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Pierce County Early Childhood Network offered at Access Pierce
Provides Family Resource Navigators who work one-on-one with Pierce County families with children ages birth to 5. Service is provided over an extended period of time.
Offers trained navigators who work one-on-one with parents over an extended period. Help provided can include help contacting organizations, filling out forms, follow-up with organizations on behalf of the clients, supportive check-ins and more. "Connects families to agencies that provide the following types of services:
- healthy pregnancy
- postpartum support
- lactation consultation
- parenting education/skill building
- child development
- peer support and networking
- behavioral health for parent or child
- diapers, clothes, furniture
- public benefits access
- and connection to developmental screening.
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Parenting Helplines
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
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Crisis Counseling offered by Vanessa Behan
Staff is available by phone 24 hours a day to assist parents who are feeling overwhelmed or stressed out.
Staff is available by phone 24 hours a day to assist parents who are feeling overwhelmed or stressed out.
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Parenting Helplines
Thriving Heart offered at C.A.R.E. Medical Center
Thriving Heart is an educational resource that coaches the next parenting generation through life-skill classes, focus groups, and workshops with an emphasis on building relationship through community.
Thriving Heart is an educational resource that coaches the next parenting generation through life-skill classes, focus groups, and workshops with an emphasis on building relationship through community.
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Child Development Classes
Life Skills Education
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Place offered at Kitsap Community Resources
Offers numerous classes that are based on asset-based activities, support, community awareness, and training.
Offers programs that teach skills that enable parents to deal constructively and consistently with a broad spectrum of child rearing problems which may include sibling rivalry; school behavior and performance; poor self-esteem; shyness; drug use; sexual promiscuity; and the whole range of negative, acting-out behaviors including whining, temper tantrums, disobedience, insolence and destructiveness. Some parenting skills development programs utilize a step-by-step approach for managing specific problems and may incorporate application at home of techniques that were discussed and practiced in the classroom setting. Other programs may offer participatory family workshops which provide opportunities for parents and children to learn and practice methods for dealing with one another under the guidance of a trained facilitator. Most training programs teach the parent a particular way of talking and relating to their children that reinforces positive behaviors and communication and decreases negative behaviors while supporting the development of a relationship that is built on fairness, mutual caring and respect.
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General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Teen Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Development Classes
Parenting Materials
Parenting Support Services offered by Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Bellevue
Offers parenting classes for new and expectant parents. Participants earn vouchers they can spend at a baby boutique for items like diapers, formula, clothing, cribs and car seats. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Facilitates one-on-one meetings with a parenting mentor, who can help clients set up a class schedule and meet for individual parenting training sessions and encouragement. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Classes meet court requirements. Topics include:
- Nurturing relationships.
- Safe places
- Healthy start
- Effective education
Clients enrolled and participating in the parenting program may be eligible for additional support.
Participants earn "Care Net Cash" which they can use to shop in the baby boutique, which has items like diapers, formula, clothing and baby furniture including car seats and cribs.
Limited one-time assistance provided for non-participants.
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Parenting Skills Classes
Adult Mentoring Programs
Diapers
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Baby Furniture
Child Development Classes
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Childbirth Education
Baby Clothing
Formula/Baby Food
Domestic Violence Intervention Treatment offered by Alternatives Professional Counseling, PS
Offers state certified domestic violence perpetrator treatment.
Offers state certified Domestic Violence Intervention Treatment (DVIT), and Anger management assessments and therapy programs. Offers referrals for advocacy on victim’s issues.
Provides services via Zoom.
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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Development Classes
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Anger Management
Breastfeeding Support offered by La Leche League of Washington in Southwest Washington
Support group network provides breastfeeding and chestfeeding information and assistance in Southwest Washington. Volunteers are available to provide 24-hour information and counseling on breastfeeding and parenting.
Provides peer-to-peer breastfeeding and chestfeeding support through phone/email counseling and in monthly group meetings as well as educational materials.
Coordinates a network of volunteers who are available to provide timely, free information and counseling on breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping and weaning.
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Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Parenting Helplines
Help Me Grow WA Hotline offered by WithinReach
Provides information and referral for family health resources. Service topics include breastfeeding, immunization, child care, child development, early intervention and parent/sibling support.
Provides information and referral for social and health services across Washington state. Service topics include the following:
- Health Insurance and Basic Food screening
- Food Bank Referrals
- Dental Clinic Referrals
- Prenatal care referrals/resources
- Breastfeeding Support
- Immunization Clinics
- Birth Control/Family Planning Clinic referrals
- Child development/Play & Learn Groups
- ASQ (Ages & Stages Questionnaires)
- Parent/sibling support
- Statewide Early intervention
- Parenting Classes
- Baby supplies/Clothing Banks
- Parenting Support/Home visiting programs
Offers expanded referral services for children and youth with special health care needs:
- Parent support
- School support services
- Recreational activities
- Diagnostic services for children with autism
- Social and recreational activities for children with autism
Provides information about specific local programs as well as state program eligibility screening and application assistance.
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Parenting Helplines
Early Identification Programs
Benefits Screening
Parenting Support Services offered by Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Federal Way
Offers parenting classes for new and expectant parents. Participants earn vouchers they can spend at a baby boutique for items like diapers, formula, clothing, cribs and car seats. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Facilitates one-on-one meetings with a parenting mentor, who can help clients set up a class schedule and meet for individual parenting training sessions and encouragement. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Classes meet court requirements. Topics include:
- Nurturing relationships.
- Safe places
- Healthy start
- Effective education
Clients enrolled and participating in the parenting program may be eligible for additional support.
Participants earn "Care Net Cash" which they can use to shop in the baby boutique, which has items like diapers, formula, clothing and baby furniture including car seats and cribs.
Limited one-time assistance provided for non-participants.
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Adult Mentoring Programs
Baby Furniture
Baby Clothing
Child Development Classes
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Formula/Baby Food
Childbirth Education
Diapers
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Classes offered at Housing Hope
Provides a variety of parenting classes.
College of Hope provides several parenting classes including what to expect at certain ages, childhood development, positive discipline, parenting your teen, Incredible Years, Incredible Years: Autism, single parenting, and more. Classes may vary.
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Child Development Classes
Parenting Skills Classes
READY! for Kindergarten offered at Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid Columbia
Provides age appropriate information for parents of children birth to age five relating to cognitive and social/emotional skills needed to prepare a child to enter kindergarten.
Provides age appropriate information for parents of children birth to age five relating to cognitive and social/emotional skills needed to prepare a child to enter kindergarten.
Provides kindergarten readiness seminars for parents of children birth to age five.
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Early Literacy Development Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
School Readiness Programs
Child Development Classes
Family Help Line offered by Parent Trust for Washington Children
Statewide phone line provides supportive listening, parenting education, assistance with finding support, advocacy and referrals for parenting classes, support groups and family resources. Maintains an online resource database.
Operates a parenting help line where live coaches provide education, supportive listening, and help finding additional assistance via telephone, email, or zoom.
Offers referrals for parenting classes (including court ordered), support groups and family resources such as IEPs, parenting plans, family friendly activities, and more.
Provides an online statewide searchable database of classes, groups and resources.
Recorded resource line available after hours.
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Parenting Helplines
Parenting Program offered at South Puget Sound Community College
Provides two types of courses for parents. Includes instruction in child development, family communication and discipline, and providing a quality learning environment for children.
Provides two types of courses for parents.
Includes instruction in child development, family communication and discipline, and providing a quality learning environment for children.
Parent-Child Series:
Parents and children (birth to 4 years old) come to class together once a week for parent education discussion, child-study and developmentally appropriate children's activities.
Provides an array of topics for parents to learn from.
Co-op Preschool Parenting Education:
For families who have joined one of the three affiliated neighborhood preschools.
College instructor assists parents who run the preschool, attends monthly educational seminars and work in the preschool classroom on a rotating basis.
This program is organized through the preschools.
