Family Support Through the Following Services:

• Parenting Support Groups
• Parenting Skills Groups
• Parent Cafes
• Protective Factors Workshops
• Resource Coordination
• Community Outreach
• Supported Employment

Adverse childhood experiences may include acts of sexual, physical, emotional abuse as well as emotional and physical neglect. Research has demonstrated that the experience of being harmed by persons who should provide support, and protection leads to severe neurobiological, somatic and mental damage in the developing child, compromising the ability to cope with somatic and psychic stressors throughout the lifespan.  In collaboration with the Maryland Family Network, we have launched Pathways Stronger Families program in Southern Maryland. 

The Protective Factors Framework

• Parental Resilience: Ability to manage and bounce back from all types of challenges that emerge in every family's life.​
• Social Connections: The involvement of friends, family members, neighbors and community members for emotional support, problem solving, parenting advice and concrete assistance to parents.​
• Concrete Support in Times of Need: Meeting basic economic needs (e.g. food, shelter, clothing and health care) essential for families to thrive. Crisis such as domestic violence, mental illness or substance abuse, adequate services and supports need to be in place.​
• Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: Accurate information about child development and appropriate expectations for children's behavior at every age that is essential in healthy development.​
• Social and Emotional Competence of Children: Ability of children to interact positively with others, self-regulate behavior and effectively communicate their feelings.