Resource books for parents include titles such as Toilet Training Without Tears, Games to Play with Babies, Positive Discipline A to Z, Fathers and Babies and What Your Parents Never Told You about Being a Mom or Dad. Books for child care providers include topics such as family day care activities, learning centers, quiet times and teaching props. Family Support Services will work with families with intense needs for parenting assistance or those in danger of abuse or neglect and who desire to make changes. Families who are residents of San Juan County and United States citizens. Families with children ages birth to 10 years The family may be self referred, community referred or referred through Child Protective Services.
Hours are flexible for working families, so call the FRC for more information.
The purpose of the Training and Technical Assistance program is to increase awareness, knowledge and professionalism by providing resources, education and support to those who care for and about children. On-site technical assistance is available to child care centers and homes in San Juan County. Contract training is also offered to meet staff development needs as they relate to early care, education and family support topics. For a fee, a training module can be designed to fit the dates, times, locations and topics to meet the needs of individual agency-center staff. It is offered as a Medicaid-covered service through Presbyterian or Cimarron Salud at no cost to families.