Family Support
Programs for Families, Parents, Youth
Early Home Support
Offering in-home support to families and increasing access to services in the Eastern Monadnock region.
Parenting
Join one of our weekly parenting groups that run throughout the school year! As a community, we provide professional and peer support, parent education, social connections, referrals to all parents. Sessions are held regularly, but can be customized based on your needs. We also offer a children’s enrichment program for young children while parents are in group.
Children & Youth
Community Farm to Table
The VROOM App for Early Education
Current Programs
**Meets every other Thursday**
It takes a village to raise a child. Especially if your child has different needs than others. See the ABLE not the LABEL seeks to help parents in the Monadnock region create a village around these awesome kiddos. Together, we will form a peer connection and social support network of individuals working through similar challenges to help each other find and access community supports, advice, advocacy and maybe even a little levity.
Facilitated by Mandy Carter, mother of 2 children with special needs, and Jillian Mercier, mother of 5 children with special needs. This group meet once monthly for 90 minutes via Zoom on the 4th Thursday of each month.
Contact Mandy at acarter@rivercenter.us or call us at (603) 924-6800 for more info.
Representatives of various area organizations will be on hand to talk about their programs, who they support, how to find them, and answer any question that community members might have.
SCHEDULE
- February 18 – The River Center & Maps Counseling Service (for this date only, RSVP here)
- March 18 – The Grapevine & Avenue A
- April 15 – Worksource & Monadnock Developmental Services
- May 20 – Monadnock Family Services & Reality Check
- June 17 – Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter (MATS) and Southern New Hampshire Services (SNHS)
See the Eventbrite listing for more info on each date. When registering, choose the date(s) that you wish to attend.
**This group is intended only for parents/caregivers in the Monadnock area of NH**
**You will be contacted by the group facilitator before the meeting to let you know of the meeting place (in person or via Zoom)**
Build your parent tribe! Build your parenting community!
Share the joys and challenges of pregnancy into parenthood with other new parents and their babies…or bellies! This group is designed for parents-to-be in their 3rd trimester to parents and caregivers with children up to 24 months of age in the Monadnock area of New Hampshire.
Facilitated by Mackenzie Nichols, our group discussions will help answer questions you may have on the challenges of the third trimester, fears of what’s to come, feeding, crying, sleeping, play, developmental milestones, and parenting concerns. There will also be monthly guest speakers on topics such as nutrition, lactation, and infant massage.
Peer counseling, support, and friendship will be fostered and encouraged!
The group meets in-person (with social distancing!) and varies from week to week. Meeting details will be sent to you by the group facilitator, Mackenzie Nichols, after registering.
Fostering confidence & competence
“My child, who is autistic, and I were often made to feel uncomfortable in public places. He sometimes has behavioral issues that make it hard for him to be accepted in play groups. I was feeling isolated and discouraged. The River Center’s Children’s Enrichment program changed all that. They welcomed my son with open arms! For the first time, I felt hope – as a parent and for my child.”
Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce 2017 Not-For-Profit of the Year Winner
Designated by the New Hampshire Wellness and Primary Prevention Council as a Family Resource Center of Quality
OPENING HOURS
MON – THU
9:00am – 2:00pm
FRI - SUN
We are closed
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