Heart Services
Family Resources Program
Southwest Partnership
The Southwest Partnership is a collaboration that brings together community agencies, child care providers, early education specialists, and parents to develop and execute a three-year strategic plan for children under the age of six in our region. All members meet together once a month to share information, develop strategies, and implement goals. The meeting is usually held from 3:00PM-4:30PM on the last Wednesday of every month at West Valley Community Services. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join!
For more information about joining our Partnership, please contact Esther Milo at ext. 151.
Family Support Specialists
Family Support Specialists work with families who have children prenatal to 6 years old. The goal is to ensure that children are happy, healthy and ready to succeed by the time they reach kindergarten. Family Partners will support families by personally connecting them to programs and services based on each family’s specific needs. Assistance and support may include referrals to: children’s development and social emotional screenings, free or low cost health insurance, enrollment in a high quality preschool, child care services, parent education, emergency food and shelter, counseling, job assistance, complying with court-ordered services.
For more information about Family Support Specialists, please contact Michelle at ext. 106 or Christina at ext. 105.
Parent Workshops
We offer FREE Parent Workshops to parents with children under the age of 6 living in the West Valley Region. Workshops are offered in English, Mandarin, and Spanish. We also offer FREE childcare for parents attending the workshops so that both parents can take advantage of these informative, educational and enriching workshops. Some examples of topics are “Fathers matter,” “Emotional Intelligence for Young Children,” Positive Discipline,” “How to Raise Resilient Children in the Dawn of the 21st century,” and “Effective Communication.”
Workshops can be held at any location that is accessible to families in our region. If you have any suggestions for locations and/or topics, please feel free to give us your ideas. For more information about these workshops, please contact Jean at ext. 152.
Community Engagement & Education
The CES staff reaches out to families with young children through planning income-eligible, family friendly, events within our region, as well as outreaching in the community through resource sharing. Some of our past events have included “Family Night Out” and our “Free Book Event,” in which we gave away over 5,000 books to income eligible families. We also have “Certified Application Assistants” available to help sign up children for low-cost health insurance.
For more information about our program, please contact Jean (for Mandarin) at ext.152, Mariela (for Spanish) at ext.154, or Esther at ext.151.