Thriving Families Alliance

Family support - programming that focuses on a comprehensive early childcare, health and education system for children ages 0-5 years. The focus is on nurturing and supportive relationships for children, safe environments, and growth of social and emotional skills. Family support includes various programs such as coordinated intake, parents as teachers, healthy Families america and other evidence-based family support programs.

Community of Promise - includes system level coordination of services, partnering with multiple agencies, to develop a comprehensive plan to promote protective factors, primary prevention strategies, and community engagement to increase positive childhood experiences to ensure that children and Families can thrive. This includes convening cross sector Partners, facilitating collective impact approaches, providing trauma responsive strategies, collecting and analyzing data, and providing trainings and tools to community stakeholders.

Early learning environment - every child needs and deserves to be physically and emotionally safe everywhere they are. Thriving Families Alliance provides preschool support grants, supports quality childcare incentives and childcare consultation to enusre that the littlest community members are safe.

Child neglect and abuse prevention - every child deserves to grow up with a healthy mind, strong community and a safe and healthy family. The child neglet and abuse prevention programs strive to make this happen through collaborating with various entities in southwest Iowa to help ensure that all children will grow up healthy and safe.

Family stability - this program is based on the idea that Families with less stressors are healthier environments which allow children to thrive, and reduce instances of maltreatment. In addition to providing Families with connections to other organizations that can help create action plans, this program provides monitary support in the form of rent and utility payments, legal fees, and groceries.