family support programs
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Family Support Programs
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Sheppard Pratt Mission
• To improve the quality of life of individuals and families by compassionately serving their mental health, addiction, special education, and community support needs.
What are Family Support Programs?
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Programs
• Programs are throughout Maryland and services newborn up to adult
• The service line is divided by region and by services
• There are 25 programs; most are contract based
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Children and Family Services
• The Safe Passage Center is a welcoming, family-friendly safe space for families in Montgomery County involved with the County Court System. The Safe Passage Center provides free, supervised visitation and monitored exchanges in a structured, secure environment.
• Family Discovery Center promotes literacy and healthy child development programming for families with children ages 6 weeks through 3 years old. Our programs allow families to become proficient in the English language while also preparing their children to be successful in school.
• Neighborhood Safety Net Program helps Montogomery County residents secure the resources they need and navigate the complexities of the government and other safety-net services available. We offer free assistance with applications and referrals to services to help individuals and families reach self-sufficiency.
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Children and Family Services
• Dare to be You (DTBY), a free 10-week substance use prevention education and support program, offers activities, information, and discussions for families in a welcoming and supportive atmosphere so that families can work together, learning to help their children make good choices.
• Watch Me Grow is a high-quality, structured, child development and learning center for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years old.
• Together is an evidence-informed program that offers relationship, financial education, and employment services to couples living in Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland. Additionally, we connect participating couples with community resources to help them create a strong family foundation.
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Children and Family Services
• Healthy Families Montgomery is a nationally accredited in-home service providing positive parenting, child development, and family self-sufficiency to first-time parents living in Montgomery County. Our mission is to promote the well-being of children and prevent child abuse and neglect through intensive in-home visits and services.
• Keys to Success provides enhanced support to high school and college students who are pregnant or parenting young children. This two-generation approach provides Early Head Start services for children while helping parents navigate parenting and support to finish school and begin life as a young adult.
• Early Head Start provides intensive, comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. Services are provided in the MSDE-accredited child development center and through in-home visits, fostering healthy attachments and helping families to prepare children socially, emotionally, and developmentally for school.
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Children and Family Services
• Adult English Literacy Classes with Linkages to Learning and the Parent Resource Center provide adult English literacy classes and conversation classes to adults of all levels. We provide 27 classes, from beginner to advanced, all across Montgomery County.
• Kids Spot provides free, supervised childcare in a welcoming and safe environment while parents and guardians attend their court appointments in the Montgomery County Court System without children being present.
• Early Childhood Education and Training (ECET) offers training and consultation services to home visitors and childcare providers. We provide MSDE-approved training, staff team building, and specialize in social emotional development and trauma informed care.
Division of Family,
Community, and School-
Based Services
Division DirectorAlicia Dalton, [email protected]
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Family, Community, and School-Based Services
• Linkages to Learning is a comprehensive, school-based program that provides a continuum of health & mental health, social, and community services to children and their families in their school settings. In partnership with Mont. Co. Public Schools and Department of Health and Human Services, our team members assist families and students with clinical services and resources that benefit them in school, at home, and in their communities
• School and Community Youth Services Program offers families an array of behavioral health programs and services that are designed to affirm the ethnic, racial, and language diversity of the region. Families are invited to participate in counseling, tutoring, skills building and psychoeducational groups, parenting classes, and more.
• Betty Ann Krahnke Center is a 60-day emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence in Montgomery County, MD. This 60-bed facility is the only one of its kind in the county.
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Family, Community, and School-Based Services
• The Landing is one of several clubhouses across the State of Maryland designed to provide a safe and sober environment for youth recovering from substance use. Besides daily activities for members, It includes a family involvement component that supports families in becoming a part of the process. The program operates afterschool Monday through Friday.Saturdays.
• Trauma-Informed School program provides free trauma-informed services for students and staff in Montgomery County Schools. The goal of the program is to support and educate on the trauma-informed methodology and to remove some of the common barriers to accessing care. It provides school-based therapy to students and consultation to school staff and administrators.
• Thriving Germantown is a case management and service coordination program operating in partnership with several community-based organizations. Our team identifies and provides resources and services to address the needs of children and families and reduce the impact of poverty for those living in the Germantown area, with emphasis on the Daly Elementary School community.
