| C4'S PARENT PROGRAM AWARDED |
| | C4's Parent Education Program Receives
Child Abuse Prenention Program Excellence Award
Contact: Marta A. Bailey marta.bailey@c4chicago.org
Phone: 773.765.0809
Fax: 773.765.0839
March 12, 2004
Chicago, IL
The Parent Education Program of Community Counseling Center of Chicago (C4) was recently selected by Prevent Child Abuse Illinois and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as one of six exemplary child abuse prevention programs in Illinois to receive a Child Abuse Prevention Program Excellence Award.
As a kick off to Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, C4 will be presented this prestigious award at the Illinois State Capitol on April 1, 2004 in Springfield. Other recipients of this award include: Joliet Township High School Infant Childcare Center, Joliet; Greater DuPage MYM, Glen Ellyn; Crisis Nursery, Urbana; Provena Behavioral Health Healthy Families Program, Champaign and the Fayette County Health Department Healthy Families Program, Vandalia.
C4's Parent Education Program provides opportunities for low income parents to learn effective skills that strengthen family relationships and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect. The program, which is free of charge, includes specialized parenting classes for seven weeks and three home visits that are offered during the series. Daytime and evening classes are available in both English and Spanish.
These parenting classes are held at various community sites including three C4 locations: Stockton Elementary School, Housing Resource Center, Hull House Uptown Head Start, Community Health Clinic and the Ethiopian Association. Home visits are also provided, which give parents more personalized support and consultation as well as referrals for specialized services. More than 1,800 parents have graduated from the program since its inception in 1996.
C4 is a comprehensive community-based behavioral healthcare organization that offers an array of services: 24-hour crisis response and emergency assessment, short-term counseling, intensive psychotherapy and support groups, a variety of therapy modes, including art and expressive therapy, psychiatric and medication evaluations, medication clinics and education on medication monitoring, substance abuse treatment services, vocational services, parenting skills classes, case management and linkage to community resources, psychosocial rehabilitation services, representative payee and financial management services as well as services for survivors of sexual violence.
C4, which currently operates eight facilities, was established as a grassroots response to a federal policy that left to communities the task of developing services for people who were released from psychiatric hospitals into neighborhoods that were ill-equipped to provide for their needs. Since its inception, C4 has continually developed services to address a multitude of behavioral health and prominent social problems that exist in the community. With highly qualified staff who speak more than 21 languages and dialects, the agency receives citywide referrals and serves approximately 3,000 consumers monthly. Last year, C4 served 7,000 unduplicated consumers.
For more information on C4's Parent Education Program, please contact, Katharine Bensinger at 773.765.0829.
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