Nurturing Parenting Program

The Nurturing Parenting Program is an evidence-based and trauma informed program that provides in-home parent education and support to families involved with the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services.

The goals are to:

Provide family engagement to assist in learning new

parenting prospective, examine parenting and

relationship beliefs, and increase knowledge and skills;

Work to modify and eliminate beliefs and actions that

contribute to abusive parenting behaviors;

Increase parents' knowledge of age-appropriate

expectations, and

Assist parents in recognizing how to enhance their skills in supporting attachments, nurturing, and healthy parenting.

Family First Parenting:

In-home education for parents. Goals include examining parenting beliefs, increasing parenting skills, and modifying beliefs that may lead to abuse. Offered to families that are intact.

Permanency Parenting:

In-home parenting education for parents whose children have been removed from the home due to neglect or abuse. The Nurturing Parenting evidence-based curriculum is used to modify parenting practices that may lead to abuse and replace them with healthy child-rearing techniques.

A biological parent or family member who has an open case with Illinois DCFS and meets referral requirements is eligible to participate in the Nurturing Parenting Program. A Bethany can manager makes a referral for the program. The length of the program varies depending on the clients needs, but may run from eight to 24 weeks.