Definition

Parent Partnering Program is a time limited, eight (8) to twelve (12) week, service designed to provide parents with basic parenting skill knowledge, development and practice.Parent Partnering will provide the tools for parents to be able to independently assess the parenting needs of their children, actively identify and implement age appropriate interventions, identify and implement age appropriate rewards and consequences, and review, critique and alter parenting techniques based on desired outcomes. The goal of the Parent Partnering program is to provide parents with an array of parenting skills and practices that work to stabilize and enhance basic parenting abilities as well as to prevent and/or reduce time that children spend in out of home placement due to deficits in parenting skill and knowledge.

Parent Partnering will consist of components to address the varied learning abilities of referred parents.

• Parenting Assessment (Pre and Post)
• Parenting Seminar
• Individualized Home Based Parent Coaching
• Group Learning Experiences (twice a month beginning the third week of the program)

How do I access services?

Nebraska Health and Human Services (NHHS) – Protection and Safety/Integrated Care Coordination Unit (ICCU) and Region case managers can create a referral and authorization for Visinet Inc. to implement services.

 
What are the Criteria?

Referred individuals must be parents to children age birth to 18 years and must have a child involved with NHHS and/or a Region.The parents will have been identified as needing parent skill enhancement and will have the ability to benefit from a direct learning experience through a direct, goal oriented program in relation to their parenting skills.

Payment:

Services can be initiated by speaking with the State Services Coordinator and completing a service referral and authorization containing valid dates of service and within contract guidelines.  Services can begin at the initiation of the next Parenting Seminar once all information requested is received and the referral is formally accepted as indicated on the Initial Referral Request form.  

Who do I call?

Contact the State Services Coordinator in the Eastern Service Area at (402) 898-8881, in South Eastern Service Area at (402) 464-8866, or in the Central Service Area at (308) 398-4662.