Champions For Children Inc

Programs: Positive parenting partnership: balancing relationships, parenting and finances is challenging for all caregivers " p3 provides interventions designed to positively impact marriage and couple stability; healthy relationships among parents, parenting skills, financial health; and increase parenting confidence. P3 uses triple p, which is an evidence-based parenting and family support system designed to prevent, as well as treat, behavioral and emotional problems in children and teenagers. It aims to prevent problems in the family, school, and community before they arise and to create family environments that encourage children to realize their potential. Triple p helps parents replace ineffective parenting strategies with effective methods for encouraging positive child behavior. These no- cost services are open to every parent or caregiver with children aged 0-18 throughout the greater tampa bay area who would like to establish a better relationship with their child or strengthen their marriage/relationship. In 2017, nearly 300 families received support to reach their goals, interests and needs to be a successful family.

parents as teachers is relationship-based and parenting-focused. It is brought to parents in their homes by trained parent educators whose goal is to help them build on their strengths as they interact with their children. Parents then become teachers through this interaction, playing with, and enjoying their children, and their children stand a better chance of beginning school fully ready to learn and succeed. The program effectively equips families with the resources and information needed to reduce parents stress and potential abuse. Pat uses a relationship based approach and home visitation model that helps children grow up healthy, safe and ready to learn in all environments. Pat provides the information, support and encouragement, throughout hillsborough county, that all parents need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Our goal is to help parents of all socio-economic backgrounds engage with their children in ways that lead to a lifetime of good health, educational achievement, and future success. By offering a universal access program throughout hillsborough county, we are giving parents the education and support they need to promote their young children's healthy development and prepare them for success in school and in life. Pat provided no-cost services to nearly 1,800 individuals in 2017.

children's board family resource centers (cbfrc) in east county & north tampa offer programs and services emphasizing child development and health and safety available at no cost to members. The centers are designed to help families and communities become happier, healthier and stronger in a refreshing home-like environment where caring staff and members offer support, opportunities and new friendships. The philosophy of family support is part of a national movement which seeks to strengthen and empower families and communities so they can foster the best possible development of children, youth and adults. Broad community partnerships are at the heart of service and program delivery with an emphasis on child development and health and safety. In 2017, more than 6,500 individuals were served in a variety of services at one of these two locations.

early childhood programs (ecp) - all children need and deserve secure and well-attached relationships with their primary caregivers, a safe and nurturing home environment, and the guidance and support to build healthy relationships with others. All parents/caregivers need and deserve respect for their strengths and competencies and encouragement to become their child's first and best teacher. Ecp offers parents/caregivers opportunities to learn and connect with other adults, and support and guidance when needed to ensure their children are healthy, safe, and developmentally on track. Ecp is a multi-faceted approach to supporting caregiver-child attachment, optimal child development, and parental resiliency. Because parenting is a learning process that begins even before the baby is born and continues throughout the child's life, ecp offer a continuum of services and supports that begins in the prenatal period and continues through the preschool years. In 2017 more than 3,000 individuals participated in one or many of these services. Healthy families is a nationally accredited home visiting program for expectant parents and parents of newborns experiencing stressful life situations. The program improves childhood outcomes and increases family self-sufficiency by empowering parents through education and community support. Parents voluntarily participate in healthy families so they can learn how to recognize and respond to their babies' changing developmental needs, use positive discipline techniques, cope with the day-to-day stress of parenting in healthy ways, and set and achieve short- and long-term goals. In 2017, more than 850 individuals participated in services. Child care & family learning is a collaboration between the county's largest substance abuse/behavioral health organization offer parenting classes, new mom support groups, visitation playgroups, reflective groups, and child development seminars for mothers undergoing treatment for substance abuse, all with the goal of helping them re-establish strong, healthy relationships with their children that truly last. This site also offers a blended early head start and florida gold seal school readiness child care setting for children under the age of three. These transformative services served nearly 350 individuals in 2017. Child care & family learning is a collaboration between the county's largest substance abuse/behavioral health organization offer parenting classes, new mom support groups, visitation playgroups, reflective groups, and child development seminars for mothers undergoing treatment for substance abuse, all with the goal of helping them re-establish strong, healthy relationships with their children that truly last. This site also offers a blended early head start and florida gold seal school readiness child care setting for children under the age of three. These transformative services served nearly 350 individuals in 2017. Family involvement connections (fic) is a family support program that is offered through participating child care centers in hillsborough county. Fic adopts the evidence-informed center for the study of social policy's strengthening families protective factors framework through the caring conversations curriculum in a community and family-focused approach to support a child's academic achievement. The five protective factors include parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children. Studies repeatedly document the positive effects on academic performance of social and emotional learning programming on students of diverse backgrounds from preschool through high school. Fic supports parents to create positive social ties to the parents of their children's friends to build social connections and establish a baseline of shared standards. These social relationships help to determine the quality of the neighborhood environment for children. In 2017, 250 individuals were served. Prenatal program serves as the gateway for champions continuum of services, allowing us to reach out to families at the earliest possible time, helping parents build a strong, healthy foundation for their children from the get-go. The program provides education and support to families who are expecting a child or recently welcomed a new child into their life. During this exciting time, we offer prenatal classes led by certified specialists, covering topics from what to expect during labor and delivery to preparing to be a first-time mom or dad. After a new baby arrives, our internationally board-certified lactation consultants will support infant feeding and goals; clients can stop by baby caf with questions, or just to weight their baby and get reassurance that all is going well - no appointment required. Nearly 1,000 individuals were served in 2017. Kids on the block (kotb) is a troupe of educational puppets that since 1994 perform personal safety education shows about child abuse prevention and bullying & stereotyping prevention for hillsborough county public and private elementary school students. In 2017, more than 23,000 children were provided knowledge to recognize inappropriate, harmful behavior and seek help. Kotb is unique because it takes its messages directly to children and they write letters to the puppets after the performances which are used to identify students who need further help. By working together with schools and community partners to enhance the personal safety and character education curriculum, we can ensure that children in our community can grow up free from child abuse and bullying to achieve their highest academic and personal goals.