Family
Resource Center
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FRC
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Monday
through Thursday
Friday |
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Jump to:
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Toy
Lending Library
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Tuesday and
Thursday
8 am - noon
1 pm - 7 pm
Open the 1st
Saturday of each month
10am - 1pm
Closed Monday,
Wednesday, Friday
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Open
to all San Juan County families, the
Family Resource Center (FRC) includes
a multimedia library of parent resources,
a toy lending
library, access to information
about choosing
child care and a complete listing
of services that assist children and
families in the county. Staff is available
to help locate appropriate community
resources, lead parenting classes,
assist with finding child care and
help families find resources to meet
their needs for food or housing.
The
program promotes family
strengths and stability and provides
ways for families to access the resources
they need, in and outside crisis times.
The
FRC attempts to address the many needs
of families in the county. The program
works with all families, including
single parent households, families
caring for elderly parents, grandparents
raising grandchildren and foster families.
All
of the FRC program are funded through
grants and contracts.
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The
SJC Family Resource Center was
nominated |
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a model program by the State of
New Mexico in 2000. |
Resources
and Referrals
- Childcare
referrals
- Referrals to licensed child
care centers, homes, and unlicensed
homes in San Juan County
- Parent information and education
regarding locating quality child
care
- Assistance in locating funding
to help pay for child care
- Links
to community resources using the
HelpLine Database; we refer
families to community services that
can assist them in meeting their
needs.
- Toy
Lending Library
- Toys,
books, and resource materials
available for checkout for
families and child care providers
in San Juan County
- Toyland
Express, home delivery for
home and center-based child
care providers
- Parent
resources
- Mental
heath resources (prenatal to age
18)
- Assistance
with Medicare applications
Training
and Technical Assistance
Services
- Free training for
childcare providers
- workshops,
training, classes, and conferences
for child care professionals
- Technical
assistance to child care
providers and parents
- child
development, behavior,
discipline, biting,
etc.
- Information
and support for starting
your own child care center
or home
- parenting
classes
- Practicum
sites for Human Services and Highlands
BSW and MSW programs
- Specialized
training in infant mental
health
- Parenting
classes
- CEUs in
social work, nursing, and counseling
- CDA
advising
- Special
Interest (SPIN) college credit
classes offered to groups of 10
or more.
- Outreach
support
- Time Dollar
(Project H.O.P.E.)
- A
tax-exempt currency which
people earn for every hour
they spend helping others.
- Provides
additional resources and
support through family, friends,
neighbors, and the community.
- Variety
of services offered on a
case-by-case basis, as needed.
Some services include clerical
assistance, child care, translation,
minor home repairs, yardwork,
gardening, and many more.
- Each
Time Dollar unit earned can
be used in exchange for services
or goods.
- Anyone
can become a member and provide
services.
- Aim
High
- Enhanced,
specialized training, mentoring,
and goal-setting for child
care programs wishing to
improve quality levels.
- Provides
on-site assistance and resources
for program improvement.
Publications
- La Ristra: 45-hour
Entry Level Course
- Best Practices
- My Culture is ...ME
- Creating Big Books with Children
- Myself and My Surroundings
- Curriculum: A Process
- Celebrating Diversity
- Integrating Culture into an Early Childhood Classroom
- Nuestra Cocinita de Nuevo Mexico: (Our Little New Mexican
Kitchen) Foods for Young Children
Family
Support Services
- Homebased
parent support
- A focus on family strengths and family-centered
practices which are designed to strengthen,
educate, and teach new skills. A partnering
with families to promote family
stability and support family access
to community resources.
- An inclusion and responsiveness to
ethnic, cultural, and community diversity
- Focus on child and family safety
- Time Limited Services for families
(4- to 6-month programs)
Prenatal
education and case management
- Families
First
- Provide
assistance with Medicaid applications
for children and pregnant women
- Case
management services as determined
by families' Salud managed
care organization
- Ages
and Stages Questionnaire developmental
screening for children
- Referrals
to other community resources
and services as families need
- Home
visitation focused on prenatal
wellness and child health
- Maternal
mental health groups focusing on
the psychological and emotional issues
of pregnancy and becoming mothers
- Collaboration
with Family Support to serve non-Medicaid-eligible
women and babies
- Adolescent
Health program
- Parenting
Skills classes for pregnant
and parenting teens in the
high school setting
- Teen
Peer Health classes to encourage
teens to become peer mentors
around teen-identified issues
Parent
education and support
- Parenting
classes
- Home-based parent
support
- Client service
management
- Parent-infant
relational support
- Reactive attachment
disorder group
- Life skills
groups for adults and children
Direct
Resources to Kids
Literature-Based Websites:
The
Farmington Public Library Reference
Page (Select
'Finding Good Books')
The Bookreporter.com
Books & Authors.net
Websites to help support computer learning/Reading/Language
Arts:
Houghton Mifflin
Funbrain
Scholastic
Publishers
Book
Adventure
Kids Space --
kids can post their own writing and art
work here
Yahooligans - Language arts
for more links to good reading and
writing sites
SJC
Family Resource Center
Phone: (505) 566-3825 Fax: (505)
566-3826
Services supported by San Juan
College and funded by New Mexico
Department of Children, Youth, and
Families, San Juan United Way and
Children's Trust Fund. |
