35th Anniversary Gala! Honoring the New Canaan Exchange Club. October 26th, 2024. Get Tickets Here!
OUR PROGRAMS
HOPE, EDUCATED, LOVE, PROTECT (HELP)
DONATIONS
YOUR SUPPORT CHANGES LIVES! DONATE TODAY AND HELP US BUILD A SAFER CONNECTICUT.
HELP PROGRAM CT
FOSTERING CHILD SAFETY AND WELL-BEING IN CT
Our Exchange Parent Aid (EPA) program offers home-based support to families. We focus on child safety, health, education, and housing, teaching positive parenting skills and resource navigation to ensure family well-being and reduce out-of-home placements.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING FAMILY NEEDS
Utilizing the evidence-backed National Exchange Club model, our home-based Exchange Parent Aid (EPA) program centralizes family needs. Our Parent Educators assess vital areas, including child safety, health, education, and housing. The program emphasizes teaching positive parenting skills to safeguard children's well-being, reducing the necessity for out-of-home placements due to neglect or abuse. Additionally, it guides families in accessing community resources for sustained support post-program completion.
OUR TEAM
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Our social workers, professionally trained and supervised, deliver supportive and educational in-home services to families at risk of child abuse and neglect. Serving as mentors, they provide intensive support, impart crucial information and model effective parenting strategies — all within the family's home environment.
OUR FOCUS
THE PURPOSE OF OUR FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAM
We bolster parental resilience by teaching problem-solving skills, modeling effective parenting, and offering round-the-clock support and service referrals.- We enhance knowledge of parenting and child development through skill sharing, strategy modeling and providing individualized in-home assistance with children.
- Social connections are nurtured through social support, personal relationship building, and facilitating connections to other parents via group meetings, activities and referrals.
- We develop children's social-emotional competence by strengthening the family's nurturing capabilities, monitoring parent-child interactions and modeling supportive behaviors.
- We ensure child safety by addressing medical, dental, and mental health needs, ensuring safe housing, and protecting against child abuse, neglect and domestic violence.
get involved
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
GET IN TOUCH
JOIN THE JOURNEY TO CHANGE CHILDREN’S LIVES IN CONNECTICUT
203-327-9419
The Exchange Club Center 141 Franklin Street Stamford, CT 06901
office hours Monday Friday 9am-5pm closed on major holidays
OUR TOOLBOX
RESOURCE AND REFERRAL HUB
STAY UPDATED
sign up for our newsletter
By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: . You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact