| The local Partnership works with many
different local agencies who provide services to children and families and works to
identify needed programs and services as well as resources to meet those needs. Often,
programs exist but are not being utilized. Sometimes duplication of services are noted.
The Partnership was formed to eliminate those duplications and fill the voids in the
service delivery system. By blending and
leveraging existing resources and providing funding through Smart Start - the following
programs are made possible to the young children: Transportation
Services This
activity will provide transportation services through the local
transportation authority and childcare. Parenting
Education for Teen Parents The
Parenting Education for Teen Parents activity will address parenting
skills by teaching teen parents about disciplining techniques,
parenting skills, anger management and preventive health. This
activity will be facilitated by a health educator in collaboration
with Cooperative Extension and the Northampton County School
System. This curriculum will continue to be offered to
students enrolled in the Family Life course in one high school in the
county. The male and female students who are parents or
parents-to0be will be the target population. The course will be
taught through a curriculum entitled "Active Parenting Program -
1234 Parents !", consisting of eight classes per semester in each
of the high schools. Each class is one hour and fifty minutes
long. Approximately twenty students will be enrolled in each of
six to eight classes. |
