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Parent Trust for Washington Children

Babies Can't Wait. Kids Can't Wait. Families Can't Wait.

aka Parent Trust   |   Seattle, WA   |  http://www.parenttrust.org

Mission

Parent Trust for Washington Children is a child abuse prevention agency. We create lasting change and hope for the future by promoting safe, healthy families and communities. We work to end the generational cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We specialize in reaching parents recovering from substance addiction, parents with low income, and parents who lived through child abuse and neglect as children. We create strong families and keep kids out of foster care. We equip parents and caregivers to raise safe, healthy and strong children. Our work with parents keeps stress and adversity from becoming tragedy.

Notes from the nonprofit

Over and over, studies show that children who experience Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are more likely to suffer from life-long mental and physical health problems, problems with drug addiction, homelessness, and early death. And they are more likely to transmit their own ACEs to their children. ACEs research also points us to the answer – parent education and support. Researchers have identified five Protective Factors – parent knowledge of child development, family bonding, positive parenting skills, stress management, and decreasing isolation – that change everything. Increasing these factors changes the parent-child dynamic in a way that gives kids more resilience in the face of pre-existing ACEs – and prevents further abuse and neglect. Parent Trust's research-based programs focus on ending the generational transmission of ACEs. Your investment in ACE prevention has the power to change the world!

Ruling year info

1979

Executive Director

Linda McDaniels MSW

State Parent Program Manager

Sarah Mace

Main address

2200 Rainier Avenue South

Seattle, WA 98144 USA

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Formerly known as

Parents Anonymous Washington State

EIN

91-1036940

NTEE code info

Family Services (P40)

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

Personal Social Services (P50)

IRS filing requirement

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Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

80,000 Babies are born every year in Washington state. 1.5 million children live here. Parent Trust is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that every parent has the knowledge and skills they need to raise healthy, thriving children. Last year, there were more than 49,000 investigations into child abuse and neglect in Washington. Together we can change that. Our research-based programs prevent child abuse and neglect while ending the generational cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We help families build better futures – and keep kids out of foster care. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the United States result in more than $100 billion dollars in yearly medical and service costs. ACEs significantly increase a person’s risk of health, social, and economic problems throughout their lives. And there is no way to measure the suffering of each child, either in the moment, or across their lives. ACE Prevention has the power to change the world.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Parent Trust for Washington Children

Parent Trust’s research-based programs train parents how to bond with their children from birth, learn positive parenting skills, create safe family environments conducive to school success, and develop positive social support networks. Through our SMART (Stress Management and Relaxation Training), Family Help Line, Great Starts, Conscious Fathering, and Circle of Parents® programs, more than 15,000 family members receive services each year from Parent Trust. While these programs are open to all Washington families, we focus on high-risk, underserved families with a variety of risk factors that include poverty, mental illness, single and teen parenthood, drug and/or alcohol addiction, social isolation, and histories of family violence.

We passionately believe that parents do not intend to be abusive and/neglectful. Many parents lack resources, education, and support – and when under stress many cannot break the behavior patterns that were ingrained during their own childhoods.

Population(s) Served
Family relationships
Social and economic status
Age groups

Where we work

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Family Members served per/ year.

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Parent Trust for Washington Children

Board of directors
as of 06/13/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Dr. John Wittgenstein

Amazon

Term: 2023 - 2024

John Curley

John Curley Auctions

Dorothy Miller

Merck

Will Cheung

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Blythe Keller

Aetna

Kate Hinley

Community Volunteer

Konrad Miernowski

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

Isabella Tobon Valencia

Blue Origin

Demarcus Luckett

Rivian

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/18/2021
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 06/13/2024

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Data
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.