FAMILY TO FAMILY SERVICES

Because few things are stronger or more supportive than
Family to Family support.

Parent Liaisons

Parent Liaisons are parents of children with special needs that reside within the First Step clusters that they serve. They have extensive amounts of resource materials to share in the areas of health insurance, special education law, community resources, trainings, and support organizations.

Parent Mentors

Parent Mentors are volunteer parents. Parent Liaisons will connect you with a parent mentor for peer support. Our hope is that peer support with another parent who has encountered the same obstacles, and experienced similar milestones, will help you feel less isolated and more confident in the day-to-day journey of raising a child with special needs. If you would like to be matched up with a parent mentor, contact your local Parent Liaison.

Indiana Family to Family Parent Listserv

Consider joining the Indiana F2F Parent Listserv! This listserv is for all families of children with disabilities. Use this group to exchange information and resources that will help build the knowledge base and leadership skills of other Indiana families. Common topics include transition, IEPs, types of therapies, diets, surgeries, coping, and general family to family support and encouragement.

Send an email to INF2Fparents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to join. You will receive an email with futher instructions about how to register on the Yahoo site and begin receiving messages.
If you have questions or need assistance, contact Cathy Beard at beardc@indiana.edu or 1-800-825-4733.

Family Involvement Fund (FIF)

The Family Involvement Fund provides financial support for family members of children with disabilities to help increase knowledge and understanding of their child's disability and/or the systems that provide services. Click on the Family Involvement Fund "apply" button to find out more about this service.

First Words Newsletter

First Words is a bimonthly newsletter written by parents for parents. Topics and resources are all relevant to families raising children with disabilities. You can read the current newsletter online and use the topical index to find specific articles in past issues. If you would like to have the First Words newsletter emailed to you, send an email to beardc@indiana.edu and put "Subscribe to First Words" in the subject line.

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT FUND

FAMILY to FAMILY is a UTS-Indiana's Unified Training System collaborative project of the Indiana University, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Early Childhood Center and
ASK-About Special Kids.
Funding provided by Indiana FSSA, DDRS, First Steps Early Intervention System.