Region 2 – Northeast

Region 2 is comprised of the northeast Missouri counties of Adair, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan.
CHART Teen Task Force, Hannibal
CTF License Plate Marketing Partner
Utilizes funding from sale of the CTF specialty license plate to provide a public awareness campaign in northeast Missouri regarding teen pregnancy prevention.
For more information:
Sandra Ahlum, M.D.
(573)231-3108

Community Child Development Center, Macon
Incredible Families Equal Incredible Children
This project works to prevent child abuse and neglect through parent education and quality early childhood services.  Services offered include parent education through group meetings and home visits.  Curriculum includes The Incredible Years and Building Strong Families (University of Missouri Extension) and by partnering with local Parents As Teachers’ providers.  These programs provide education on child development, demonstrate positive techniques for dealing with childhood behavior, and promote positive behavior with young children.
For more information:
Patricia Knowles, Director
(660)395-0134

Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia
Strong Couples, Stable Children – Building Relationship Smarts
High school family and consumer science teachers in Macon and surrounding counties will use the Relationship Smarts Curriculum to increase students’ awareness and understanding of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships as well as increase their knowledge about abusive and neglectful situations and how to respond to them.  The goal of this project is to reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect and the risk of maltreatment in adolescent dating relationships, and to improve the probability of adolescents forming healthy adult and parent-child relationships in the future.  Each classroom instructor will be trained in the curriculum as well as in specific child abuse and neglect awareness and prevention modules.
For more information:
David Schramm, Ph.D.,  State Cooperative Extension Specialist
(573)882-7560

Great Circle, Columbia
Incredible Years Parenting Program
The Incredible Years (IY) is a video-based parenting education program for parents who have children in early childhood (ages 3-5) and school age (6-12 years).  IY has been proven effective both in clinical treatment programs for conduct problems in young children and in community programs for families at increased risk for abuse.  IY is designed to be conducted in a group setting with preferably 12-16 participants.  Groups meet weekly for fourteen weeks.  Topics include learning to play with your child, increasing positive behavior through praise, etc. and include home assignments.  Great Circle offers IY groups three times per year and will target parents in Adair County.
For more information:
Julia Adami, Director of Community Based Services
573-819-0614

Lifeline Pregnancy Help Clinic, Kirksville
Teen Parent Lifeline 
The Teen Parent Lifeline program is a comprehensive project that reaches out to teenagers who are pregnant or parenting young children.  The purpose of the program is to promote positive parenting practices, encourage the continuance of the teen’s education, and to establish a positive family structure with clear goals for the future to ensure the best possible outcomes for the families served.  The Nurturing Skills for Teen Parents curriculum will be used.  This curriculum is comprehensive, evidence-based and contains individual lessons in 16 different skill areas.  The service area includes the northeast Missouri counties of Adair, Knox, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler and Sullivan.
For more information:
Breanne Hunt, Executive Director
660-665-5688

Randolph County Caring Community Partnership, Moberly
Focus on Fatherhood – Responsible Fatherhood Program
This collaborative approach offers a comprehensive fatherhood support program in Randolph and Saline Counties (Region 4) based upon the National Center for Fathering curriculums:  Connecting With Your Kids and Quenching the Father Thirst.  This program promotes responsible fatherhood through traditional and non-traditional settings such as barbershops, stores and local restaurants by displaying remote Fatherhood Resource Centers that include brochures, flyers, interactive CDs and other materials advocating for the needs of fathers.  In addition, fathers will be recruited to take part in a “Dadvisory Group” in which participates plan and evaluate the program, and facilitate training seminars using the two curriculums.
For more information:
Brian K. Williams, Executive Director
(660) 263-7173