Family Development GeneralMajor Program

18601

Total Hours

Contributed.

74562

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

1478.8

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

511

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals reporting improved parenting skills (i.e., skills to prepare child for life; use positive discipline techniques; use of empathy, family rules and effective boundaries; effective self-care techniques)

4871

Number of individuals (parents, caregivers, grandparent, or relative) reporting improved personal knowledge (i.e., developmental stages of a child, techniques to encourage positive development, positive discipline techniques for children, healthy ways to promote children’s success in schools, and signs of abuse and neglect)

6905

Number of individuals who reported using specific preventative and positive discipline techniques in response to child’s misbehavior

1491

Number of individuals who practice effective parenting skills, such as parental empathy, proper ways of establishing family rules and/or boundaries, or concrete support of their child

1584

Number of individuals who sought support from local community organizations and/or its individual members

3337

Number of individuals who extended any type of support to another parent, grandparent, or relative raising a child

2099

Number of participants who reported that they better understand the importance of caregiving preparation as a result of aging programs

1084

Number of participants who attended parenting-related programs not identified as a “major program.”  Major parent-related programs include: Parenting a Second Time Around, Grandparents as Parents, Nurturing Parenting, and Nurturing Fathers

2189

Number of participants who attended age-related programs focused on relationships/communication/caregiving and other issues facing aging families not identified as a “major program.”  Major age-related programs include: Keys to Embracing Again, 10 Warning Signs, and AARP Prepare to Care

1412

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