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Parent Partner Digital Story Information Center for Digital Storytelling 1803 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Berkeley, CA USA - Phone: http://www.storycenter.org
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Parent Partners of NW Iowa
Lauri CarlsonParent Partner Director
E-Mail: [email protected]: 712-330-3849
Website: parentpartnerprogram.com
OVERVIEW• The Parent Partner Program is designed to
provide better outcomes around child abuse, re-abuse and reunification. The goal of the Parent Partner Mentor is to assist birth parents to be successful in completing case plan goals and navigate through the child welfare and substance abuse systems.
• Parent Partners also work with community based organizations to provide resources for families.
Parent PartnerDigital Story Information
Center for Digital Storytelling1803 Martin Luther King Jr. WayBerkeley, CA 94709 USAwww.storycenter.org - http://www.storycenter.orgPhone: 510-548-2065
GoalParent Partner Mentors are selected based upon their interpersonal skills, successes and proven abilities to overcome obstacles. All Parent Partners have past involvement with the Department of Human Services due to child protection issues and have had their children removed for a time, with successful reunification. It is these experiences that make Parent Partners so beneficial to families who are currently receiving Department of Human Services due to child protection issues. Parent Partners are able to offer hope, realistic advice and advocacy for families. In addition, they form a critical link between the Department of Human Services worker, other professionals and the family.
Building A Better FutureA curriculum for parents and professionals to
support parent engagement and self-advocacy
Developed by:Sandra Jimenez and Naomi Weinstein
Sandra Jimenez – Annie E. Casey Foundation Trainer/Consultant
E-Mail: [email protected]
Randy Jenkins - WillJenk Consulting ServicesE-Mail: [email protected]
Engaging Parents• Strategies to work with
pregnant women and families with newborns
• Strategies to work with fathers
• Barriers these families experience
Providing EducationAnd TrainingForParent PartnerStaff
Supporting Parents• Strategies to work with
fathers• Strategies to work with
pregnant women and families with newborns
• Barriers these families experience
Supporting Concurrent PlanningforParent PartnerStaff
Parent Partner Outcomes
To supportparents
in successfulre-unification with
their children
To assist parentsIn recognizingpermanency
for their children when they arenot ready to be
parents
To engage andsupport parents
in long termrecovery
Parent Partners of NW Iowa
Lauri CarlsonParent Partner Director
E-Mail: [email protected]: 712-330-3849
Website: parentpartnerprogram.com
