Healthy Families Initiative
It is important that every child has the resources it needs to be successful. Much of this is dependent on the parent/primary caregiver’s ability to help support the growth and development of the child from birth through the early adolescent and teen years.
The Mary Black Foundation, through its focus on early childhood development and federal funding through the Office of Adolescent Health are pleased to present the five-year Healthy Families Initiative (HFI). The HFI seeks to provide common universal language about how important parenting is and that all of us need extra support from time to time. By expanding ready access to the evidence-based Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) framework, families will be able to receive the right support, at the right time, regardless age of their child or the depth of support needed.
For more information, please contact Angela Robinson, Healthy Families Initiative Director. To make a Triple P referral, please click here.
Healthy Families Initiative Partners

MULTI-LEVEL TRIPLE P SYSTEM
Every parent has questions or concerns about their child’s growth and development at sometimes. Having a place to turn to think through ways to address the ever changing needs of children is important. Triple P offers a range of opportunities in varying formats for parents/caregivers to access this type of support.
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SEMINARS
Positive Parenting in a Nutshell
Even when parenting is great, a few tips can make life easier. Get fresh ideas for raising children in 90-minute seminars. Choose from three different topics for each age.
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PRIMARY CARE
For Everyday Problems
A problem or two with your child or children? Try a quick, tailored way to get strategies to help – just you and a Triple P provider. Approx. 4 sessions/ 15-30 minutes each.
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DISCUSSION GROUPS
For Common Parenting Problems
Parents with the same single problem join a two-hour group that provides practical targeted solutions. Choose from a range of topics tailored for parents of children birth- 12 years.
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STANDARD TRIPLE P SYSTEM
FOR MORE SERIOUS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN & TEENS
You never imagined things would get this bad. Life with your child(ren) is a constant struggle. There is probably a lot of shouting and your child’s behavior seems out of control. Whatever the problems are, your family home has become a very unhappy place.
Using an online system, coupled with practitioner support, parents will move through 8-10 modules of information and strategies.