New Parent Program Volunteer Coordinator
Current• Facilitate a monthly new parent/infant support group consisting of 10-12 families seeking parental guidance, emotional support, and validation in difficult early childhood issues• Link families of cultural, socioeconomic, and ethnic diversity creating a supportive network founded on common parenting needs and interests• Maintain weekly interactions with each family in between group meetings by phone, email, or skype• Create and maintain a referral network of 25+ outside experts on early child physical, emotional, and mental development in which participants can make outside appointments with• Re-designed the Parenting Program blog to include an interactive feature allowing new parents to connect with one another online and provide an additional mode of support• Recruit new participants by visiting parents before hospital discharge to promote benefits of program