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Child Development Classes
Parenting Skills Classes
Mandatory Co-Parenting Seminar offered at Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County
Focuses on children's unique needs prior to separation, during divorce, and in other family residential changes. Required by Kitsap County Superior Court.
This four hour seminar focuses on children’s unique needs prior to separation, during divorce, and in other family residential changes. Learn about developmental stages, the grief process, positive ways to communicate with your child’s other parent and much more. This seminar is approved by the Kitsap County Superior Court for parents involved in divorce, legal separation, or paternity actions. Please visit the Kitsap County Superior Court website to learn more about this court requirement. We do not allow co-parents to attend the same class without additional documentation. Contact the class coordinator to receive the proper paperwork if you and your co-parent wish to attend the same class.
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Court Ordered Parenting Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Development Classes
Breastfeeding Support offered by La Leche League of Washington in North Puget Sound
Support group network provides breastfeeding and chestfeeding information and assistance in North Sound. Volunteers are available to provide 24-hour information and counseling on breastfeeding and parenting.
Provides peer-to-peer breastfeeding and chestfeeding support through phone/email counseling and in monthly group meetings as well as educational materials.
Coordinates a network of volunteers who are available to provide timely, free information and counseling on breastfeeding, chestfeeding, pumping and weaning.
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Parenting Helplines
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Period of PURPLE Crying Seattle Children's offered Online
Offers education to parents about the reasons a baby may cry, especially covering the time period that babies are likely to cry for no easy-to-understand reason. Purpose is to help parents/caregivers, and to help prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Offers education to parents about the reasons a baby may cry, especially covering the time period that babies are likely to cry for no easy-to-understand reason.
Pierce County parents are offered this information when they leave the hospital with their newborn, but it can be helpful to have reminders of it, or provide it to those who are helping with the child.
Purpose of the program is to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome.
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Child Development Classes
Parenting Materials
Support for Children & Families offered at The Brave Warrior Project
Works to eliminate barriers for children that have developmental disorder, chronic healthcare needs, and cancer in Pacific Northwest communities.
Works to eliminate barriers for children and young adults, ages 0-Adults, that have a developmental disorder, chronic healthcare needs, or cancer in Pacific Northwest communities. Provides access to resources, parent education, development of programs that encourage play, socializations, support systems, and community collaborations with entities that put children's needs first.
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Parent to Parent Networking
Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
Disability Related Parenting Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Child Development Classes
Social Skills Training
Parenting Skills Classes
Parent Support Groups
Outreach - New/Expectant Parent Support Team/Navy offered at Fleet and Family Support - Snohomish County
The New Parent Support Team (NPST) is a voluntary program for expectant/new Navy parents.
The New Parent Support Team (NPST) is a voluntary program for expectant/new Navy parents. Home visitation is the core service, with a focus on the health needs of infants and toddlers, prenatal and postnatal care, parent education, family/social support, and resources within the community. Services focus on supporting the parent as well as parent-child interaction and child development.
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Specialized Information and Referral
Neonatal Care
Outreach Programs
Postpartum Care
Child Development Classes
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Prenatal Care
Pediatric Home Nursing
Early Intervention Program offered at ChildStrive
Families work one-on-one with a Parent Coach, in the child's natural learning environment, identifying learning opportunities in daily family routines such as bath time, mealtime, or during play.
Families work one-on-one with a Parent Coach, in the child's natural learning environment, identifying learning opportunities in daily family routines such as bath time, mealtime, or during play. Each family creates a customized Individualized Family Service Plan with their Coach, outlining the specific early intervention goals. ChildStrive's family centered early intervention services and programs include: - Developmental Screenings andComprehensive Evaluations - Individualized Family Service Plans - Family Resource Coordination - Referral Services - Supports provided by a team of professionals made up of Physical or Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Special Educator, and counselor and Parent Coaching supports from one team member. - Feeding Intervention - Counseling - Parent & Infant Support Groups - Parent & Toddler Play Groups for children of all abilities - Parent Workshops - Spanish Speaking Preschool - Homeless Shelter Outreach
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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Child Development Classes
Parenting Classes and Information offered at Southwest Youth & Family Services
Offers parenting classes and information on parenting skills and child development.
