Exciting NEW Important Research Study: Parents Anonymous® Study Shows Reduction in Child Welfare System Contact

The study found that parents who participated in Parents Anonymous® were significantly less likely to experience new referrals and new substantiated referrals to the child welfare system within a year of finishing the program than parents who did not participate in the program. The odds of a parent who finished the program experiencing a new substantiated referral were one third as high as those of parents who did not attend the program. While Parents Anonymous® serves a wide variety of parents, most participating parents from those two California counties are at high risk of repeated system involvement and have considerable histories in the child welfare system. Taken in context, the study findings indicate that the program could help reduce the likelihood of system involvement even for this high-risk group. This study adds to previous studies over the past 51 years showing Parents Anonymous® leads to better outcomes for families.

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October 1, 2020 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT



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Parents Anonymous® Inc is celebrating more than 51 years of supporting millions of parents and children who turned their lives around through evidence-based Parents Anonymous® Programs by strengthening their families, advocating for better services and building resilient communities.

NEW: STATES CAN DEVELOP NATIONWIDE GIVEN THE NEW FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT FUNDING

The requirements to start an Evidence-Based Parents Anonymous® Program includes Weekly Parent/Caregiver Groups and complimentary Children & Youth Groups with Supportive Services and access to National Parent Helpline® for ongoing emotional support to prevent child abuse and neglect by strengthening families by ensuring Child Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being; Adult Well-Being and Kinship Navigator Services which addresses the four service areas covered in the Family First Prevention Services Act: 1. Mental Health Prevention and Treatment Program or Services, 2. Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program or Services, 3. In-Home Parenting Skill-Based Program or Services (Occur Where the Parent Lives), and 4. Kinship Navigator Services.

Parents Anonymous® Inc. Statement on Addressing Systemic Racism

At Parents Anonymous® Inc., we are deeply distressed and outraged by the senseless, ongoing violence directed at black members of our communities. The murder of Black Americans has laid bare the nation’s legacy of anti-black racism and discrimination. The civil unrest taking place in America is a call to action to all Americans to address the longstanding racial inequalities facing the Black community. Centuries of racism toward people of color has led to decreased access to health care and multiple adverse health outcomes—as recently seen during the COVID-19 pandemic—in addition to anxiety and lower life-expectancy. We need to fight racial inequalities and discrimination that are life-threatening to so many people of color. Parents Anonymous® stands with the Black Community to oppose racism and to protect and improve the lives of those who have experienced discrimination and the associated trauma.

Our vision is to ensure a just society where everyone thrives in resilient families and communities. The injustices that black people experience in the US create toxic stress impacting their physical health, mental health, and overall wellbeing. We Stand with Families, advocacy groups, and lawmakers in efforts to create meaningful systemic change. We must create change in the institutions that control our daily lives while continuing to marginalize and trample upon families of color on a daily basis, producing unnecessary trauma and poor outcomes. Together we can begin to heal ourselves, our families, our neighbors, our friends, and our society. #StandWithFamilies #BlackLivesMatter #Helpline #ParentTips #Kids #Parenting

For suggestions on how to have age-appropriate, open discussions with children and youth regarding recent traumatic events and the systemic racism that plagues our society, please go to caparentyouthelpline.org.







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