Approach & Services

Our center will partner with local leaders, businesses, and civic organizations, providing physical and virtual space with offerings that help individuals dream big dreams, make community and personal connections, and get the support most helpful to them. Our parent leaders help design and, at times, co-lead offerings with staff, keeping a focus on three main areas:

• Parent Cafés: Parent-led discussions where participants share personal experiences and knowledge to identify ways to support one another. There are also café options for single people who may not play a parenting role. Cafés and printed materials are offered in multiple languages commonly spoken in the community.
• Appreciative Inquiry: Together, community members discover the best of their communities, create a dream for the future, and design and walk a path to get there together.
• Protective Factors: Studies have shown that when protective factors are well established in a family structure, the likelihood of child abuse and neglect diminishes, and well-being increases. The five evidence-based protective factors include parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, social and emotional competence of children, social connections, and concrete support in times of need.

At our center, all community members are welcome to participate in any of the following:

• Meet neighbors
• Co-facilitate groups
• Pick up or drop off a donation
• Call or text about a family issue or need
• Socialize over a meal
• Build knowledge or a skill
• Join a virtual meeting or discussion
• Help plan, organize, or lead an event
• Sit, reflect, and relax
• Participate in a range of fun, family and community-centered activities
• Learn or share about community programs
  and resources
• And more!

We also collaborate with community partners and agencies to bring in resources based on
the desires of the community. This ensures that resources are within easy reach for all community members. Offerings change as the community’s interests change and the advisory group helps our staff make decisions.

Contact Us

While we don’t have a location selected for this program yet (coming soon!), you can get more information by signing up for updates or emailing Jessica Tenzer at Jtenzer@WeAreBCS.org.