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Family, Community, and School-Based Services
• Care and Connections for Families is a service provided to Montogomery County referred youth and their families who seek stabilization and support after a youth has experienced a mental health crisis. This program is designed to provide short-term (2-5 mos.) intensive in-home mental health services as well as connection to longer-term services to ensure long-term stabilization. Parents and caregivers will work together with their youth, their therapist, and their in-home stabilizers to construct a plan towards resilience and recovery.
• The Housing Initiative Program (HIP) helps Montgomery County residents experiencing homelessness secure permanent housing and assists with access to other needed resources to help end their homelessness. We currently serve over 90 individuals and families of varying intensities of needs.
• Youth First Care Program supports the school-based Mental Health Initiative in Prince George’s County serving elementary, middle, and high school students and staff. Our clinically trained mental health professionals provide individual, group, and family therapy. In addition, we provide mental health education and consultation to teachers, school counselors, and other administrators.
Children and Family
Services
Family Discovery CenterFamily Discovery Center is a two-generation program that promotes literacy and provides healthy child development programming for families with children ages 6 weeks through 3 years old. Our programs allow families to become proficient in the English language while also preparing their children to be successful in school.
Contact: Shari Waddy, 301-424-2988 or [email protected]
Together Program
The Together Program is an evidence-informed program that offers relationship, financial education, and employment services to couples living in Prince George’s and Montgomery County, Maryland. Additionally, we connect participating couples with community resources to help them create a strong family foundation.
Contact: Alejandro Marroquin, 877-432-1660 or [email protected]
Watch Me Grow
• Watch Me Grow is a high-quality, year-round child development center and pre-kindergarten. WMG offers structured, child development and learning for children ages 6 weeks through 5 years old.
• Contact: Kelly VanDenEngel
• 240-686-0572 or
Healthy Families Montgomery
Healthy Families Montgomery is a home visiting program for first time parents who live in Montgomery County, and are either pregnant, or have an infant under two weeks, speak English or Spanish, and are eligible to receive services through Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. HFM focuses on preventive health care, reduce incidence of child maltreatment, optimize child development, promote positive parenting skills and family self-sufficiency. HFM services are offered to all eligible families in English or Spanish. Services start prenatally or right after baby’s birth and continue until child is 3 years old. Visits take place in the participants homes or virtually. Home visitors assess parents needs and refer to community resources for concrete needs as well as monitor child development and provide referrals to appropriate programs to support children health, growth and development.
Contact: Ruth Rivas, 301-840-3233 or [email protected]
Early Head Start
• Early Head Start provides intensive, comprehensive child development and family support services to low-income pregnant women and families with infants and toddlers. Services are provided in the MSDE-accredited child development center and through in-home visits, fostering healthy attachments and helping families to prepare children socially, emotionally, and developmentally for school.
• Contact: Bianca Rivera, 301-840-3272 or [email protected]
Safe Passage Center
A welcoming, family-friendly, safe space for families in Montgomery County involved with the County Court System. It provides free, supervised visitation and monitored exchanges in a structured, secure environment, where many of the common stressors of family exchanges are removed for both parents and their children. Since its opening, the Safe Passage Center has filled a much-needed gap for families impacted by domestic violence and/or high conflict divorce and custody issues, allowing their children to safely maintain relationships with both parents.
Our services allow parents to focus on the love and support their children need. Our center is a community resource that is available, so parents and children have opportunities to spend more quality time together, helping families heal and become stronger, and supporting families as they achieve a level of positive co-parenting. To enroll in the program, a family must have a Final Protective Order from either Montgomery County District or Circuit Court that orders supervised visits or monitored exchanges at the Safe Passage Center. Each parent must complete an intake (separately) prior to services being scheduled. The center is in Rockville (Montgomery County).
Family, Communit
y, and School-
Based Services
The Betty Ann Krahnke Center
• The Betty Ann Krahnke Center (BAK), is a short-term emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence in Montgomery County, MD. This 60-bed facility is the only one of its kind in the county.
• We provide a safe and confidential place where women and their children can come when they are fleeing violence. All services are provided with trauma-informed care in mind.
• With a welcoming environment and supportive atmosphere, residents can begin a journey of healing, stay connected to their children, find safe options in the community, and access the financial, legal, and other resources they may need.
