I advocate and encourage families to refer themselves to Family SkillBuilders. It’s such a powerful experience, and it’s okay to ask for help before becoming so overwhelmed.

Our groups programs are designed to build parenting skills and provide a space for connection and growth in a community of other parents who can relate to each other. Our goal is to increase parents’ skills, confidence, and connection with their children.
Our skilled team has been providing groups for over 10 years.
We provide all participants a meal at every group session.
For Families Forward groups, we transport children to and from every group session if needed.
Parents meet many other parents who they can connect and share with.
Our curriculum covers a wide variety of parenting topics.
These groups* facilitate learning new parenting skills and strengthening the bond between parents and their children who are in foster care. Parents participate in a group parenting class with other parents to build community and increase their skills, followed by observed parenting time with their children to practice the skills hands-on. Groups occur twice weekly. Transportation for child participants is provided by Family SkillBuilders.
* Available for Multnomah County participants only at this time
Family SkillBuilders provides group parenting classes in shared housing environments in Marion County and is looking to expand this to other areas in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. If you are interested in setting up a group parenting class in your shared housing facility, please submit an inquiry on our Contact Us page.
Families who participate in our Parents as Teachers program are invited to join us for monthly groups to make connections with other parents in the community. These groups provide additional training on parenting topics covered in home visits as well as helpful group conversations with other parents who are going through or have gone through the same situations!
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