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Parent Cafe

Concrete Support in Times of Need, Pamela Sparks

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Pamela Sparks Family Engagement Specialist

A Parent Cafe is a warm, safe environment for families to enjoy peer-to-peer interaction, refreshments, giveaways and opportunities to explore family strengths and enhance child development. Cafes are physically and emotionally safe spaces where people talk and listen to each other on topics that matter to them, such as challenges and victories of raising a family, navigating landscapes of inequality, enhancing wellbeing m, or being involved in the recovery process of someone they love. Through individual deep self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning, participants explore their strengths, learn about the Protective Factors and create strategies from their own wisdom and experiences to strengthen their families.

Un Café para Padres es un ambiente cálido y seguro para que las familias disfruten de la interacción entre pares, refrigerios, obsequios y oportunidades para explorar las fortalezas familiares y mejorar el desarrollo infantil. Los cafés son espacios física y emocionalmente seguros donde las personas hablan y se escuchan sobre temas que les importan, como los desafíos y las victorias de criar una familia, navegar por paisajes de desigualdad, mejorar el bienestar o participar en el proceso de recuperación de alguien que aman. A través de la autorreflexión profunda individual y el aprendizaje entre pares, los participantes exploran sus fortalezas, aprenden sobre los Factores Protectores y crean estrategias a partir  de su propia sabiduría y experiencias para fortalecer a sus familias.

Thanks to New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development; Department of Children and Families; and Division of Family and Community Partnerships for funding this program

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