Region 7 is comprised of the southeast Missouri counties of Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Dunklin, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Stoddard, Washington and Wayne.
Butler County Community Resource Council, Poplar Bluff
Parenting Skills for Young Parents
Parenting Skills for Young Parents builds and strengthens parenting skills among participants in the Butler County Community Resources Council’s Teen Parent Mentoring Program and in the Early Head Start Program using the Systematic Training for Effective Parent (STEP) curriculum. Increased knowledge in understanding young children and their behaviors, building self-esteem in early childhood years, improved parent/child communication skills and teaching effective discipline are goals of this program.
For more information:
Karen Crook
(573)776-6130
Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation, Dexter
CTF License Plate Marketing Partner
Utilizes funds from the Children’s Trust Fund prevent child abuse license plate to support Mother to Mother, a mentoring program for expecting and new parents age 21 years or younger. Prevention activities include parent support through home visits, safe home risk assessments, safe crib, parent education, mentoring, and infant safety.
For more information:
Yvonne Hall, Interim Executive Director
(573)624-1607
Dexter Community Regional Healthcare Foundation, Dexter
Strengthening Stoddard County Families
A Family Resource Center model is used to support at-risk pregnant and parenting families through coordinated services. Services include home visitation, parent education and training, peer and social support through peer activities, mentoring, Parents as Teachers, knowledge of primary care initiatives, and linkage to resources such as literacy, employment and housing.
For more information:
Yvonne Hall, Interim Executive Director
(573)624-1607
Missouri 4-H Foundation, Columbia
4-H LIFE East Central Missouri
The University of Missouri Extension 4-H LIFE is a family-strengthening program designed to address the social needs of children of incarcerated parents and their family members. 4-H LIFE promotes a healthy and nurturing family environment during enhanced visits at state correctional facilities located in the southeastern region; offers parent education to prevent child abuse and neglect; and supports incarcerated parents in becoming positive role models for their children.
For more information:
Cheryl Reams, Executive Director
(573)882-2680
New Madrid County Missouri Mentoring Partnership, New Madrid
Young Parent Program
The Young Parent Program is a mentoring program that helps young women, ages twenty-one or younger who are pregnant or parenting and their partner, to develop the skills necessary to become an independent self-sufficient adult. The program focuses on continuing education, finding and maintaining employment, information on living a healthy lifestyle and practicing positive parenting skills.
For more information:
Tonya Carruth, Director
(573)748-5371
Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission, Poplar Bluff
Foothill Families Support Project
Addressing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and unintentional suffocation of infants and toddlers, this safe crib/safe sleep project will provide new cribs and bedding, and safe sleep education to families in need. Family members and other caregivers will receive education on safe sleep arrangements for infants. Education focusing on Shaken Baby Syndrome will also be provided to participating families. Project service region includes Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley, and Wayne counties.
For more information:
Felicity Brady, Executive Director
(573)785-6402
Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission, Poplar Bluff
Foothill Families License Plate Project
Utilizes funding from sale of the CTF prevent child abuse license plate to provide safe cribs for families in need in Butler, Carter, Reynolds, Ripley, and Wayne Counties.
For more information:
Felicity Brady, Executive Director
(573)785-6402
Pemiscot County Initiative Network, Caruthersville
CBCAP – Lower Bootheel Community Based Child Abuse Prevention
Community Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) is a federally funded program designed to strengthen families with young children by providing coordinated wrap-around family-centered services and support that promotes the safety and well-being of children and reduces parent stress. A community network coordinator works with the larger provider community network in building capacity, organizing and delivering services to families in an integrated, strength-based and comprehensive way. Each eligible family works with a lead agency and the overall provider network to develop and implement a family roadmap for achieving their stated goal(s). The comprehensive system of care includes family assessment of resources and needs, linkage to a medical home and necessary wrap-around (flexible) services. This project will serve families in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties.
For more information:
Beverly Wilburn, CBCAP Coordinator
(573)333-5301
Pemiscot County Initiative Network, Caruthersville
CTF License Plate Marketing Partner
Pemiscot County Initiative Network utilizes funds from the sale of the CTF prevent child abuse license plate in Dunklin and Pemiscot counties to provide parents with young children in need with safety seats and safe cribs. With additional funds, mini-grants will be offered by PIN to community-based organizations working to prevent child abuse and neglect.
For more information:
Jeff McCutcheon, Executive Director
Beverly Wilburn, CBCAP Coordinator
(573)333-5301
Riverways Pregnancy Resource Center, Salem
Teen Mother Crossroads
The goal of this prevention program is to work with pregnant and parenting teens in Dent County to address risk factors and build protective factors by encouraging positive parenting, assisting them with completing/continuing their education, and provide education that will help young parents work toward self-sufficiency. Services provided include life skills workshops (topics include appropriate developmental expectations, positive parenting techniques), mentoring, financial literacy education.
For more information:
Carol Durk, Director
573.739-4673
St. Francois County Community Partnership, Farmington
CTF License Plate Marketing Partner
Funds from the sale of the Children’s Trust Fund prevent child abuse license plate in St. Francois County help defray costs associated with public awareness, programs, and educational materials that address child abuse and neglect . Included is support for Project Sunlight, an ongoing taskforce that promotes awareness and prevention of child abuse.
For more information:
Al Sullivan, Executive Director
(573) 760-0212
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center, East Prairie
Parenting Program
Designed to reduce instances of child abuse and neglect among African American families residing within the county. The Effective Black Parenting Program (EBPP) is a nationally proven curriculum created to meet the specific needs of African-American parents. It seeks to foster effective family communication, healthy identity, child growth and development through basic parenting strategies including support groups and parenting classes.
For more information:
Martha Ellen Black, Executive Director
(573)649-3731
Whole Kids Outreach, Inc., Ellington
Enhancing Families Through Outreach
Utilizing the Resource Mothers’ model, Enhancing Families Through Outreach is a home-based prenatal health education program that targets women during their pregnancy and follows them through the first year of their child’s life. The home visits serve to promote access to pre-natal care and wellness check-ups, and to provide culturally relevant education on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. In addition, the program will address the needs of children who have witnessed family violence, have developmental delays and/or experiencing problems associated with poverty. Service area includes the southeast counties of Butler, Carter, Iron, Reynolds, Shannon, and Wayne.
For more information:
Mitzi O’Dowd
(573)663-3257