
• Indiana State Bar Association Updates
• Governor of Indiana Executive Orders
• Child Trends Article-Resources for Supporting Children’s Emotional Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Indiana Youth Institute-Weekly Updates
• United Way of Central Indiana Updates
• Autism Society COVID-19 Toolkit
• Here is a template for a Parental Power of Attorney, which is discussed above in the FAQ Article: Parental Power of Attorney (2020)
• Families First – List of 50 family activities that do not require screens
• National Association of Council for Children – Resources for Attorneys and Families
• Prevent Child Abuse America – Coronavirus Resources and Tips for Parents, Children, and Others
• The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• About The Center for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Early Detection of Child Abuse and Neglect Training
• Predicting Child Abuse and Neglect
• childhelp.org
• Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline