The Anaconda Family Resource Center pictures a future in which all families receive and fully use the basic skills, education, support, and encouragement necessary for the development of healthy families. Anaconda Family Resource Center | Community Youth Center
In 1982, the Anaconda Family Resource Center opened its doors to address the high incidence of child abuse and neglect in the Southwest M
ontana rural area of Deer Lodge County. But need for additional services became obvious and the center was expanded to include preventative services. In October of 2004, after school services began to provide a safe place for youth to go while not in school. These preventative services for youth are provided through the Community Youth Center. Our mission is to assure all families receive the basic skills, education, support, and encouragement necessary for the development of healthy families. All programs offered through the center are designed around this premise. A fundraising formula has been developed to make sure our services can continue for generations to come. This formula consists of seeking grants through local, state and federal sources; small fees for some services; state and local giving and through fundraisers. Our services include:
Partnership Program
The Partnership Program is designed to increase the strength and stability of families; increase parents’ confidence and competence in their parenting ability; afford children a safe, stable and supportive family environment; and to otherwise enhance child development. Our staff facilitates these necessary changes through the following services. In-Home Visit - Home Visits are done on a regular basis throughout the duration of services. Initially, they are performed on a weekly basis for two to four hours per visit. As time and services progress, the time duration can be modified considerably. During Home Visits, the Family Development Specialist discusses the Family Service Plan as well as topics pertinent to the client’s success. This includes but is not limited to budgeting, time management, family interaction and behaviors, work related issues, or other needed services. Parenting Classes - Circle of Security Parenting for children 0-5.
8 classes : Learning the communication cues and emotional needs of the young child. Learning to help young children manage their emotions. Managing the child's emotions when they are unable. Nurturing Parenting - 0-5 & 6-12, 16 classes: Learning physical and emotional needs of children, how to identify the needs and cues and how to care for their physical needs. Visit/Family Time Coaching - for those families whose children have been removed from the home by CPS. Family Development Specialists help and/or teach parent/s to be more aware of the child's emotional needs as well as physical needs. How to identify how a non-verbal baby is trying to communicate and how to respond. How to identify emotional needs and teach young children how to manage and organize them. How to urn visits into real family time. During these visits, parents are being observed for parent/child interaction, potentially harmful behaviors, appropriate
behaviors/responses and overall attentiveness. CASA/GAL Program
When a child is removed from their home, they need to have representation in the court system. The CASA/GAL volunteer role is to provide advocacy services (in the court system) for abused, neglected and/or abandoned children. CASA/GAL volunteers are pro bono and their role includes investigating the case, attending meetings pertinent to the children, and providing input to and monitoring of the parents’ treatment plan. Stress and Anger Management Classes
Many of our clients are dealing with stress and/or anger issues. To help eliminate these issues, the center offers Stress and Anger Management Classes twice weekly. Classes consist of twenty sessions dealing with five triggers. The primary purpose of the classes is to assist people in changing patterns of behavior that are inappropriate, counter-productive, and/or dangerous to themselves or others.
