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FAMILIES
GOAL: Increase the capacity for families to provide a safe nurturing environment. |
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Parenting Education: Create and/or expand parenting education opportunities for mothers, fathers, grandparents, and kinship care providers.
- ACTION STEP: Create a system to coordinate parenting education programs and services through a shared website and dissemination of parenting education opportunities, parenting tips and resource information.
- ACTION STEP: Support and advocate for increased access to quality child care and pre-school programs in both private and public sector that focus on teaching and modeling non-violent behavior.
- ACTION STEP: Increase awareness of and encourage participation in current evidence-based parenting education programs that increase parent bonding, nurturing, and knowledge of appropriate discipline strategies.
- ACTION STEP: Provide workshops & information to educate parents and community on the impact of witnessing and/or experiencing violence on children, to recognize violent tendencies in children, and to recognize behaviors that indicate involvement in risk behaviors.
- ACTION STEP: Provide workshops and information to educate parents and the community on safety hazards in the home and neighborhood, such as guns, drugs, gangs and the internet.
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Resources for Families:
Newport News Office on Children, Youth & Families
12284 Warwick Blvd., Suite 2-A
Newport News, VA 23606
Phone: 757-597-2801
Fax: 757-597-2806
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| Mary Immaculate Family Focus
15446 Warwick Boulevard
Newport News, VA 2360
Program Manager:
(757) 886-6511
Stoneybrook:
(757) 833-3054
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| Boys and Girls Club of The Virginia Peninsula, Newport News
429 Thorncliff Drive
Newport News, VA 23608
Phone: (757) 872-4786
Fax: (757) 833-5381
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| Newport News Family YMCA
7827 Warwick Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23607
(757) 245-0047
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For those parents who are trying to improve their ability to relate to their children and build strong relationships within the family, the Violence Prevention Network promotes and sponsors Parenting Education Workshops. The following Parenting Education Workshops are scheduled for the remainder of this week throughout the community. Click on any event for more detailed schedule and location information. Need More Information? Contact Us |
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Crisis Intervention: Create and/or expand crisis intervention services to help children, and adults, and families in need of services, support, and information.
- ACTION STEP: Increase awareness of available hotlines that provide referral to needed services and resources.
- ACTION STEP: Expand the availability of free or affordable counseling services to families in crisis.
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Resources for Families:
PreSchool Partners
321 Main St.
Newport News, VA 23601
Phone: 757-240-2731
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| Center for Child and Family Services
2021 Cunningham Drive, Suite 400
Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: (757)838-1960
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Neighborhood Watch Organizations, concerned neighbors and friends often help diffuse potentially violent situations. If you know of a crisis that needs immediate intervention, please use an appropriate intervention agency from the list below:
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Early Identification: Create systems for early identification and referral of high risk families through collaboration of the courts, police, schools, social services, CSB, CSU.
- ACTION STEP: Develop a plan to implement Hampton POK model to intervene and treat children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities.
- ACTION STEP: Collaborate with faith community to provide support services for parents, such as parenting programs, workshops and support service.
- ACTION STEP: Establish a task force to create a system of collaboration with other organizations who may be in the forefront of early identification, such as pastors, teachers, youth leaders.
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Resources for Families:
Y.W.C.A. of the VA Peninsula
P.O. Box 736
Newport News, VA 23607
Phone(757) 245-6026
Fax(757) 247-6485
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| Kids Priority One
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| Healthy Families Initiative
6060 Jefferson Avenue
Suite 800
Newport News, Va 23605
(757) 926-6009
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Early Intervention: Advocate and promote the expansion of proven and effective early intervention programs and support services that are specifically designed to prevent child abuse, neglect, and other forms of violence.
- ACTION STEP: Develop a Nurturing Resource Nanny (Parent Mentor) Program.
- ACTION STEP: Develop a plan to expand Healthy Families Home Visiting Services.
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Resources for Families:
BBBS of the Peninsula, Inc.
(Big Brothers/Big Sisters)
2021 Cunningham Dr Suite 100
Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: (757) 827-0110
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| Newport News Libraries and Information Services
700 Town Center Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
Reference Phone: 757-247-8875
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Community and Faith-based Organizations offer many programs that provide a safe and supportive environment for families to build stronger relationships. Those organizations provide a calendar of their activities and place those events on our calendar. To offer a Community Activity, click here .
The following Family Events are scheduled for the remainder of this week. Click on any event for more detailed schedule and location information. |
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Domestic Violence: Expand domestic violence and victim/witness programs and services.
- ACTION STEP: Create a collaborative effort to respond to domestic violence, such as monthly assessments of domestic violence cases.
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Resources for Families:
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 400
Newport News, VA 23606
First Call Line: 757- 594-4636
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July 8, 2008
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