Offers the Parent-Child Plus Program, which is a home visiting literacy program for children, age 2, and their parents.
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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Development Classes
Parenting Support Services offered by Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Puyallup
Offers parenting classes for new and expectant parents. Participants earn vouchers they can spend at a baby boutique for items like diapers, formula, clothing, cribs and car seats. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Facilitates one-on-one meetings with a parenting mentor, who can help clients set up a class schedule and meet for individual parenting training sessions and encouragement. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Classes meet court requirements. Topics include:
- Nurturing relationships.
- Safe places
- Healthy start
- Effective education
Clients enrolled and participating in the parenting program may be eligible for additional support.
Participants earn "Care Net Cash" which they can use to shop in the baby boutique, which has items like diapers, formula, clothing and baby furniture including car seats and cribs.
Limited one-time assistance provided for non-participants.
What's Here
Diapers
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Parenting Skills Classes
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Baby Furniture
Formula/Baby Food
Child Development Classes
Childbirth Education
Adult Mentoring Programs
Baby Clothing
Conscious Fathering Programs offered at Parent Trust for Washington Children
Offers a one-time, four-hour class for expectant fathers through local hospitals. Basic infant care skills are taught by a male instructor. Provides a "hands-on" overview of a baby's basic needs.
Offers a one-time, two-hour class for expectant fathers through local hospitals and parent centers. Basic infant care skills are taught by a male instructor.
Provides a "hands-on" overview of a baby's basic needs, the "things every parent needs to know," and how to build a solid relationship with your child from the very first day.
Includes book A Guide for Expectant Fathers by Bernie Dorsey.
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New Dad Parenting Programs
Child Development Classes
Community Education Classes offered at EvergreenHealth Monroe
Provides educational classes on various health related issues.
Classes cover topics such as baby care and safety, senior health, childbirth preparation, first aid, CPR, disease management, diabetes education, emergency and safety education, and neurological and movement disorders.
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CPR Instruction
General First Aid Instruction
Child Development Classes
Parenting Skills Classes
Driving Safety Education
Teen Expectant/New Parent Assistance
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Support Services offered by Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Gig Harbor
Offers parenting classes for new and expectant parents. Participants earn vouchers they can spend at a baby boutique for items like diapers, formula, clothing, cribs and car seats. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Facilitates one-on-one meetings with a parenting mentor, who can help clients set up a class schedule and meet for individual parenting training sessions and encouragement. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Classes meet court requirements. Topics include:
- Nurturing relationships.
- Safe places
- Healthy start
- Effective education
Clients enrolled and participating in the parenting program may be eligible for additional support.
Participants earn "Care Net Cash" which they can use to shop in the baby boutique, which has items like diapers, formula, clothing and baby furniture including car seats and cribs.
Limited one-time assistance provided for non-participants.
What's Here
Baby Clothing
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Development Classes
Childbirth Education
Formula/Baby Food
Baby Furniture
Adult Mentoring Programs
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Diapers
Parenting Support Services offered by Care Net Pregnancy & Family Services of Puget Sound in Tacoma
Offers parenting classes for new and expectant parents. Participants earn vouchers they can spend at a baby boutique for items like diapers, formula, clothing, cribs and car seats. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Facilitates one-on-one meetings with a parenting mentor, who can help clients set up a class schedule and meet for individual parenting training sessions and encouragement. Separate mentoring available for mothers and fathers.
Classes meet court requirements. Topics include:
- Nurturing relationships.
- Safe places
- Healthy start
- Effective education
Clients enrolled and participating in the parenting program may be eligible for additional support.
Participants earn "Care Net Cash" which they can use to shop in the baby boutique, which has items like diapers, formula, clothing and baby furniture including car seats and cribs.
Limited one-time assistance provided for non-participants.
What's Here
Child Development Classes
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Formula/Baby Food
Childbirth Education
Baby Furniture
Baby Clothing
Diapers
Adult Mentoring Programs
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
