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This virtual group is open to anyone under the LGBTQ+ rainbow who are trying to grow their families. It is a partnership between Family Equality Council, LGBTQ+ Perinatal Wellness Center and Resolve New England.

Provides drop-in parent-child interactive play programs with parent education and support, including Family Play Program with ESL classes for caregivers, projects to promote cross-cultural relationships, and a summer gardening/outdoor education component. Others include Early Months, for mothers and babies during the first few months after birth and Crawlers, Waddlers & Toddlers, for parents and early toddlers. Parenting classes are periodically offered. Additional workshops for adults also are available, including occasional computer literacy classes. Provides snacks and lunch.

Provides activity groups that offer education, support, and opportunity for socialization.

Offers support groups for parents and caregivers on a variety of topics. Some groups are open to all, while others focus on people with particular needs (mothers, fathers, foster parents, people raising toddlers, people raising teens).

Offers a monthly in-person support group for expecting and new parents and caregivers. The group provides conversation, support, and exploration of parenting and child development topics.

Offers a Pregnancy Group, Parent-Baby Group, and Play Group for Vermonters to meet with other families, share experiences, and learn from local experts. The Pregnancy Group is hosted by a maternal child health nurse and visited by local pregnancy and early childhood specialists. Partners, children, and key supporters are welcome. The Parent-Baby Group is attended by a maternal child health nurse and a lactation professional. Infants, children, partners, and expectant parents welcome. The Play Group includes snack and a story time and is attended by early childhood specialists and is open to families with children from birth to age 5.

Provides a professionally facilitated, parent-led, mutual self-help support group program. The safe and confidential weekly group meetings provide an opportunity for parents to come together to give and receive support from one another regarding the experiences, challenges, and successes they have been experiencing while raising their children. Provides free Child care. In addition to Circle of Parents groups open to all, there are some for specific needs, including Circle of Parents in Recovery, Circle of Parents Group for Grandparents, Circle of Support for Moms of Color, Circle for Adoptive & Post-Permanent Families.

Offers parenting classes, workshops, special presentations, playgroups, and parent support groups. Topics include child development, discipline, early literacy, single parenting, and family life. Provides a lending library for parents, monthly newsletter, regional calendar, and information and referral about community resources. Also offers a separate parenting skills and recovery support group.

Provides a range of programs for fathers, including drop-on to connect with other dads or get support from staff while enjoying coffee and snacks (Dads' Drop-in), a playgroup and dinner for dads and their children (Dads' Night), and individualized case management to help fathers work towards goals around parenting, getting basic needs met, and navigating systems (Dads Matter Case Management).

Provides ongoing weekly parenting classes using the Strengthening Families "Strong" curriculum. A light meal is provided.

Provides a support and educational program engaging families from pregnancy up through the early postpartum months who have been identified as being at risk for postpartum mood disorders (PPMDs). Focus is on normalizing and building awareness of PPMDs while using assessment tools for early detection. While partnering with other community mental health and support services, Healthy Families From the Start helps to facilitate a continuum of care during the early months with a new baby.

Provides an intensive family learning program that includes parent education and support, job skills training, and help with completing high school education. Provides parents with consumer information about local Early Headstart, Headstart, home-based care, and child care centers. Also provides information on what to look for in quality child care. Offers on-going parent education workshops and classes. Coordinates community-based, professionally facilitated open play times are offered to children and their grown-ups.

This peer group provides support to those who are contemplating the decision, or have made the decision to stop trying for a sibling and are finding peace with having one child.

Offers a weekly support group for new parents, expecting parents, and caregivers.

Offers a variety of programs and services that support families who have children with special health needs and disabilities. Programs and services include one-to-one matches, support, referrals, sibling support groups, workshops, assistance with accessing health care, information about flexible funding, leadership training for parents and guardians, bullying prevention, family faculty training, and navigating health and disability systems.

Offers parent education workshops, classes, and parent support groups.

Provides drop-in parent-child interactive play programs with parent education and support, including Family Play Program with ESL classes for caregivers, projects to promote cross-cultural relationships, and a summer gardening/outdoor education component. Others include Early Months, for mothers and babies during the first few months after birth and Crawlers, Waddlers & Toddlers, for parents and early toddlers. Parenting classes are periodically offered. Additional workshops for adults also are available, including occasional computer literacy classes. Provides snacks and lunch.

This virtual peer group provides support to those facing the unique challenges and frustrations of struggling to add another child to their family.

Offers an opportunity to connect with other caregivers while babies play peacefully, at their own pace, with less stimulation. Siblings are welcome.

Provides an intensive family learning program that includes parent education and support, job skills training, and help with completing high school education. Provides parents with consumer information about local Early Headstart, Headstart, home-based care, and child care centers. Also provides information on what to look for in quality child care. Offers on-going parent education workshops and classes. Coordinates community-based, professionally facilitated open play times are offered to children and their grown-ups.

Provides a range of services designed to stabilize children and families and promote children's successful adjustment in the community. Services may include outpatient services, respite care, therapeutic case management, school-based services and support, crisis residential services, child psychiatry, specialized foster care, and consultation. Also offers trauma-informed parent support groups.

Helps new fathers adjust to parenting and life in the United States. Provides support and resources about parenting to all fathers.

Provides peer support through online communities, including a Parent and Caregiver Community and an Adult Support Community. Individuals will need to create an account to post.

Dads Group is a unique program designed to equip fathers with the self-awareness, compassion, and sense of responsibility that every good parent needs.

Offers a monthly check in via Zoom for fathers and masculine-identifying caregivers to connect and converse with one another.