Parenting Resources

Family Support Team services offer long term child welfare for parents and their children, designed to empower families and provide a new pathway to achieving economic self-sufficiency.

The Family Support Team is committed to a two generational approach ensuring family and child well-being. When you contact us, ask to talk to someone about the Family Support programs.

Day Phone: 507-328-6099

First Time Parents: (18 years or older)

New baby:

Collaboration with Public Health for home visits
Ongoing support/information regarding healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, health care, child care, education/employment goals, parenting, and decision making.
Monthly family activities.
Families are enrolled during pregnancy through early infancy.

Pregnant & Parenting Teens (up to age 18):

Pregnancy and parenting support program for adolescent moms, dads, and their child.
Families receive support and information regarding parenting options, healthy pregnancy, child development, housing, budgeting/finances, child care, education/work goals, and referrals to community resources.
Home or community visits
Collaboration with Public Health

Families of color with a child under five yrs:

The participants are families of color with children from birth to 5 years old.

Services Include:

Case management services that help provide opportunities for early childhood education.
Connections to community resources.
Family support and advocacy.
Home visits

This service strives to help create a positive legacy for children of color in our community by increasing access to early childhood education services and connecting families with other resources in the community that empower them to reach their highest potential.

Families with at least one child under 10 yrs:

The participants are parents and their children who are experiencing complex challenges: disproportionality, generational poverty, historical trauma, homelessness, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, truancy, poor school outcomes, child welfare involvement, economic and employment instability, etc.