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SUNY – Corning Community College graduate Kim Stratton, class of ‘95 (and later a Dual Masters Degree from Binghamton University!) is one of the Top Six Finalists in the 2019 Innovative Practices Awards Competition, sponsored by the accrediting organization for the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. Her entry, the Song Factory Program, was selected from among 75 entries submitted from across the United States and Canada.

Stratton is the VP of Quality at the Children’s Home of Wyoming Conference, in Binghamton, N.Y. Her entry, Song Factory, is trauma-informed catharsis and uses the creation of music and lyrics to help people process life-altering events. In partnership with the owner and operator of Strange Fangs music production company, also of Binghamton, N.Y., Stratton developed the program to be inclusive, developmentally focused, relationship-based, and trauma-informed.