Pathfinders of Oregon Community Programs - Parenting and Family Services
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| Group | Community And Other Support Services |
| Category | Parenting and Family Services |
| Name | Pathfinders of Oregon Community Programs |
| Provider | Pathfinders of Oregon |
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Description
Pathfinders of Oregon offers holistic community-based services at their Center for Family Success , in east Multnomah County, for justice-impacted adults and their children. Programs they offer at the Center include: Parenting Classes, Early Childhood Home Visiting, Parent Advocacy, Peer Mentoring, Reentry Support, Family Engagement Activities, and Youth Mentoring.
Center for Family Success’ mission is to improve outcomes for children of justice involved parents by providing parenting programs and family stabilization services. With a focus on family reunification and family strengthening, the Center works to break the cycle of family involvement in the justice system.
Programs include:
- Parenting Inside Out . Parenting Inside Out (PIO) is a parent management skills program for justice involved parents. PIO gives parents the skills to successfully reintegrate with their families and to parent their children in healthy, prosocial ways. The class is available in English and in Spanish. They offer 12-week and 6-week programs.
- Caring Dads. Caring Dads is a research informed program to help fathers improve their relationships with their children and end controlling, abusive, and neglectful behavior. The curriculum focuses on teaching fathers to develop skills to deal with frustrating situations, increase behavioral awareness and learn strategies to strengthen the father-child relationship. The group meets twice a week for 8.5 weeks.
- Home visiting program. Parenting Inside Out 1:1 Home Visiting is an individualize intervention program that focuses on 1:1 parenting skills tailored to fit family goals that include bi-weekly home visits for a minimum of 6 months.
- Parent Advocacy. Parent advocates provide individualized support to parents to assist them in achieving stability as they participate in services at the Center for Family Success. Advocates provide resource navigation, engage in collaborative communication with community partners, allocate resources to reduce barriers to program attendance, provide life-skills coaching, assist with parenting plans and goal setting, and help clients increase self-sufficiency.
- Peer Mentoring. Parent Partners help participants navigate systems while providing emotional support and skill building. Mentors have lived experiences with justice systems and/or I the recovery community.
- Gender-Responsive Trauma Coping Skills Groups . Healing Trauma for women and Building Resilience for men are gender specific skill-based support groups to help parents who have experienced trauma, adversity and stress. The groups are designed to help build insight and skills to cope with trauma and its effects. These groups meet twice a week for 3 weeks.
- Family Engagement Events. The Center provides free family engagement events at least once a month, which allow parents and children to have fun in a pro-social environment. Events include recreational activities such as picnics, hiking, and swimming, holiday parties, visits to local museums, and educational workshops.
- Reentry Support. Center advocates provide individual and family support to parents as they transition out of jail or prison.
Facilities
Pathfinders of Oregon Community Facility
Contacts
Contact: Office Phone: (503) 286-0600 Email: cffsinfo@thepathfindernetwork.org