Nurturing Families

Nurturing Families

Wellness Pointe has developed the Nurturing Program to address risk factors associated with child abuse and neglect.

The Family Support services are community-based services that assist and support parents in their role as caregivers in the Region IV area including counties: Gregg, Harrison, Smith, Upshur, Rusk, Wood, Panola, Anderson, Camp and Henderson.

Family support services promote parental competency and healthy child development by helping parents enhance their strengths and resolve problems that can lead to child maltreatment, development delays, and family disruption.

All families can benefit from information, guidance, and help in connecting with resources as they meet the challenges of parenthood and family life.

The Nurturing Program will utilize evidence-based curricula to build protective factors for identified families over the course of a 12 week period.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Teen parent
• Poor parent/child interaction
• High parent/child conflict
• High general stress level
• Homelessness
• Child Protective Services referred
• Parent/Guardian negative attitude about the child’s behavior
• Parent/Guardian has inaccurate knowledge and expectations about child development
• Social isolation of family/parent/guardian lack of support
• Non-traditional family structure-especially single parent with lack of social support and/or a high number of children in the household

The following free services will be available through the program:

• Family Counseling
• Individual Counseling
• Home visitations
• Parent education and training
• Resource and Referral assistance

For more information, call 903-758-0260 or 800-811-6648.

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