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Provides in home social work services to families identified as having children, ages birth to 18 years, at risk of foster care placement or who are already in placement with the need for reunification or alternative permanency planning.

Services include in-home counseling, advocacy, supervised visitation, permanency planning assessment, education and support groups, collaboration, case management, and information and referral.

PACT provides parent education program focusing on parent as primary teacher of young child.

* Provides coordination of services to families of youth with behavioral health needs.

Assists families in reducing children's risk of foster care placement and provide supports necessary to reunify or develop an alternate permanency plan for children when out of home placement becomes necessary.

Provides intensive home visiting services for parents who are active with DSS and have children who are identified as at-risk for or placed in foster care. Parent Aides teach basic living and parenting skills in the home setting in addition to connecting families to various community resources and supports.

Provides a home visiting program to pregnant and parenting mothers with toddlers to assist them with parenting skills. Parents are also assisted in securing medical services for their children along with educational and employment opportunities for themselves.

A family-driven service in which caregivers partner with a Family Peer Advocate who has lived experience helping parents navigate systems more effectively, learn from the experiences of other families, decrease isolation, and gain hope, ideas, and information. Families can enroll in one or all of the following service components to best meet their needs: - Individual Mentoring & Skills Development: Can be delivered in the home, community and/or office. A Family Peer Advocate provides mentoring, skills development, support, and information on community resources and linkage to other services. - Family Advocacy: This service is short term and provides instruction, support, and advocacy in areas such as School and Committee of Special Education (CSE), court (preparedness and support), and systems navigation (working with providers in various systems of care). - Parent Education & Empowerment Groups: Trainings and support groups that provide information on community resources, parent connections, and skills development. Offers opportunities for parents/caregivers to connect and build natural community supports with other parents/caregivers facing similar challenges.

* Provides a home-based visitation program for expectant and new parents which focuses on social-emotional health, security and nurturing in infancy and early childhood.

Provides a home visiting program to pregnant and parenting mothers with toddlers to assist them with parenting skills. Parents are also assisted in securing medical services for their children along with educational and employment opportunities for themselves.

Provides a variety of services for infants, children, new moms, and parents. Services include home visits, breastfeeding support, family planning, child immunizations, parenting and child development education, and connections to resources like daycare programs, doctors and dentists, transportation assistance, public assistance programs (including WIC), and lead testing services.

Educational Home Visiting provides home visits conducted by trained family support workers to enhance parent-child interactions and promote positive child growth and development. Families are enrolled in services early in pregnancy or immediately after birth to assist in promoting a healthy pregnancy, labor and birth. Curriculum-based home visits provide parents with skills needed to raise healthy resilient children. Families are provided with information referrals and connections to other community supports (i.e. WIC, health insurance, continuing education, literacy services.) Community Health Nurse visits continue for the first year.

Montgomery County offers first-time mothers and high-risk mothers a home visit. During this visit the nurse gives guidance and information on parenting and baby care. A packet of topics such as immunizations, family planning, breastfeeding, formula preparation, and safety issues is given to the family. Referrals are made to other agencies as needed.

Provides a home visiting program to pregnant and parenting mothers with toddlers to assist them with parenting skills. Parents are also assisted in securing medical services for their children along with educational and employment opportunities for themselves.

Provides in home social work services to families identified as having children, ages birth to 18 years, at risk of foster care placement or who are already in placement with the need for reunification or alternative permanency planning.

Services include in-home counseling, advocacy, supervised visitation, permanency planning assessment, education and support groups, collaboration, case management, and information and referral.

* Offers a home-based therapeutic program that offers support and information to expectant or parenting young mothers and fathers throughout their pregnancy and during the first year of their child's life.

* Provides home-based peer education at no cost on topics such as reproductive life planning, healthy pregnancies, breastfeeding, and birth control. * Provides breastfeeding support by Certified Lactation Counselors.

Provides in home social work services to families identified as having children, ages birth to 18 years, at risk of foster care placement or who are already in placement with the need for reunification or alternative permanency planning.

Services include in-home counseling, advocacy, supervised visitation, permanency planning assessment, education and support groups, collaboration, case management, and information and referral.

Provides in-home education and support to parents with children at-risk of out-of-home placement because of neglect or abuse. Staff visits family in their homes, providing individualized instruction tailored to the parents strengths and needs such as providing a safe and healthy environment for their child or children, child development and parenting skills, conflict management strategies, goal-setting, and accessing community resources.

* Uses personal visits, group connections, developmental screenings, and linkages to community resources to support parent participants in becoming more aware of early child-development information. Includes: Monthly Personal Visits usually conducted in the home. Elements of each visit include parent/child interaction, family well-being, and development-centered parenting Group Connections offer opportunities for families to meet and develop supportive networks. They are offered at various times and locations to allow wider access to families. They address the needs of expectant participants and parents of newborns Screenings are provided to help ensure early detection of any potential health or early-learning issues or developmental delays Resource Networking and connection to available community resources appropriate to the family's needs

Provides a short-term and in-home prevention program for support and skill-building services to families with children at risk of being removed from the home. Children at risk may exhibit behaviors such as assaulting others, running away, engaging in theft, vandalism, or drug abuse, and may be disruptive in school.

Services include, but are not limited to, strengthening the family unit by teaching adaptive parenting and safety skills to parents-guardians, teaching self-management, decision-making skills with identified youth, assistance with transportation, budget, and housing, and case planning for child development.

Provides assistance to parents and caregivers to take on an educator role within the home with assistance through weekly home visits, wellness education, screenings, and socialization opportunities.

Offers case management support to parents to assist with areas such as skill building, crisis management, parent education, budgeting, emotion regulation, time management, communication, and community linkages. Clients are seen at least once a week in their home with services that utilize a trauma informed approach.

* Provides free home-visiting services for expectant and new parents facing challenges and stressors, helping them have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. Services include:

• Parenting help for mom and dad
• Information on prenatal care, well-baby visits and immunizations
• Breastfeeding support
• Child development
• Referrals to other community resources and services

* Provides education on pregnancy, nutrition, labor, delivery, infant care, growth and development, breastfeeding, etc. Case management Locating a physician Accessing Medicaid, WIC, other services