About The Nest
In response to community needs, The Nest was created as a new care model for family systems and local communities impacted by substance use disorder (SUD), domestic violence, and poverty.
The Nest will provide a supportive program for pregnant women and new moms struggling with addiction, homelessness, domestic violence, or other adverse events. The program offers an environment and resources in which women are given the opportunity and guidance to be a healthy parent for their newborn with the goal to re-introduce a mother and her child into the community with safe housing, support, and continued resources.
What The Nest Provides
One-to-one mother mentoring
Individualized goal-setting and treatment planning
Prenatal and postnatal education and supports
Transition planning
Counseling for family
Parenting skills training
Budgeting and financial management skills
Home management and life skills
Vocational guidance and employment assistance
Community referrals for health care, child care, and housing
Child development screening and education
Teaching parent-child interaction and discipline
Evidence based, effective care
Mentoring programs have been identified as one potential modality for effectively addressing the unmet needs of at-risk mother-infant dyads. This program has the capacity to provide both safe, stable and trusting adult relationships, and the resiliency building that the science indicates for mitigating the trauma of adverse childhood events and community disparity.
