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What is Exchange Parent Aide?

Accredited by the National Exchange Club, the Parent Aide Program partners with local families to match them with a positive Parent Aide mentor who can help them understand their options, build self-confidence and coping skills to manage daily stresses, access community supports and local resources. Once enrolled in the program, the family will engage in weekly/bi-weekly visits for a period of 6 – 12 months with the ultimate goal of keeping the family SAFE, STRONG AND TOGETHER!

Who is eligible for Exchange Parent Aide services?

The program is open to any parent who

needs assistance. Unlike most things in life, children don’t come with manuals and we can all use a little help sometimes. All services are voluntary and free to participants, with no age restrictions on the children in the household. Just give us a call to learn more about how we may be of assistance to you!

Our Exchange Parent Aide Model

Parent Aides are trained, professionally supervised individuals who provide supportive and educational, in-home services to families at-risk of child abuse and neglect. Exchange Parent Aides act as mentors and provide intensive support, information, and modeling of effective parenting — all in the home of the family. Services are family centered and focus on: 

• Parental resilience is developed through teaching problem solving skills, modeling effective parenting, providing 24/7 support and referrals to services.
• Knowledge of parenting and child development is encouraged and developed through sharing skills and modeling strategies. Individualized help is provided in the home with the children.
• Social connections are developed and fostered through social-support, building the individual relationship and connecting the parents to others through group meetings, activities, and referrals.
• Social-emotional competence of children is developed through strengthening of the nurturing capabilities of the family; interaction of parents with the children is observed and modeling is provided for support of the children’s competence.
• Ensuring safety of the children, including attention to medical, dental, and mental health care needs, as well as safe housing and freedom from child abuse, neglect, and domestic violence.