Provincial Family Resource Networks – service provider search

Service description: Information and referral and coordination of services for Albertans.

Service description: The Families First Program is a home visitation early intervention program for families with children prenatal to 6 years of age (the focus of the program is the 0-3 years range) that supports the health and well-being of children and families and reduces the risk of child abuse and neglect. Families First Program facilitates the development of “protective factors” to assist parents identified as at-risk to find resources and develop skills to parent effectively.

Service description: This spoke service offers a variety of parenting supports which include formal one on one parent consultations, informal supportive conversations with relevant referrals to community resources, parent and child play groups, child and youth programs, formal group educational programs and seminars including but not limited to Triple P, Active Parenting, monthly support groups.

Service description: Family Success Coaches build supportive, encouraging and strength based relationships with caregivers (with children 0 – 18 yrs.) and other family members to address barriers and risks, support families to access community resources (e.g. housing, mental health, Immigrant services, school services, youth programming etc.), increase parenting skills and knowledge of child development and increase social/cultural connections.

Service description: Families Thriving Together is a counselling program based on family system approach. It is a 3 tier program in which caregiver and children address attachment and trauma issues. This program is culturally, socially, financially and spiritually based to meet the needs of the family.

Service description: This program assists families in navigating community resources, reducing barriers to accessing support, identifying steps to assist families in achieving their goals and advocating alongside as needed.

Service description: The Family Preservation Program includes a Family Preservation Worker and Youth Workers who provide multi-faceted programming opportunities to aid in the development of skills and resiliency in caregivers, youth, and families. Youth Workers work directly with youth to build life skills with outcomes measured using the Casey Life Skills Assessment Tool. The Family Preservation Worker works in collaboration with the Youth Workers and FRN partners to provide family programming opportunities including parent/teen mediation; caregiver/youth/family groups; family activities; community connection and referral; cultural groups, including connection to local Elders; private mentorship sessions; and outreach support, when appropriate.

Service description: South Region Parents as Teachers (SRPAT) delivers personalized, custom support to parents, caregivers, and families with children prenatal to age six utilizing the comprehensive, evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visitation model. Certified home visitors share research-based information and utilize strength-based practices with families to provide caregivers with the information, encouragement and support families need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Personal visits strengthen protective factors and address three areas of emphasis: Parent-Child Interactions, Development-Centered Parenting, and Family Well-Being using the PAT Foundational Curriculum, PAT Foundational Curriculum 2 (3-K Curriculum), Partnering with Teen Parents and Interactions Across Abilities Curriculums in culturally sensitive ways.

Service description: Information and referral and coordination of services for Albertans.

Service description: Families Thriving Together is a counselling program based on family system approach. It is a 3 tier program in which caregiver and children address attachment and trauma issues. This program is culturally, socially, financially and spiritually based to meet the needs of the family.

Service description: The Opokaa’sin Parent Education Program includes group and one-on-one intervention with parents and caregivers facing unique parenting challenges, building parenting skills through a traditional Blackfoot childrearing program and Triple P Positive Parenting Program

Service description: The Aapatsi’kaktosi North Star Navigation includes one-on-one intervention with parents and caregivers facing unique challenges, building traditional and positive parenting skills through a strength based approach to support children, youth and families.

Service description: The Apai’pookaiksi Youth Group Support program targets children, ages 7 to 13. Delivered through an Indigenous lens with land-based learning, it includes two components: Apai’pookaiksi After School Program and Nitsitapiisini Day Camps

Service description: Elders and Knowledge Holders gather together with urban youth to teach youth about culture, history, and territories. Traditional Indigenous ways are discussed and celebrated.

Service description: South Region Parents as Teachers (SRPAT) delivers personalized, custom support to parents, caregivers, and families with children prenatal to age six utilizing the comprehensive, evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visitation model. Certified home visitors share research-based information and utilize strength-based practices with families to provide caregivers with the information, encouragement and support families need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Personal visits strengthen protective factors and address three areas of emphasis: Parent-Child Interactions, Development-Centered Parenting, and Family Well-Being using the PAT Foundational Curriculum, PAT Foundational Curriculum 2 (3-K Curriculum), Partnering with Teen Parents and Interactions Across Abilities Curriculums in culturally sensitive ways.

Service description: All My Relations - Niitsitapiiminooniks , is an exclusively Indigenous program that offers a family program, child/youth programs, special events (land based teachings, tipi raising, etc.) and support services to Indigenous families on and off reserve in Lethbridge and surrounding areas. Our Indigenous staff enhance opportunities for children, youth and families to build deep and lasting relationships within family structures, develop a sense of belonging and identity within culture, and understand connections to extended family and the community. All programs and supports services are provided by Indigenous staff in consultation with Blackfoot Elders and Knowledge Keepers.