Parent Coordinator
“You and Me” parent education and support meetings are held in each county. Parent tips are provide through local newspapers, the Newsletter, and a parent e-mail. If a family requests, individualized confidential family parenting is provided one-on-one.
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Preschool Scholarships and Transportation Assistance
Building Families Board and the State of Iowa would like every child to begin kindergarten with at least one year of preschool experience.
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Healthy Families
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Child Care and Preschool Education Consultant
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Child Care Nurse Consultant
Child Care Home Registration Evaluator
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Training Opportunities
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Families Forward, In-home Visitation Program
Family support services are community-based services that promote the well being of children and families.
Family support programs have the following characteristics:
* Family driven, meaning there is a true partnership with families;
* Comprehensive, flexible, and individualized to each family based on their culture, needs, values and preferences;
* Build on strengths to increase the stability of family members and the family unit;
* Utilize informal and formal family support.
Parent education programs implement organized and planned meetings designed to support parents' efforts to enhance their children's health and development.
Parent education programs have the following characteristics:
* Provides parents with information, skills, support systems and confidence in their parental role in order to support, nurture and promote children's health and development;
* Strengthens positive relationships between parent and children;
* Builds on parents strengths and utilizes their experiences, ideas and knowledge;
* Provides information that meets the needs of parents for specific content and shared in a manner that is responsive to parents learning style, education and culture.
Home visitation is a face-to-face visit with a family in their home, or other temporary location, to facilitate meeting the family's goals.
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