Community Partnership

Local Parenting Resources

Community Partnership (417) 888-2020
330 N. Jefferson
Springfield, MO 65806
www.commpartnership.org

Community Partnership, the organization that hosts and supports the Violence Free Families Coalition, also provides interactive family training programming:

Building Blocks / Sunny Cleeton, ext. 209
Provides information on the Developmental Asset model and how YOU can help youth succeed in life.

Strengthening Families / Sylvia Persky, ext. 215
A 7-session training for parents and youth (ages 10-14) designed to help reduce substance use and behavior problems during adolescence.

Guiding Good Choices / Sylvia Persky, ext. 215
A 5-session program that teaches parents of children 9-14 years old how to set clear expectations and consequences, with the ultimate goal of helping reduce the risk that their children will develop drug problems.

Caring Communities Initiative / Janet Dankert, ext. 214
Is one of 21 state-funded partnerships designed to leverage dollars at the local level while facilitating strategies that effectively support families and children and build safe, strong neighborhoods.