The Gap program provides services to grandparents and other relatives who care for children in the absence of parents.

We support families by providing in-home assessments, case management services, and support groups for caregivers.

The Gap program builds on the family’s strengths and works with all family members to find solutions to the challenges of raising children in today’s complex world.

The Gap program offers the following services to support your family through our MCH Family Outreach offices:

Case Management
We assess the strengths and needs of your situation and a case manager meets with your family regularly to provide you with services geared toward strengthening your family.

Information and Referral
We help you access community resources and programs to assist you with everything from counseling and parent training to food assistance and childcare services.

Support Groups
Caregiver Empowerment Groups offer emotional support and advice on ways to deal with common problems many grandparents and caregivers face when raising children.

Assistance with Legal Issues
We help you find community programs and government agencies that provide legal assistance.

Workshops
We partner with other like-minded community organizations that offer workshops on topics important to you as a generational caregiver.

Services are designed for families with at least one child residing in the home between the ages of birth to 14 years. Eligible families should also live within a 45-mile radius of an MCH Outreach office.

All MCH Family Solutions services are confidential and free to eligible families.

We offer short-term counseling services to families with a strict focus on supporting and strengthening families.

-families with a child 0-17 in the home
-live within 45 miles of an MCH Outreach office

Free

Family Solutions provides help to families by providing advocacy and support, connection to resources in the community, and other services. 

The program provides a combination of individual and family services, case management, and advocacy to help the family meet its needs. We help families gain access to community resources that will help their children grow to be healthy and successful at home, at school and in the community.

MCH Family Outreach case managers work with individuals and other people in your family and neighborhood who are important to you. We work with you to identify and build on your family’s strengths to help you meet your needs and those of your children. We meet with you in your home, your child’s school, or anywhere in the community where you are comfortable…as often as needed.

• Families with at least one child residing in the home between the ages of birth to 14 years
• live within a 45-mile radius of an MCH Outreach office

Free

The Gap Program provides services to grandparents and other relatives who care for children in the absence of parents. Outreach staff support families by providing in-home assessments, case management services and support groups for caregivers.

Ways we can help

The Gap program offers the following services to support your family through our MCH Family Outreach offices:

Case Management
We assess the strengths and needs of your situation and a case manager meets with your family regularly to provide you with services geared toward strengthening your family.

Information and Referral
We help you access community resources and programs to assist you with everything from counseling and parent training to food assistance and childcare services.

Support Groups
Caregiver Empowerment Groups offer emotional support and advice on ways to deal with common problems many grandparents and caregivers face when raising children.

Assistance with Legal Issues
We help you find community programs and government agencies that provide legal assistance.

Workshops
We partner with other like-minded community organizations that offer workshops on topics important to you as a generational caregiver.

For families with one or more children between the ages of 0 to 17

Free

We offer short-term counseling services to individuals with a strict focus on supporting and strengthening families.

-parenting a child 0-17 in the home
-live within 45 miles
-Be program participants

Free

Through partnerships with other service providers and agencies within our service area, we are meeting the need for effective and beneficial parent education.

Our parent education programs follow an instructional and supportive framework aimed at increasing nurturing skills and reducing the potential for abusive or neglectful behaviors.

Staff are trained facilitators and utilize the tips and techniques of the philosophies while working with families, whether in a group education setting or while addressing specific parenting struggles with an individual family.

We have adopted these philosophies as guides for helping parents feel more confident and capable in their role.

If you would like more information about parent education, give us a call! We are always eager to talk with other agencies about this service and unique ways it can be utilized.

-parenting a child 0-17 in the home
-live within 45 miles
-participate in services

Free