The Family Support Program offers in-home assistance to parents. Together, the Family Support worker and the parents determine which areas to work on to develop and strengthen skills. Some of the more frequent areas identified have been:
- understanding and responding effectively to children's behaviours;
- improving home safety and maintenance;
- establishing consistent routines, rules and consequences for children;
- helping to promote children's social, school and behavioural skills;
- improving parent-teen relationships;
- budgeting;
- learning how to provide healthy meals and snacks on a budget;
- building a support system in the community;
- help in accessing services, resources and special funding in the community;
- understanding child development and needs of children at different stages;
- building healthy attachments between parents and children
- supporting mothers-to-be through pregnancy
- supporting families when a child is returning home from care or treatment
- individual support to children/youth through the creation of a service plan to develop their strengths and work on identified goals