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Parenting Through It All – Watch the Event!
If you missed our Parenting Through It All online event on Feb 23, 2022, 12 PM PST, watch below to see what you missed. We heard from experts in the field about how parenting is changing, how to get help, and ways we can support parents now. Parents Anonymous® President & CEO, Dr. Lisa Pion-Berlin celebrated her 30th anniversary leading support programs for parents, children, and youth with Parents Anonymous®, and she shares her vision for the next 30 years. February was also #NationalParentLeadershipMonth an awareness initiative to apply shared leadership between parents and the organizations supporting them. Parenting is changing rapidly, and it’s not getting easier. A better future for our parents, children, and youth is possible and it all starts with a foundation of resilience.
Helpline for Parents to Get Lifeline in Governor’s New Budget
A helpline providing emergency emotional support for California parents and young people would get a three-year extension under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget proposal released this week.
The California Parent and Youth Helpline stands to get $4.7 million to continue its work helping people in distress.
Lisa Pion-Berlin, president and CEO of Parents Anonymous, which runs the helpline as part of its “Raising the Future” programs, said the helpline has received 16,500 calls, texts and chats since it started in the summer of 2020.
“Our calls are up 26% since July of last year,” Pion-Berlin reported. “Every single month, our call volume is going higher and higher.”
In June, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found 70% of parents said they’d had recent mental health challenges, and 50% said they had suicidal thoughts in the past month. You can reach the helpline at 855-427-2736 Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Pion-Berlin said the trained counselors who answer the helpline teach self-calming and mindfulness techniques, help people build their support systems, connect them with weekly, and organize free Parents Anonymous online support groups and other services.
“What they get on the other end that’s so important is somebody listening, who is not blaming and shaming them, and helping them deal with the immediate emotional issue that they’re facing,” Pion-Berlin explained.
The California Legislature has until mid-June to approve a budget.
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Parents Anonymous® Pomona Rising at Women’s Health Fair
In partnership with Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez District 52, Parents Anonymous® | Pomona Rising participated in the 2021 Women’s Health Fair, Washington Community Center, Pomona CA held on 30th October, 2021, providing information on COVID-19 Vaccinations and Evidence-Based Parents Anonymous® Services.
Parents Anonymous® Program Recognized as 1 of Only 5 Programs Nationwide To Make a Sustained Impact on Child Safety
Supported Rating by Federal Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Paves Way for Expansion of Parents Anonymous® Programs.
Parents Anonymous® has been rated as a Supported evidence-based intervention program by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse, only one of five such program designations nationwide, for the effectiveness of Parents Anonymous® in addressing child safety and the prevention of child abuse and neglect. This Supported rating for Parents Anonymous® from the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse is a distinguished honor. As a result of Congress passing the Family First Prevention Services Act, the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, established the Clearinghouse to conduct objective and transparent review of research on programs intended to provide enhanced support to children and families and prevent foster care placements.
The studies reviewed by the Clearinghouse found that Parents Anonymous® reduced subsequent child maltreatment substantiations by more than half as compared to parents who did not use the program, even after leaving the Parents Anonymous® program a year later. Additionally, the study found that Parents Anonymous® predominately served communities of color, one of the communities in highest need of services. “This is acknowledging the 52 years of evidence-based Parents Anonymous® programs that are raising the future,” says Dr. Lisa Pion-Berlin, President and C.E.O. Parents Anonymous® Inc. “Together we can build on the strengths of diverse parents, children and youth throughout America, ensure long-term positive child safety outcomes and mitigate and prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences.”
The opportunity to help more Parents, Children & Youth nationwide rests with states applying for dollar for dollar prevention federal matching funds to provide evidence-based Parents Anonymous® programs. Parents Anonymous® is a proven intervention to keep children out of the child welfare system and ensure child safety by addressing mental health, substance use prevention or treatment, and in-home parenting skills.
The study found that parents who participated in Parents Anonymous® were significantly less likely to experience new referrals and new substantiated referrals to the child welfare system within a year of finishing the program than parents who did not participate in the program. The odds of a parent who finished the program experiencing a new substantiated referral were one third as high as those of parents who did not attend the program. While Parents Anonymous® serves a wide variety of parents, most participating parents from those two California counties are at high risk of repeated system involvement and have considerable histories in the child welfare system. Taken in context, the study findings indicate that the program could help reduce the likelihood of system involvement even for this high-risk group. This study adds to previous studies over the past 51 years showing Parents Anonymous® leads to better outcomes for families.
Parents Anonymous® Pomona Rising COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Event
Congresswoman Judy Chu acknowledges the extraordinary accomplishments since 1969 and new federal funding for Parents Anonymous®. Also supportive are Claremont Mayor Jennifer Stark, Claremont City Councilmember Ed Reece and Dominick Corey, Senator Portantino’s Office District 44 at Parents Anonymous® | Pomona Rising COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Event, Hendricks Pharmacy on 26th August, 2021.