Parents & Family


UCAN's social service and support programs help parents and families establish the skills necessary to create nurturing homes.

  • UCAN Change a LifeFamily Habilitative Services provides trained homemakers for in-home assistance several hours a week to families experiencing severe challenges to their stability.
  • High-Risk Infant Program offers support to families experiencing multiple or high-risk births.
  • HomeWorks helps stabilize families and decrease truancy, dropouts, and expulsions among students by helping families provide stability at home.
  • Parenting & Family Education Classes and Seminars help families develop the skills they need to create a nurturing home.
  • Parents Anonymous® - Chicago is part of a national program to promote mutual support and leadership to support strong, safe families.
  • Professional Foster Parenting helps responsible and loving adults provide stable and nurturing homes to children in need of care.
  • Teen Parenting Service Network seeks to ensure that teen parents receive comprehensive quality services that encourage them to nurture and care for their children.
  • TransParenting (for Families in Divorce) provides Parent Educators to help divorcing parents lessen the negative effects of the divorce on their children.


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