Submitted by Kristy Jelenik on December 2, 2010 - 1:57pm
The afternoon of Oct. 21st found the staff of Coordinating Council for Children in Crisis (CCCC) Nurturing Families Network headed to Norton Brothers Farm in Cheshire with their cars full of excited parents and young children. As a way to encourage family bonding and expose children and parents to an array of activities outside of their communities, CCCC regularly organizes family field trips for NFN participants. Families and kids love exploring new environments and just having time to relax, smile and laugh with each other.
The Nurturing Families Network provides free and bilingual home-based and group parenting education, developmental screening and case management services to first-time high-risk parents who live in Branford, Guilford, Madison, New Haven, North Branford and North Haven and (all first time parents are screened in prenatal clinics and on the delivery floors at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael to determine program eligibility and are then referred to CCCC).
