Parent Aide Program
Help families, Help themselves

What Are Parent Aide Services?
The Parent Aide Service is a community based program designed to provide in home service to families who need support in parenting and home management.

Who Is The Parent Aide?
The Parent Aides are professionals and paraprofessionals who have received specialized training in child development and family management.

Who Do Parent Aides Assist?

• Parents who want to learn how to strengthen their parenting and home management skills
• Family units in danger of being separated
• First time parents
• Teenage parents

How Can A Parent Aide Help You?
Parent Aides will provide in home paraprofessional services to parents for support and education in the following areas:

• Discipline Methods
• Stress Management
• Child Development
• Nutrition
• Home Management
• Parent-Child Relationships
• Community Resources

Goals of Parent Aide Services?

• To strengthen parenting skills
• To show the developmental stages of children
• To assist in preventing or reducing abusive or neglectful behavior towards children
• To assist families in finding available resources
• To assist in stabilizing the home during or following periods of crisis
• To maximize the opportunity for children to remain in their homes

The Role of Parents who Participate is to:

• Be available for weekly meetings (about 1 hour per week)
• Communicate and work with the Parent Aide
• Be willing to try the ideas presented by the Parent Aide

Parent Aide Services are:

• Voluntary
• Free
• Confidential

Available to families who have children under the age of 18 and who live in the following towns: Berlin, Farmington, Kensington, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Southington, Unionville, West Hartford.

Funded by the Department of Children and Families


Central Referral Line: (860) 224-7131