Family support services are community-based services that assist and support parents in their role as caregivers. Family support services promote parental competency and healthy child development by helping parents enhance their strengths and resolve problems that can lead to child maltreatment, developmental delays, and family disruption.
Services include peer support and counseling, early developmental screening, parent education, early childhood development, childcare and respite care, home visits, family resource centers, school-linked services, recreation, and job or skills education or training. Programs may address the general population or target particular groups such as
ethnic/cultural minorities, adolescent parents, or families facing health, mental health, or substance abuse issues
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