PARTNERING WITH PARENTS

Partnering With Parents was created with the goal of reducing child neglect and abuse in Mower and Freeborn Counties. They sought to do this by providing a continuum of easily accessible secondary prevention services that strengthen families by increasing research-based protective factors that include: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete supports in times of need, children’s social and emotional competence and cultural relevance and affirmation. The target populations are parents/care-givers, and the children in their care, who are experiencing the intense stresses of poverty, employment transition, divorce, single parenting, rural isolationism, and cultural transitioning. Partnering with Parents in Freeborn and Mower Counties is a comprehensive, cohesive program strategy that links a spectrum of our integrated secondary prevention services:

  • Individual Parent Education sessions which are available to any parent and/or guardian. Sessions are an hour in length meeting once a week, over a period of 6 to 8 sessions. Sessions are scheduled on the availability of the parent educator and the parent or guardian. These sessions include topics of parent education identified by the referring agency (if applicable) and the need and want of the parent. A sliding fee scale is available based on gross income and circumstance.

  • Group Parenting Education sessions, emphasizing safe discipline methods, are taught by professional parent educators for parents challenged by multiple risk factors. Parenting classes are incorporated into Parents Forever divorce education, Riverland College Parent Center, Fountain Centers Albert Lea Campus, and local county detention centers including Freeborn, Mower, Steele, Good Hue, and Rice County.

  • The Parent2Parent is a peer support program, coordinated through the Parent WarmLine toll-free telephone service. This service matches you with parents that have “been there”, and aims to assist you in such areas of teenage pregnancy, ADHD, mental health and others. Contact Parent2Parent at (507) 440-4164.

Contact Information

Partnering with Parents
105 1st Street SE, Suite A
Austin, MN 55912
Office : (507) 437-8330

educator@prc-austinmn.org

Parent Warmline
(507) 440-4164