Programs and Services | The Exchange Club's Family Center of the Central Piedmont

The Exchange Club’s Family Center of the Central Piedmont

We proudly support the people and the families of Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Caswell, Person, Guilford, and Randolph counties.

Children’s Parents Parenting Classes

A 12-week parenting class for parents of children birth to age 25. Children of the parents can also attend child classes to learn behavioral and emotional management and resiliency skills in Orange County. (Alamance and Orange Counties)

Parent Aide Services

Parent aides are trained professionals who assist parents under stress and those whose children are at risk of abuse or neglect. Parent Aides spend 1-2 hours with the family per week and families average 13 months in the program. Parent Aide is the National Exchange Club’s evidence-based program designed specifically to prevent abuse/neglect. (Alamance and Orange Counties) https://www.cebc4cw.org/program/exchange-parent-aide/

Respite Services

Crisis and planned temporary childcare support for families at risk of child abuse and neglect. (Alamance and Orange Counties)

Adolescent Parenting Program

An in-home case management program for teens who are 19 years old or younger and pregnant or parenting for the first time. Peer groups and field trips are offered to the enrolled adolescent mother and fathers to help build skills, provide support, and provide education to assist with educational and health outcomes. (Alamance)

Adolescent Parent Support Program

Intensive home visitation support for young parents up to age 24 to help with life skills, parenting, and job placement. Peer and educational groups are also offered in this program to the young parents to help learn life skills. (Alamance)

Juvenile Mentoring Services

Mentoring support for at-risk youth ages 8 to 19 years. Volunteer mentors are matched with youth to increase social support. Peer groups are offered for the mentees and their mentors to help build pro-social skills and increase community attachment. (Alamance)

Parent Teen Solutions- Group

A 14-week parent and teen class with classes held weekly for two hours in the evening. Parents learn parenting tips to help with teenage development and behavior and teens learn pro-social and life skills. Daycare for younger children is provided. (Alamance and Orange Counties)

Parent Teen Solutions-In Home

In-home counseling support is offered to families with at-risk teens and their families for a minimum of 3 hours a week and up to 5 months of services. (Alamance and Orange Counties)

Intensive Family Preservation

An intensive 4- to 6-week in house visitation program for families who are at high risk for children being removed from the home due to childhood trauma. Individual and family counseling is provided for 10 hours a week for 4-6 weeks. IFPS Specialists are available 24/7. (Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Person, Caswell, Guilford, and Randolph Counties)

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200 North Main Street Graham, NC 27253

We proudly support the people and the families of Alamance, Orange, Chatham, Caswell, Person, Guilford, and Randolph counties.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences are negative experiences in childhood that can dramatically affect how our brain grows and develops and how our body develops. Studies have found that the more experiences we have throughout our childhood the more likely later in life we are to incur health problems, diseases, substance misuse problems, mental health issues, and learning disabilities. The original ACE Study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente from 1995 to 1997. Over 17,000 Health Maintenance Organization members from Southern California receiving physical exams completed confidential surveys regarding their childhood experiences and current health status and behaviors. These surveys led to knowledge of how childhood experiences can impact our future health, mental health, choices, relationships, and success in life. The 10 ACEs the researchers measured were: Physical, sexual and verbal abuse; Physical and emotional neglect; A family member who is: depressed or diagnosed with other mental illness, addicted to alcohol or another substance, in prison; Witnessing a mother/family member being abused; and losing a parent to separation, divorce or other reason.

Complex childhood trauma is when children grow up in homes and communities where multiple traumas occur throughout their lifetime and are chronic. The good news is trauma’s effects can be reversed when communities and families learn to put a child’s safety first and put in place other protective factors that will increase a child’s resiliency. Resiliency is the ability to recover quickly from difficulties. Resiliency is evidence that our brains can adapt and recover from traumas. We at the Family Center believe that increasing resiliency in families and children is key to preventing and treating childhood trauma. All of our programs are designed to do just this, increase resiliency! Give us a call at 336-227-5601 if you would like to enroll into our services or want to learn more about how to prevent trauma and increase resiliency. Please help us to make Childhood trauma a thing of the past!

Sarah Black,
Executive Director