Sep 22, 2022
“I remember walking into Felton and feeling like it was a safe space,” Chief Operations Officer (COO) Dr. Yohana Quiróz recalls of her first experience at Felton Institute. It was 1996 and the pregnant high schooler had just enrolled in Felton’s Teenage Pregnancy and...
Sep 20, 2022
In the two decades of service as Board Chair and head of the Governance and Human Resources Committee, Terry M. Limpert has worked tirelessly in lending his expertise and guidance to Felton Institute. Over the years, he has been part of the many exciting changes and...
Sep 13, 2022
Felton Institute’s Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) is a survivor-led program that provides support to those impacted by suicide. Program Coordinator Sophia Balestreri explains, “I often say this is a club, unfortunately, that nobody wants to belong to.” She...
Sep 5, 2022
In 1962, a red telephone in the basement of a Polk Street tattoo parlor in San Francisco became a lifeline for those contemplating suicide. Answering the distressed callers was Bernard Mayes, a gay, British Episcopalian priest and correspondent for the BBC. Alarmed at...
Sep 1, 2022
You have likely heard the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In recent decades, social services have been appropriately shifting their focus towards upstream solutions to community issues. This shift is a crucial change in how nonprofits,...
Aug 24, 2022
“My heart and most of my training is with Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education,” Felton Institute’s Early Intervention and Inclusion Director for Early Care and Education (ECE) programs, Dr. Plern Pratoommas explains. For nearly two decades she has brought...
