In-Home
Family Support
Parent Aid provides in-home hands-on help to families
in need. Families exhibiting risk factors that
can lead to child abuse are referred to Parent
Aid by hospitals, churches, schools, other agencies,
family members as well as self referrals.
After a referral, Parent Aid
family support specialists visit a family to determine their
needs and assess immediate emergencies the family
may be facing.
We then partner with the family
to establish a Family Plan- a set of goals for
the family to work on with the support and assistance
of a Parent Aid family support specialist. It is essential
to know that this is a PARTNERSHIP, where families
must have ownership of the results and be invested
in the goals.
Once the goals have been set,
our family support specialists visit families once a week,
or once every other week, for up to 1 year. During
these visits, family support specialists help support and educate
families on a variety of issues:
• Home
safety
• Nutrition
• Budgeting
and other basic life skills
• Modeling
positive interaction with children
• Anger
management techniques
• Discipline
methods
• Serving
as advocate and support system for family
Family support specialists also help families
identify and access other important services and
resources in the community such as:
• Health
care options
• Transportation
• Anger
management classes
• Job
training
• Temporary
housing
• Daycare
•
And much more
Our professional family support specialists
are dedicated to helping bring positive change
to a family in need. Oftentimes, we become the
first line of support for families who are struggling
with a diverse set of problems. That is our job!
If you or someone you know is
in need of our help or would like to learn more
about our in home family support services, please
Contact Us.
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