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703-246-2411 TTY 711

health@fairfaxcounty.gov

10777 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22030

Gloria Addo-Ayensu, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of Health

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Stable Families, Thriving Futures

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A program for fathers and mothers ages 14-25 that creates a healthy foundation for their young families.

The Stable Families Thriving Futures program features an evidence-based health education curriculum to improve the immediate and long-term health, educational, employment and financial outcomes of pregnant and parenting teens and young adults in Fairfax County. The program:

Utilizes a peer group education program, creating a network of support
Provides whole-family case management supports
Coordinates access to other programs the family might need including Maternal-Child Health, nutritional support (WIC), housing and food
Partners with families to ensure referrals to specialized health services such as mental health services, substance abuse disorder services, and domestic violence prevention, as needed

Meet Reyna, a Stable Families, Thriving Futures program participant.

Learn how to be a parent and how to create successful co-parenting relationships. The program helps build the knowledge an expectant parent needs in order to feel empowered, responsible, and confident.

All about the responsibility of parenting and how to rise to the challenge
The health benefits of successful co-parenting relationships
How to spend quality time with your child

Young parents can make sustained progress toward educational goals both in high school and beyond - all while meeting their child's needs. The program helps create an educational foundation for participants:

Stay in school and achieve even higher grades
Create a plan to continue education after high school - college, technical training, or career training
Become an even more confident and productive student
Build self-esteem

Get the financial skills needed to create a solid economic foundation for a young family.

Understand the financial responsibilities of parenting
Feel confident in the ability to financially provide for a child
Get financial basics on household budgeting, spending and saving
Create a pathway to self-sufficiency and enhance ability to take productive control of personal financials

Understand how to navigate and advocate for the family's health needs. The program provides health literacy skills needed to:

Advocate for the child's health needs
Take charge of one's own health
Understand medical fact versus misinformation
Enhance sexual and emotional health

The ability of young parents to live satisfying, productive lives depends largely on their effectiveness as communicators and decision makers. The program curriculum:

Enhances a young parent's ability deal with stress, and to cope with discrimination
Learn how to communicate your values to your child
Creates and maintain positive relationships
Teaches healthy conflict resolution, how to manage anger, and communicate effectively with a partner

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Meet Reyna, a Stable Families, Thriving Futures program participant.

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