Sara Gentzler

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Sara Gentzler

But Melissa Forsyth, who served as a go-between for Omaha employees and executives like Davis-Wyatt, said leadership was often dismissive. After the Omaha clinic’s manager left last summer, Forsyth — then the senior director of health centers for Planned Parenthood North Central States — was one of at least two off-site managers called upon to help until executives hired a replacement. Employees said the patchwork lasted over six months and contributed to clinic chaos.

2 weeks ago | flatwaterfreepress.org | Sara Gentzler

Sabrina Stratman left a spring 2024 Planned Parenthood fundraiser feeling inspired — so inspired that the registered nurse and occasional volunteer applied for a job at the nonprofit’s Omaha clinic. A lifelong advocate for abortion access, she thought this would become her life’s work. But Stratman, feeling disillusioned and disrespected, quit that job in March, becoming one of the latest departures in an exodus of employees from Nebraska’s lone surgical abortion provider.

1 month ago | theindependent.com | Sara Gentzler

As strong winds and heavy snow battered Lincoln, Shannon Hampson’s house was unusually quiet — absent the dozen kids who fill her in-home child care with laughter, cries and questions. Between snow and sicknesses that week, Hampson said she’d be out $540. She’d have to re-budget: maybe she’d buy beans instead of chicken breasts, skip a field trip. If the kids’ families paid full tuition themselves, absences wouldn’t affect her bottom line.

1 month ago | kearneyhub.com | Sara Gentzler

As strong winds and heavy snow battered Lincoln, Shannon Hampson’s house was unusually quiet — absent the dozen kids who fill her in-home childcare with laughter, cries and questions. Between snow and sicknesses that week, Hampson said she’d be out $540. She’d have to re-budget: maybe she’d buy beans instead of chicken breasts, skip a field trip. If the kids’ families paid full tuition themselves, absences wouldn’t affect her bottom line.

1 month ago | yorknewstimes.com | Sara Gentzler

As strong winds and heavy snow battered Lincoln, Shannon Hampson’s house was unusually quiet — absent the dozen kids who fill her in-home child care with laughter, cries and questions. Between snow and sicknesses that week, Hampson said she’d be out $540. She’d have to re-budget: maybe she’d buy beans instead of chicken breasts, skip a field trip. If the kids’ families paid full tuition themselves, absences wouldn’t affect her bottom line.