“My parent educator showed me that even though I am a single mother of two daughters, that wouldn’t stop me from doing anything I wanted to, in fact she let me know how valuable I was as a young mother, if I needed someone to talk to me she was there.”
Our Impact in 2023
Healthy Families served 60 families and had 12 families graduate.
The Diaper Collective distributed 327,893 diapers and served 28 zip codes.
Fatherhood FIRE started and had 3 dads graduate.
Our Mission
Family Network’s mission is to meet the needs of families in Northwest Arkansas for individualized parenting education and family support.
Home Visiting
We provide a prenatal and parenting education program accredited by Healthy Families America: a national, researched based home visiting model.
The goals of this program are:
Empower families who are pregnant and parenting to provide a healthy, nurturing and stimulating environment for their children
Create positive family relationships
Improve parent-child interactions, and support the child’s social emotional well-being.
Once a family is referred for services, parent educators reach out to learn more about their current needs.
After learning about each family’s unique situation, staff will recommend services for families based on their needs. Our home visiting program is always voluntary.
If families agree to enroll, staff will work with families long-term. Families are offered services for a minimum of three years, and are visited weekly at the start.
Services are culturally respectful, and our parent educators are chosen based on their ability to establish trusting relationships with families.
“My parent educator has helped me know what to expect from my son...to understand his developmental milestones.”
The Diaper Collective
In partnership with Bread of Life Food Pantry, we have launched a diaper bank that distributes diapers to partners agencies in NWA already serving families and children. Each agency can enter into an agreement with us to receive diapers monthly based on the number of children they serve.
Interested in receiving diapers for your agency? Reach out to us here!
History
Family Network was founded in 1993 and has served families ever since. In 2015, Family Network became accredited by Healthy Families America for its home visiting services.
home visiting, Family Network has been involved in multiple other projects to support families in the community, including a teen parent program in the schools and offering a monthly parent support group.
Our Corporate Sponsors
