THE PARENTING CENTER
Providing children with the childhood they deserve.
Mission
Provide family members and professionals with resources, tools and services to build successful families.
Ruling year
1975
Principal Officer
Chris Butler
Main address
2928 West 5th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107 USA
EIN
23-7454254
NTEE code
Family Services (P40)
Mental Health Treatment (F30)
Family Services (P40)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In 2018, the Texas DFPS reported 5,842 confirmed cases of child abuse in Tarrant County. For the last 3 years, Tarrant County has ranked as one of the highest counties in Texas, however, the efforts of organizations like The Parenting Center have helped to make significant strides in eradicating this issue and other adverse childhood experiences.\n\nIn recent years, the CDC released information on a long-term research project highlighting the importance of childhood experiences and its effects on adulthood. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study revealed that child abuse has fundamental effects on children that are immediately felt and others that only reveal themselves in adulthood. \n\nThe Parenting Center believes that through programs that provide affordable and accessible counseling, parent education, safety information and relationship support for families of all income levels, the risk of child abuse and other ACEs can be significantly decreased in the community.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Family Life Education
The Family Life Education program is one of the key ways The Parenting Center maintains its mission to build successful families. We do this through offering more than 50 transformative topics and through a number of programs, including our Parenting Workshops, Family Transitions and Parenting Education Program in Schools.
Parenting Workshops – these workshops range from basic parenting skills to complex issues and span from birth through teen years. Workshops are offered at The Parenting Center, online and throughout the Metroplex.
Family Transitions – comprehensive and hands-on support for families raising children between homes or currently going through the transition. This support is offered to parents, blended families and other family members and include educational classes, consultations, mediation and co-parenting coaching.
Parenting Education Program in Schools – taught throughout high schools in our community, parenting experts educate students on healthy relationships.
Clinical Counseling & Play Therapy
We offer individual, family, and couples counseling. Counseling ranges from general assistance to help for abused and neglected children. For children between the ages of three and eight, the counselor may use play therapy as a way of helping a child address and resolve problems. The Parenting Advice Line (PAL) is available as a free service to parents and caregivers who need answers to questions about caring for children. Trained staff help callers develop a plan or share ideas to resolve concerns. They may also make recommendations to other services which can provide additional tools to succeed.
Empowering Families Project
This comprehensive program is designed to strengthen families through marriage skills training for couples. They are also provided with case management services that include job skills, budget training, parenting education, and other services as needed. When families are healthy and strong everyone benefits.
Where we work
Awards
2013 Best Practices Award 2013
Texas Association for Parenting Education
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of participants attending course/session/workshop
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Caregivers, Parents
Related Program
Family Life Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Unduplicated Family Life Education Program participants. The Parent Engagement Collaborative was sunset in 2021; hence why numbers are lower in 2022.
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Families
Related Program
Clinical Counseling & Play Therapy
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Unduplicated participants, one of our contract therapists passed away and we had a transition with Clinical Director.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our mission is to provide family members and professionals with the tools, resources and services to build successful families. This is achieved through four main services, including Youth & Parent Education, Empowering Families Program and Clinical Counseling.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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THE PARENTING CENTER
Board of directorsas of 08/24/2023
Mr Michael Shedd
Retired City of Fort Worth
Term: 2018 - 2026
Michael Shedd
Retired, FWPD Deputy Chief
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Equity strategies
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- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
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