Our Programs
Family Enrichment Service
Family Enrichment Specialists provide support and training to parents who are experiencing stress in their family environment. A Family Enrichment Specialist visits the parent regularly in the home and provides information and education regarding positive discipline, improving the parent-child relationship, organization and management of the household and engagement with other community resources.
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The Multi-disciplinary Investigation Team (MIT)
MIT is a group of inter-disciplinary professionals working together to investigate reports and coordinate responses to cases of child sexual abuse and serious physical abuse and neglect.
The MIT Coordinator enlists in this process forensically trained specialists representing DCF, police, State’s Attorney, medical and mental health disciplines. The team response to abuse is designed to minimize the trauma of multiple interviews and ensure the safety and well-being of the child.
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Volunteer Mentor Program
The Volunteer Mentor Program reinforces skills families learned in more intensive programs. Professional staff recruit, train and supervise volunteers from the community who serve as role models for parents, providing support, advocacy and reinforcement of previous learning. Mentors are matched with parents at risk of abuse referred from various agency and community sources.
Grandparents As Parents Support Groups (GAPS) offer psycho-education and support for grandparents raising their grandchildren. Two weekly groups provide information, support, parenting skills, advocacy, and access to community resources. To enrich the psycho-educational component of the group, monthly speakers provide current information on issues relevant to the unique needs of these families.
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ParentNet
ParentNet offers a curriculum providing parenting education, support and skill development. Evening and weekend classes with child care are conducted in English, Spanish and Portuguese for all parents of children from birth to 18 years.
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Parent Project
The Parent Project is a 10 week psychoeducational group specifically designed for parents of adolescents with out of control behaviors. These classes are offerred in the evening in both English and Spanish and offer a follow up support group.
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