A new golden era is on the horizon at Rock Island’s 21st Avenue and 11th Street, starting next fall, as SAL Community Services is working to open a new $15.7-million child-care and early childhood center, across from Friendship Manor. Dozens of nonprofit, business, local and state leaders attended the groundbreaking Friday for the 32,500-square-foot facility, […]

Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced nearly $2 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Skip-A-Long Family and Community Services in Moline for Early Head Start programs. Congresswoman Bustos is a member of the powerful House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees HHS. Head Start promotes school readiness for young […]

MOLINE, ILLINOIS—SAL Family and Community Services (SAL), the nonprofit agency that offers Skip-a-Long Child Development Services and Open Door Crisis Assistance, among other programs, is adding four new members to its board of directors. “Throughout our 50-year history, SAL has always valued the role local community members play in our work by serving on our […]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit families hard, particularly those with young children. Children, without the ability to fully grasp what has happened over the past year, can only feel that things have changed. Often, those feelings spark anxiety and fear. SAL Family & Community Services, home to Skip-a-Long Child Development Services, is […]

The long and painful Covid-19 pandemic has hurt the mental health of most everyone, but Katrina Eirinberg has been focusing on helping local families with young children. She is the mental health therapist (and a licensed clinical professional counselor) for SAL Family & Community Services, home to Skip-a-Long Child Development Services. Children, without the ability […]