Our Family Resource Centers engage and partner with families, educators, and the community to better support children’s development, create connections, and increase access to local resources.
PARENTING CLASSES
Triple P Parenting, also known as The Power of Positive Parenting, is an internationally acclaimed evidence-based system of parenting interventions for families with children 2-12 years. Kids don’t come with an instruction manual! Many familiar parenting problems have very simple solutions that can be applied with some effort and focus. This program can help you reduce family stress, become a more confident parent, create an organized, orderly family routine with good ground rules that everyone knows and follows, and enjoy a more harmonious family environment. Our next series of classes will be in Spanish, starting in April 2015 at Grass Valley Charter School! Click here for flyer.
Level 3 Triple-P one-on-one sessions can be scheduled with the Family Resource Center Community School Liaisons. Call Karen Wallack-Eisen at (530) 273-4059, Laurie DeMartini at (530)432-1118, x249, or Diana Pasquini at (530) 292-3174 for more information. Level 4 Triple-P Group Parenting Workshops are eight week sessions taught by Triple-P practitioners working with Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SSHS). For more detailed information regarding our Parenting Classes, please click here. You may also call Meg Luce, our instructor, @ (530) 913-2745, or visit her website @ http://www.nevadacountytherapist.com for information and registration.
COMPUTER CLASSES
The PARTNERS Family Resource Centers can refer you to places where you will receive instruction in computer technology. Some of the areas covered are the following: Microsoft Excel (for data inventory, accounting, mailing labels, etc.), Microsoft Power Point (for presentations), Beginning Website Design (using Google sites and some basic H.T.M.L.), Microsoft Word & Publisher, Internet Explorer (e-mail and attachments to e-mails such as photographs and documents), and Beginning Computers using Dell PCs. To see a computer class schedule for the Madelyn Helling Library in Nevada City, please click here.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES & REFERALS
The Nevada County PARTNERS Family Resource Centers are here to assist any individual or family with referrals to community resources. To see a list of the agencies we use as resources, please click here. Please also feel free to call us or stop by if you need further assistance, or have any questions which are not answered on this website. Below, please see a list of emergency resources. Thank you!
HOW TO HELP
Donations
Some of our donations go towards the registration fee for the GREAT Summer Youth Academy, which is $25 for each student. However the actual cost for each student to attend the five day camp is $75 (which does not include staff or administrative costs). For some families, the $25 fee can be an added burden, and because we do not want this to be a barrier for a child wishing to participate, we allow these students to attend by scholarship to the program, at no cost. Many of our GREAT participants are on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program through the schools and may not have access to good nutritious foods at home. This is why we provide breakfast, lunch, and a snack to over 30 students a day for four weeks.
Join/Volunteer
Research proves that one key to promoting resiliency for youth is a positive connection with one adult in their life. One of our volunteers, Richard Stone tells about his experience volunteering, “I had this time and I’m retired, and so I asked myself what I could do to help other people. I was involved with Behavioral Health of Nevada County, and through my interactions with them, I learned about the need for volunteers at the FRCs. I knew I could instruct in beginning violin, and I wanted to teach to children whose families could not otherwise afford lessons.”
Help Children
The 40 Developmental Assets, which were researched and founded by the Search Institute after surveying over two million youths from different backgrounds, are basic elements which have a great effect on how children and teens grow up. Found to be consistent among all ages, these assets help youth to be successful in their lives and avoid getting into trouble; they are the building blocks for a safe and healthy life, and a framework for helping parents and others in the community. While we all know the importance of food, clothing and shelter for children, we often don’t know the strengths, values, and qualities which build these assets for youth, nor how to practice these assets in our daily routines.
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