Program Overview
Children do not come with instructions and at times we can all use a little support on our road to raising great kids.
Our Parent Aide program gives parents weekly, in-home support so they are empowered and have the skills and knowledge they need to weather life’s storms and nurture and grow their children into healthy, happy, young adults.
Families participate in the program for a minimum of 6 months. This intensive, long-term relationship helps build trust and provides parents with time to learn, practice, and master new skills.
Weekly home visits with trained Parent Aides focus on improving parenting skills, enhancing problem-solving skills, developing social supports, and ensuring child safety. Parents learn non-violent parenting practices, are connected with much needed community services and increase their ability to meet their family’s basic emotional and concrete needs.
Our Parent Aide program follows the evidence-based Exchange Parent Aide model that has demonstrated successful replication since 1979 in over 80 communities across more than 28 states. The program is proven to reduce the risk for abuse and neglect and help ensure families stay intact.
Our results speak for themselves: 97% of parents who complete our 6-month program acquire new coping skills and strengthen their relationships with their children. Families don’t just stabilize—they thrive.
Investment
Your $3,000 investment keeps a family together for an entire year—and saves taxpayers $102,131.
When you support one child in our Parent Aide Program, you’re providing their family with weekly in-home mentoring, parent education, and expert guidance that creates measurable, lasting change.
Our results are extraordinary:
- 97% of parents gain coping skills and build healthier relationships with their children
- 94% learn how to access community resources when they need support
- 100% remain safely together as a family at program completion
- 100% would recommend our program to other parents
Prevention works—and it’s dramatically more cost-effective than intervention. The annual cost of child abuse and neglect in Florida is $105,131 per child. Our program costs just $3,000 per child annually, creating a cost avoidance of $102,131 per child, per year.
In 2018, 1,261 children in Palm Beach County were victims of verified child abuse and neglect. More than 1,100 children are currently in foster care, removed from their homes for their own safety. Your investment prevents families from reaching that crisis point.
Our Parent Aide services are provided at no cost to families, ensuring that financial barriers never stand between a struggling parent and the support that keeps their family intact.