The EveryDayMatters Podcast:
An Introductory Episode
As we’ve spoken through our Netsmart podcast about the intersection of technology and communities we serve, EveryDayMatters will focus on cause connection as a way to align us in everything that we do — from vocational and community work to friends and colleagues.
In this introductory episode, Tom Herzog, Chief Operating Officer, speaks with two co-workers at Netsmart: Wendy Hill, Chief People Officer, and Julie Hiett, Senior Director of Population Health, about making a difference day-to-day and the importance of mental health.
Join us as we discuss:
- The purpose of this podcast
- How we make a difference day-to-day
- The importance of mental health
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Episode 2: Creating a Better Community – Ending the Cycle of Incarceration
The United States recidivism rate continues to be a major flaw in our nation’s criminal justice system. How can we help formerly incarcerated individuals and their families overcome obstacles and end the cycle of incarceration for a better future? By connecting impacted individuals and their family members to resources, support, skill development, work opportunities and meaningful programs that transform their experience as they return to the community.
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Episode 3: Creating Connection in a Digital World
As technology advances each day, our society is using digital devices more and more in their daily lives. While many connections are being made across social media channels, text messaging, video game chat rooms and beyond, our relationships off screen have taken the back seat. In fact, National surveys have shown that only 14% of teens feel that they have had a helpful or productive conversation with any trusted adult about their digital life. By pausing and reflecting on the way we consume our technology devices, we can find ways to form better connections, improve productivity and build relationships in an increasingly digital world.
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Episode 16: How Happy Bottoms Supports Families, One Diaper at a Time
Lack of access to diapers impacts more than just child health and hygiene—it can impede access to childcare, diminish parental mental wellbeing and even affect employment stability. That’s where Happy Bottoms steps in. Kansas City’s only diaper bank distributes diapers to thousands of families in need across the region. In this episode of the EveryDayMatters Podcast, Susan Belger Angulo, Co-Executive Director and Chief Development Officer, Happy Bottoms, shares the obstacles vulnerable families face, how diaper banks can help and ways volunteers can support the cause.
