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I wear a semicolon on the underside of my wrist. Not because I am weak. I wear it because my support system includes access to mental health care. That semicolon […]

Training alone is not enough. People need training plus support. That is what a wraparound model means.  Here is something most people get wrong about Southeast Topeka. They think the

Getting to work, school, or the doctor sounds simple. But for many families in Southeast Topeka, it is not simple at all. If you do not have a reliable way

Factories across the country need workers. Good jobs are opening up right here in Topeka too. But most young people are not lining up to take them. SENT wants to

SENT is a holistic community development nonprofit based in the southeast Topeka neighborhood of Hi-Crest. We like to say we are person-centered and data-driven. We have dynamic programming on a

How SENT Inc.’s Substance Use Disorder Recovery Services Are Meeting People Where They Are — and Walking With Them Toward What’s Next There is a moment, for many people struggling

Mental Health Across the Lifespan, and Why Every Season Needs Support Recently, I was sitting at the dinner table talking with my pre-teen twins about college. As we talked, they

A Public Conversation About Housing, Public Investment, and the Future We Are Building Together For too long, affordable housing has been treated only as a social-service issue. It is certainly

In the Declaration of Independence, the founders wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” They were naming a promise that should not have to be argued: that people have

Why rising gambling, shrinking affordability, and the search for a way out are quietly reshaping families—and what we can do about it. Twice, I watched my mom get suckered. The