Grantees

A parenting and pregnant teen program to assist young women to achieved their high school education and job skills.

Lund's Children’s Services program provides parenting education and assistance to caregivers and children under age 6 in their homes or at Lund . The target population is low and very low income families in Chittenden County. This grant would support expansion of our services to families who are particularly vulnerable due to substance use disorder. Families transitioning from treatment are often particularly at risk and this program would target services to those families. The goals of the program are to reduce child abuse and neglect, promote knowledge of healthy child development, and ensure that parents are connected to community resources, social supports and organizations that will ensure healthy, safe family functioning.

MJCC School Age -- Stronger Families amplifies the efforts of our six licensed programs across Addison County to strengthen and support families and children that we serve. It explores and deepens parental resilience, expands opportunities for social connections among children, parents and communities, offer education and instruction for program staff and parents together in the social, emotional and cognitive benchmarks and developments for children ages six to twelve. Over the course of three years, the promotive factors identified by the state of Vermont as integral in the stability of hundreds of families will be examined, addressed and improved for 85% of participants, by their own report; sustainable results will be documented.

Explore the feasibiity of expanding NeighborKeepers statewide. Consultants will be hired to develop a sustainable funding plan and the structure and governance for a statewide organization.

A parent educaiton and support program for the Champlain Islands.

Support yearly, at least two 10-weel Nurturing Parenting classes to single mothers and their children in Bennington County who have been involved in abusive relationships.

This program plans to address issues that many foster and adoptive parents face raising young children, strengthen families, reduce the rate of return of children into foster care, and reduce movement of children within the foster care system. Vermont is in dire need of more foster and adoptive parents as DCF has taken more children into custody in recent years, particularly children under 6, because of the opiate addiction problems we are facing. These parents have a wide variety of challenges and need support. We propose to offer 3 Circle of Parent Support Groups and 2 Nurturing Parenting Programs for Foster and Adoptive Families. These programs will strengthen parenting skills and reduce foster home and adoptive failures.