Advice for parents, children from OU Medicine

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 COVID-19 crisis. We wanted to update you on what we are doing at Parent Promise to serve our clients. Per Oklahoma State Department of Health protocol, we have temporarily suspended in-home visits. Also, due to Integris Baptist Medical Center protocols that require only essential medical professionals in the hospital, we have also suspended our visits to new families in the Women’s Center. We are still working to support our families the best way we can. We are making calls to our clients daily and doing “virtual” home visits as we can. At Integris, we are still receiving referrals from the nursing staff and the social services staff. We have made items in our Family Support Center available to our clients on an as-needed basis, and we are still there for them if they have a crisis. Additionally, we will postpone holding our Family Compass Co-Parenting Classes until further notice. Due to the protocols on physical distancing for COVID-19, we made the decision to cancel our April 16 fund-raising luncheon, which was to feature Prevent Child Abuse America CEO Dr. Melissa Merrick. The fact remains that we will still need to raise the funds budgeted for this fundraiser in order to support our evidence-based home visiting programs that help vulnerable parents raise children in a healthy and safe environment. The uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus could place extra burdens and stress on the families we support. Therefore, we are working on a Plan B to help us reach our budgeted goals, most likely a virtual fundraiser to take place during April, which is Child Abuse Prevention Month. Again, thank you for supporting Parent Promise and our families as we go through these uncertain times. If you have any questions or ideas, please feel free to reach out to us at any time. 405-232-2500 cindy.allen@parentpromise.org Latest News Advice for parents, children from OU Medicine March 23, 2020 Advice for parents, children from OU Medicine SPECIAL NOTICE - CORONAVIRUS UPDATE March 20, 2020 SPECIAL NOTICE - CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Visit Prevent Child Abuse America for Coronavirus tips for parents, children and others March 19, 2020 Visit Prevent Child Abuse America for Coronavirus tips for parents, children and others

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 […]

Parent Promise named a Family Positive Workplace for 2020

family positive workplace

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

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 […]

INTEGRIS program helps put new parents on the Right Track

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

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

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: 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 […]