Catholic Social Services Washtenaw County
Prevention Area Served: Washtenaw County
Grant Number: CTFDS 17-81001
Grant Period: FY17-FY20
Website: Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County
Address:
4925 Packard Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1521
Phone: 734-971-9781 ext. 321
Program Director: Julie Payne
Email: jpayne@csswashtenaw.org
Project: The expansion of the Healthy Families Washtenaw Program is a targeted home visitation program designed to work with overburdened families who are at-risk for child maltreatment, abuse and neglect. Services begin prenatally or right after the birth and are offered voluntarily, intensively, and up to 5 years after the birth. Services include education on stages of childhood development, positive parenting and discipline techniques, children's basic health and safety needs, school readiness, and activities to promote bonding attachment.
SOS Community Services
Prevention Area Served: Washtenaw County
Grant Number: CTFDS 17-81002
Grant Period: FY17-FY20
Website: SOS Community Services
Address:
101 South Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Phone: 734-485-8730
Program Director: Rana Smith
Email: ranas@soscs.org
Project: SOS Parents as Teachers will provide a home visitation program for families who are homeless, exiting homelessness, precariously housed in public housing, or low-income. SOS will serve families in its own housing as well as families referred from partner agencies: Ypsilanti Housing Commission, SafeHouse Center, Staples Family Center, and Interfaith Hospitality Network. The SOS PAT program will use the evidence-based Parents As Teacheres model including Born to Learn curriculum which has demonstrated success in preventing child abuse to intervene with homeless and precariously housed families. Parents as Teachers will build protective factors for homeless families with children including parental resilence, social connections, concrete support in times of need, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children. The core components of this research-based program include parent-child play groups, individual meetings with parents, developmental screenings for children, connections with community resources, and evaluations. SOS Parent Educators will meet with families in their homes weekly for 50 weeks. SOS will serve a demographically diverse population in a culturally competent way consistent with its own standards for multiculturalism as well as the standards of the PAT National Center. Progress toward program objectives and program quality will be assessed through the administration of Protective Factors Surveys, Ages and Stages Questionnaire, and client satisfaction surveys.