Parenting Classes & Groups

We host free classes and meetings that can help you gain the knowledge and tools to become a more confident and nurturing parent.

Current Offerings:

Positive Parenting & Co-Parenting — Whether both parents are living together in the same household or you’re sharing custody and “co-parenting” between two households, it’s important to develop good parenting skills to provide stability for your child. This one-session class can help. Click HERE for a printable flyer with more information.

The POEM Support Group is for Dayton-area pregnant and postpartum moms and birthing persons. The group meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 6:30 to 8:00pm at our Center for Families, 1046 Brown Street in Dayton. POEM – Perinatal Outreach & Encouragement for Moms – is Mental Health America of Ohio’s perinatal mental health program. (Perinatal = the period of time from the start of a pregnancy up to a year after giving birth.) Support group sessions are moderated by mothers who have gone through the POEM peer support group training program. You don’t need to preregister to attend. Childcare is not available, but babies in arms are welcome. For more information, please call 937.660.9220 or email poemdayton@mhaohio.org.

PASSPORT Services Help Older AdultsSeptember 27, 2024 - 1:47 pm
PASSPORT is for adults aged 60 and older who may need the level of care provided in a nursing home but hope to stay in their own homes. It is a statewide program funded by Medicaid so participants must be Medicaid-eligible. The first step is an assessment by a nurse or social worker who determines if the older adult would qualify according to level of care requirements. The local Job and Family Services then determines Medicaid eligibility and approves enrollment. Once enrolled, an individual is assigned a care manager who develops a care plan with customized services to help the individual remain safely at home. The care manager makes sure that needs are met with quality services and revises the care plan as needs change.