Parent Partner is a mentoring program matching adult volunteers with pregnant teens. Once matched, the teen and mentor are provided with childbirth education classes designed for teen parents. Mentors provide support to the teen during labor and delivery. Once the baby is born, mentors continue to provide support to the teen and her family through outreach intervention including home visits, telephone calls, correspondence and transportation when needed. Services focus on labor support, infant care, parenting education, child development, parent-child interaction and resource development. Teens and mentors are provided with support education groups after the child birth series has completed. The program is approximately one year of service which may be extended depending on need.
Contact:
Peggy Akrigg, MSW, CSW
Catholic Social Services
53 Franklin Boulevard
Pontiac, Michigan 48341
Phone: (248) 334-3595
Fax: (248) 334-3781
Email: akriggp@cssoc.org
Web site: http://www.cssoc.org
Last updated: April 25th, 2011
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