Support for families
Being a parent can sometimes be stressful, and all families can use a little help from time to time. Family Support and Connections offers free, voluntary services to help reduce that stress. You can choose what support you want for your family. A Family Advocate from your community will help you get services that meet your needs.
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Families can get services if:
- There is at least one child under age 18 living in the home
- The family meets income guidelines
- The family is not enrolled in active Child Welfare services
Income guidelines
These guidelines are for total (gross) income.
Household size
| Annual
| Monthly
| Twice per month
| Every two weeks
| Weekly
|
|---|
1
| $40,770
| $3,398 | $1,699 | $1,569 | $785 |
2
| $54,930
| $4,578 | $2,289 | $2,113 | $1,057 |
3
| $69,090
| $5,758 | $2,879 | $2,658 | $1,329 |
4
| $83,250
| $6,938 | $3,469 | $3,202 | $1,601 |
5
| $97,410
| $8,118 | $4,059 | $3,747 | $1,874 |
6
| $111,570
| $9,298 | $4,649 | $4,292 | $2,146 |
7
| $125,730
| $10,478 | $5,239 | $4,836 | $2,418 |
8
| $139,890
| $11,658 | $5,829 | $5,381
| $2,691 |
Each additional household member
| $14,160
| $1,180 | $590
| $545
| $273
|
This is a free, voluntary program
You can decide if you want to participate or not. If you decide to participate, you will work with a Family Advocate from local a community-based organization.
Your Family Advocate may:
- Visit you at your home or at another place that works for you
- Stay in touch on a regular basis
- Identify your family's strengths and challenges
- Create a plan to meet your needs based on the specific services you want for your family
- If you get support from other programs, they can partner with those programs
- Connect you with local resources
- Connect you with support for immediate needs if you are in crisis
There are several ways to request services:
In some places, there may be a waiting list, but please sign up anyway. We may be able to refer you to other services while you wait to join Family Support and Connections.
A Family Advocate may help your family with things like:
- Access to food, clothing, diapers, baby items and furniture
- Connection to health care, substance dependency and mental health treatment and resources
- Connection to housing resources
- Support to help children be successful at school
- Family and relationship health, safety and well-being resources
- Parenting support, parenting education, child care and family activities
- Support with budgeting, meal planning and household organization
- Connection to employment and education assistance
- Other support like self-care, recreation, life skills, legal support, volunteer opportunities, healthy lifestyle activities and more!
Here's what parents and caregivers have said about the program...
- “I felt so supported by my Family Advocate and so lucky to have them in my life. I really appreciated they noticed my dedication to my son, and I felt supported by them to support him. They helped me find furniture and it was helpful to have another adult to bounce off ideas with."
- “Comforting to have a support network when there is none otherwise."
- “Having someone who cares and helps me through the hardest times. I'm so grateful to have been part of the program. It was a blessing to get that support."
- “I appreciated the respect and sensitivity I felt from my advocate."
- “The staff were very kind-hearted and I never felt judged."
- “This program helped me and my son a lot in providing the right and necessary resources that me and my son needed. I would recommend this program to anyone who is in need of this service."
- “My kids and I were closely bonded with our advocate. She is always on time, easy going, and observant. She is one of the best workers I've ever had."
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