Our mission is to build a stronger community by teaching proactive parenting skills to parents and caregivers in central Virginia through quality education, communication, and support.
Community Partnerships
Commonwealth Parenting is committed to sharing resources and collaborating with community partners. The list below represents organizations that work with us to bring parenting education to a wider audience. These groups may share space for parenting classes, enhance our marketing efforts, supplement our promotional materials or a combination of all three.
Snapshot of Services in the Community
Community Outreach 2008 - 2009 (105.0 KiB, 1,636 hits)
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System
- City of Richmond Early Childhood Development Initiative
- Children’s Museum of Richmond
- Children-R-First
- Childsavers
- Completely Kids Richmond
- FAM Richmond.org
- First Things First
- Lite 98 Morning Show with Bill Bevins and Shelly Perkins
- Little Scholars, LLC
- Partnership for Families Northside
- Regional Drug Free Alliance
- Richmond Family Magazine
- RichmondMom.com
- St. Joseph’s Villa
- Steward School
- U-Turn Sports Performance Academy
- Weinstein Jewish Community Center
- West End Pediatrics
- WILL Program at The University of Richmond
- YWCA Domestic Violence Shelter
History
Founded in 1984, we are a 501 (c) (3) non-profit education and resource organization committed to helping parents with the challenges of raising healthy, happy children from infancy to adolescence. With our eleven Family Educators, we are able to address a wide variety of issues and concerns.
Over the past 25 years, Commonwealth Parenting has offered education to families in the Richmond area to enhance and strengthen parenting skills. With the guidance, encouragement and counsel of our Family Educators, communities are becoming stronger and more resilient. We have served approximately 40,000 families since 1984 and currently average 3,200 families per year. Parents often have concerns about their children’s emotional needs, academic needs and mental health, and our family educators provide
- Parenting classes
- Speaking Engagements in the community
- One-on-one parenting consultations
- Telephone support and tip line – 545-1928
- Referrals to local community resources and specialized services
Description of services
Classes vary from one to three sessions, last sixty to ninety minutes each, and may be held during the day, at night, or on weekends. Our services give participants opportunities to learn about child development and get answers to parenting questions. Many also find support and friendship in an informal and entertaining setting.
Our Family Educators, who deliver the services, include guidance counselors, social workers, professional counselors and teachers. Classes are available for a modest fee at various city-wide locations, including the Bon Secours Center for Family Health in Innsbrook.
Our rapidly changing society and the absence of extended family can leave many families feeling alone and overwhelmed. We offer a variety of professional expertise on many aspects of family life. Our services are funded by individual donations, local business partnerships and foundation grants. In addition, the active leadership by the board of directors is critical to our continued success.
For copies of our annual report and financial reports, please click the links on the upper left.
