Creative Community ServicesTeen Parent Connection
Our trained life coaches give one-on-one support to teens who have experienced foster care or who have a child in foster care.
Teen mothers and fathers in foster care or at risk of entering out-of-home care
From ccsgeorgia.org/teen-parent-connection ↗About this program
Teen Parent Connection extends guidance, assistance, and evidence-based support needed by teen mothers and fathers in foster care to succeed as adults and parents.
We coordinate all efforts to ensure customized, comprehensive services for teen parents and their children. Our trained life coaches give one-on-one support during home visits and engage teens during monthly group classes on advocacy, parenting education, nutrition, developmental milestones, and positive discipline.
Life coaches also play a vital role in distributing much needed supplies and securing transportation for our teens, ensuring they have access to the resources they need for the well-being and development of their family.
The goals are that our target population of expectant and parenting youth and their children are first and foremost protected from abuse and neglect, have permanency in their living situations, and that they have an enhanced capability to provide for their children's needs as a result of our services. By providing the education, supports, and positive parenting role modeling needed by youth-led families in care to promote stability, confidence, and protective capacities, we are effectively reducing the risk of child abuse and helping develop healthy families.
Questions
I know a teen parent who needs help. How do I make a referral?
Our referral forms are submitted electronically. You can find the form by clicking here .
Who is eligible for Teen Parent Connection services?
Our eligibility requirements are that the teen must be: Ages 13-21, Expecting or parenting, In foster care or at risk of entering out-of-home care
Who can make a referral?
Anyone. From community service providers to counselors, if you know someone who needs help and fits the eligibility requirements, you can make a referral.
What is our service area?
We service metro Atlanta and Middle Georgia. That's Cobb, Douglas, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Fulton, Barrow, Walton, Newton, Clayton, Henry, Bibb, Peach, and Houston counties.
Details
- Who
- Teen mothers and fathers in foster care or at risk of entering out-of-home care
- Where
- metro Atlanta and Middle Georgia
- Ages
- 13-21
Run by
Therapeutic Foster CareThe needs of children with behavioral challenges and/or developmental disabilities cannot be effectively met by traditional foster parenting.Developmental DisabilitiesOur program serves adults with developmental disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy…Kinship CareKinship care refers to the raising of children by family members or fictive kin who have a long-established relationship or bond with the child when their biological parents cannot adequately provide for them.