Advice for parents, children from OU Medicine
Heather Baker is a pediatric social worker at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine. Q: Are more people seeking mental help for their children right now? Baker: Currently, families are focused on following recommendations and getting adjusted. … I’ve had a sharp decrease in patients coming for their scheduled appointments (since Monday) — especially in the […]
SPECIAL NOTICE – CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
SPECIAL NOTICE – CORONAVIRUS UPDATE First, thank you for your continued support of Parent Promise/Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma. Because you believe, like we do, that every positive outcome we want in Oklahoma begins with raising healthy and resilient children, we know you are concerned about how vulnerable families and children may be faring during this […]
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Parent Promise named a Family Positive Workplace for 2020
Parent Promise/Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma has been awarded certification as a 2020 Oklahoma Family Positive Workplace from the Oklahoma Family Positive Workplace Council and the Potts Family Foundation. A family positive workplace or employer is one whose policies make it possible for employees to more easily balance family and work, and to fulfill both their […]
Exchange Parent Aide program turns 2
For more than 30 years, Parent Promise has been providing home visitation services to help families in Oklahoma County overcome the challenges of parenting and break generational cycles of family dysfunction. While most of Parent Promise’s services have centered on working with families with children under 5, a new program focused on helping families with […]
Order pinwheels for April
Order your pinwheels by March 6. Click here for the pinwheel order form
INTEGRIS program helps put new parents on the Right Track
(Oklahoma City, OK) Parent Promise and INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center have started a program that provides new mothers in the hospital’s Women’s Center an opportunity to receive ongoing parent education and support once they return home with their newborn. The goal of the new Right Track program is to provide an immediate introduction to home-based […]
Support Parent Promise on Giving Tuesday, December 3
Giving Tuesday started many years ago as an international movement to create a day of giving to charity just before the Christmas season. Giving Tuesday is always the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and this year, Giving Tuesday is Dec. 3. Parent Promise would appreciate your support on Giving Tuesday. Your donations to Parent Promise help support […]
Parent Promise issues 2018-19 Annual Report
Fiscal Year 2018-19 was a year of growth for Parent Promise. which added new programs and capacity to serve more families. The annual report shows that Parent Promise continues to operate under a diverse funding base that includes state, federal and private funding. Numerous private foundations, individuals and the three local Exchange Clubs continue to […]
LaTrenda Balderas: From Client to Parent Educator
LaTrenda Balderas and her family were going through a rough time when she first learned about Parent Promise in 2015. “I was at Infant Crisis Services because I needed diapers for my 3-month-old son,” she remembers. “We were broke because my husband had been laid off from the oilfield. We lost a lot when he […]