Help for parents who grew up in foster care

100 Women Who Care of Pinellas County presented $17,600 to Ready for Life for its new program designed to support parents who grew up in foster care. Ready for Life’s Family HOPE Center provides a mentoring program that helps families who are at risk of child abuse focus on child safety, setting boundaries, creating family traditions, and problem solving, all in the home of the family.

“When we started serving so many young adults that have aged out of foster care and who are now parenting, we knew we had to break that cycle of child abuse that many times goes back generations,” said Kathy Mize, CEO.

The mentoring program is based on a model that has proven to work over the past 40 years. In fact, a recent randomized controlled study found a significant impact through reduced maternal stress, depression and anxiety, increased parental mastery, and reduced psychological aggression and physical assault toward children.

You can read about Briana’s experience with Ready for Life’s mentoring program.
(link: https://www.readyforlifepinellas.org/single-post/brianna)

In addition to the $17,600 donation, Ready for Life will also receive a $5,000 grant from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation. (Richard M. Schulze is the founder of Best Buy.)