Outreach
Family Support Services
Family Support Services are available for parents and caregivers in Madison County. The Case Management Coordinator meets with parents/caregivers by phone, over Zoom, or at the National Children’s Advocacy Center’s office to assess needs and connect with community resources. To access the services, contact the Case Management Coordinator by phone 256-327-3765256-327-3765 or email tbah@nationalcac.org.
Healthy Families North Alabama
Healthy Families North Alabama is a support and education program for first- and second-time parents in Madison County. The program begins home visiting services in the last trimester of pregnancy or before the baby is one month old. Services are voluntary and may continue until the child starts kindergarten. Parents meet with their Family Support Specialist in the home with program services that include parent support, education on effective parenting and child development, family goal planning, transportation assistance to medical appointments, and group get togethers with other new parents. Helping parents build a strong and secure connection with their children benefits both parents and kids.
Parenting Class
The NCAC offers a seven-week long Parenting Class. Parents learn about the stages of child development from infancy through the teens, how to be a nurturing parent, ways to deal with stress and anger, and much more. For more information about Parenting Class email tbah@nationalcac.org or call 256-327-3765256-327-3765.
Partnership in Parenting
Partnership in Parenting is a parent support program offering information about positive parenting and healthy relationships emphasizing the importance of both parents’ involvement with their children. Topics include behavior management, managing emotions and stress, as well as child and teen safety. The program also provides connections to community resources.
For more information about Partnership in Parenting email bjackson@nationalcac.org or call 256-327-3776256-327-3776.
The National Children’s Advocacy Center is the managing agency for the Alabama Handle With Care program. Handle With Care is designed to link emergency responders with school personnel when a child has experienced a potentially traumatic event. This program is designed to keep children in the classroom, while attending to needs in a trauma-informed manner.
If an emergency responder encounters a child during a call, the school receives a “Handle With Care” notice concerning that child before the school bell rings the next day. School staff will then observe the child to determine if additional support is needed. The “Handle With Care” notice does not include details about the potentially traumatic event and school staff are trained not to question the child about what happened.
CARES
The Child, Advocacy, Resilience, Education and Support Team, known as CARES is the Madison County community response team for children impacted by substance use disorder. The CARES Team supports the children and families who are impacted by a parent’s substance use disorder including the caregiver and the parent who is struggling. The team is comprised of non-judgmental professionals from several different agencies with the common purpose of helping families into a long safe and healthy recovery.
Children in the CARES program will have access to medical care, trauma therapy, and caregiver assistance from an NCAC family advocate. A limited number of children are accepted into the CARES program through a referral process.
CARES Team
Not One More
Alabama
Recovery Organization of Support Specialist
Partnership for a Drug Free Community
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
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