Kelli Dobner's guest appearances

Kelli Dobner

Daily Detroit

Focus with Paul W. Smith

Michigan Motors Forward

Brian Kelly

Bill Ford

Michelle Murphy

Barbara McQuade

Candice Miller

Dan Dickerson

Gretchen Whitmer

Andy Meisner

Kwame Kilpatrick

Dan Carmody

Brad WIlliams

Glenn Stevens

Evrod Cassimy

Mark Bernstein

Dwan Dandridge

OwlTail

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Meet the new Detroit Refugee Network (ft. Kelli Dobner)

Our feature conversation with with Kelli Dobner of Samaritas. He organization is looking to raise funds to help 350 Afghan refugees in Metro Detroit and Grand Rapids get a footing while they restart their lives. More: https://www.samaritas.org/refugee-crisis Also, I share a quick thing to know and two places to go. - Bally Sports Detroit has renewed their deal to broadcast Tigers and Wings games. But can we please get a real streaming option? - The Detroit Bourbon Fest is this weekend to support the Friends of Detroit River. https://detroitbourbonfest.com/ - And there's a new mural at Van Dyke and Mack you may wanna check out this weekend. It reimagines the Spirit of Detroit in a beautiful way.  https://twitter.com/TheDailyDetroit/status/1448672244478185473

Our feature conversation with with Kelli Dobner of Samaritas. He organization is looking to raise funds to help 350 Afghan refugees in Metro Detroit and Grand Rapids get a footing while they restart their lives. More: <a href="https://www.samaritas.org/refugee-crisis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.samaritas.org/refugee-crisis</a> Also, I share a quick thing to know and two places to go. - Bally Sports Detroit has renewed their deal to broadcast Tigers and Wings games. But can we please get a real streaming option? - The Detroit Bourbon Fest is this weekend to support the Friends of Detroit River. <a href="https://detroitbourbonfest.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://detroitbourbonfest.com/</a> - And there's a new mural at Van Dyke and Mack you may wanna check out this weekend. It reimagines the Spirit of Detroit in a beautiful way.  <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDailyDetroit/status/1448672244478185473" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheDailyDetroit/status/1448672244478185473</a>

How to help Afghan refugees resettle in Metro Detroit (ft. Kelli Dobner)

Kelli Dobner, Chief Advancement Officer of Samaritas

Kelli Dobner - 5/7/20

Samaritas is one of the largest nonprofit organizations in Michigan, with about 2000 staffers across 60 sites statewide. The organization cares for seniors, the underprivileged, foster families, and more.May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and with that in mind, we look at the different ways Samaritas has had to adapt their foster efforts since the COVID-19 hit Michigan.They've ramped up efforts to provide tablets and other technology to birth parents, so that they can stay in touch with their kids in foster care.  In person visits have to wait, but maintaining a connection to their birth parents is especially important to kids of any age.Before the shutdown, Samaritas was serving 1,000 kids in the state. They estimate, however, that number to be only a third of those in need.  And  those numbers are likely to skyrocket after the "shelter in place" order is lifted.  There are no guardrails currently - nobody outside the home for kids to reach out to.To prepare for the influx of foster and Child Protective Services cases, Samaritas is simultaneously reaching out to existing foster parents and recruiting new ones.  The training for new ones has moved online.Additionally, with the increase in alcohol sales, substance abuse has become an even bigger concern. Kelli Dobner, the Chief Advancement Officer, explained how Samaritas is expanding efforts in this area.Samaritas says "It takes a purple village" to surround these kids, both during Foster Care Awareness month and always.Resources:Samaritas Website: https://www.samaritas.org/Samaritas Foster Care Resource Page: https://www.samaritas.org/fostercareMichigan Motors Forward is produced by JAG in Detroit Podcasts in collaboration with Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications.https://jagindetroit.com/https://tannerfriedman.com/

Samaritas is one of the largest nonprofit organizations in Michigan, with about 2000 staffers across 60 sites statewide. The organization cares for seniors, the underprivileged, foster families, and more.May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and with that in mind, we look at the different ways Samaritas has had to adapt their foster efforts since the COVID-19 hit Michigan.They've ramped up efforts to provide tablets and other technology to birth parents, so that they can stay in touch with their kids in foster care.  In person visits have to wait, but maintaining a connection to their birth parents is especially important to kids of any age.Before the shutdown, Samaritas was serving 1,000 kids in the state. They estimate, however, that number to be only a third of those in need.  And  those numbers are likely to skyrocket after the "shelter in place" order is lifted.  There are no guardrails currently - nobody outside the home for kids to reach out to.To prepare for the influx of foster and Child Protective Services cases, Samaritas is simultaneously reaching out to existing foster parents and recruiting new ones.  The training for new ones has moved online.Additionally, with the increase in alcohol sales, substance abuse has become an even bigger concern. Kelli Dobner, the Chief Advancement Officer, explained how Samaritas is expanding efforts in this area.Samaritas says "It takes a purple village" to surround these kids, both during Foster Care Awareness month and always.Resources:Samaritas Website: <a href="https://www.samaritas.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.samaritas.org/</a>Samaritas Foster Care Resource Page: <a href="https://www.samaritas.org/fostercare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.samaritas.org/fostercare</a>Michigan Motors Forward is produced by JAG in Detroit Podcasts in collaboration with Tanner Friedman Strategic Communications.<a href="https://jagindetroit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://jagindetroit.com/</a><a href="https://tannerfriedman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tannerfriedman.com/</a>