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Sharpen launches family support tool

Staff Report //May 17, 2019//

Sharpen launches family support tool

Staff Report //May 17, 2019//

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Upstate technology company Sharpen has launched a web-based content and social media platform to offer mental health and wellness education and support for local families. Called SharpenFAMILY, the new tool was created in partnership with the United Way of the Piedmont to provide clinically-vetted resources, which will be especially helpful to foster families, according to a news release.

Sharpen specializes in mental health and well-being.

SharpenFAMILY offers curated content specific to the needs of the user and provides users with secure social media features such as private messages and group forums, the release said. In addition, foster families gain access to resources detailing foster system processes, legal terminology, materials to aid parents in integrating children into the home and access to a private social forum where foster parents can connect with one another.

“Through our extensive dealings with local families, including those involved with foster care, we discovered that many feel overwhelmed, lost and lonely when it comes to understanding the system and nurturing mental wellness in the children they’re caring for,” Robyn Hussa Farrell, founder and CEO of Sharpen, said in the release. “The customized features of SharpenFAMILY meet the user wherever they are in their journey, providing personalized research-driven content created to build resiliency, hope and healing.”

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