Linkages to Learning
Linkages to Learning is a comprehensive, school-based prevention and intervention program that provides a continuum of health, social, and community services to children and their families in their school settings.
Located in 8 elementary and middle schools in Montgomery County, our experienced, compassionate team of family and child therapists, family case managers, and community school coordinators provide individualized support to children and their families.
In partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools and the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, through our extensive offerings, our team members are able to assist families and students with services and resources that benefit them in school, at home, and in their communities. These services lead to a better quality of life.
Care & Connection for Families
• Care and Connection for Families provides in-home counseling and support services to families whose children are experiencing mental health crises. Our services provide crisis intervention that address the family’s immediate needs. We use a team approach that includes experienced therapists and in-home stabilizers. Caring for the family in their natural environment gives a unique perspective on the factors contributing to the crisis and the best ways to address them.
• Our efforts go beyond mental health crisis intervention. We help families learn communication techniques so they can meet their child’s ongoing needs. In addition, we provide referrals to local adjunctive services, including food banks or wrap-around services, to help families maintain a sense of normalcy. CCF is paving the way toward a long-term, stable family environment through focused and compassionate services.
School and CommunityYouth Services• Our School and Community Youth Services offer
families an array of programs and services that are designed to affirm the ethnic, racial, and language diversity of the region. Families are invited to participate in counseling, tutoring, skills building and psychoeducational groups, parenting classes and more.
• We offer special outreach to individuals in the communities, with programming in several languages to remove barriers and improve outcomes for at-risk and underserved populations. We focus on prevention and early-intervention services with a goal of safely maintaining children and youth and their families and communities out of the juvenile justice system.
• Our experienced, compassionate team of family and child therapists, case managers, and youth development specialists are making a broad impact on the people we serve by offering guidance, support and connection to local resources to improve their lives in school and in the community.
GUYS Youth Mentoring Program
• GUYS Youth Mentoring program works with males at Gaithersburg Middle School in Montgomery County to help them build resilience and develop positive social skills and attitudes related to academics, family, and other relationships. We aim to minimize the influence of street gangs, drug and alcohol use, bullying, and negative peer pressure.
• The Youth Mentoring program works with middle school males, intervening before they reach high school to address any potential problems or behaviors before they become epidemic. Working collaboratively with the school administration and other school personnel, we identify and develop relationships with students needing academic or behavioral support.
Creating Healthy Bonds
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Creating Healthy Bonds (CHB) provides supportive services for children and their caregivers that have been impacted by having a parent incarcerated.
At CHB, we understand that having a parent incarcerated can be traumatic. Our experienced and compassionate counselors and case managers work hard connecting the children and families referred to services, resources, and support to minimize the impacts that having a parent imprisoned has on the family. We simultaneously serve children, their caregivers, and the parents that are incarcerated, yet each situation is unique, and we may provide services to all three in the same family or may only reach one.
Creating Health Bonds (Cont.)
• Services include:
Individual and Family Counseling
Counseling Case Management
Recreational Activities Family Support Night Parenting Support Groups Reunification Services
Youth First Care Program
The Youth First Care Program supports the school-based Mental Health Initiative in Prince George’s County serving elementary, middle and high school students and staff. Our clinically trained mental health professionals provide individual, group and family counseling. In addition, we provide mental health education and consultation to teachers, school counselors and other administrators.
Areas of Focus
Anger management
Anxiety
Behavioral/emotional regulation
Cultural integration
Decision-making Executive functioning
Friendship
Frustration tolerance
Staff Trainings and consultation
Time management
Grief
Internet safety
Leadership/advocacy
Mindfulness
Problem solving
Transition to middle/high school
Self-advocacy
Social skills
Stress management
Youth First Care Program (Cont.)
Trauma Informed Schools (TIS)
• Our Trauma-Informed School program provides free trauma-informed services for students and staff in Montgomery County Schools. The goal of the program is to support and educate on the trauma-informed methodology and to remove some of the common barriers to accessing care like transportation, scheduling conflicts, financial barriers, and socially- and culturally-constructed stigmas around mental health.
• The group and individual therapy sessions help students who have been impacted by trauma to experience improvement in their performance and behavior.
• TIS also provides training and professional development for all school staff (including instructional, administrative, non-instructional, front office, security, food services, and others) in effective trauma-informed school-wide and classroom practices.