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Child Development Services Child Development Services protect child safety, promote healthy births and nurture child and youth development. Expectant parents access education to support healthy birth outcomes, while new parents receive coaching in this important role.

Children experience safe, caring environments and engaging, age-appropriate experiences that foster healthy development and set the stage for future learning.

Family Preservation Services Family Preservation Services help families build the strengths that set the stage for the joy and togetherness they want for themselves.

Families improve knowledge and skills, work to develop close nurturing relationships, tap into their resiliency when challenges arise, and learn how to connect with concrete supports to address any barriers to family success.

Get Involved When you volunteer, fund-raise or donate to the Kinship Family & Youth service priority for Catholic Charities of Steuben, you are helping families to function at their best and children to grow and develop in healthy ways.

Learn more online: CatholicCharitiesSteuben.org/services /kinship-family-and-youth/

The Kinship Family & Youth service priority for Catholic Charities of Steuben helps families develop the capacities for healthy family functioning and promotes healthy child development.

Contact Information Bath Community Child Day Care 36 East Morris Street Bath, NY 14810 607-776-7387 Healthy Families Steuben Suite 102 Hornell, NY 14843 607-324-6027 13 Community Dr. #101 Addison, NY 14801 607-359-2259 23 Liberty Street Bath, NY 14810 607-776-6621 SHAPE Therapeutic Foster Care 6251 County Route 64, Suite 102 Hornell, NY 14843 607-324-0909

CatholicCharitiesSteuben.org/services /kinship-family-and-youth/

Child Development Services

Family Preservation Services

Bath Community Child Day Care

Kids Adventure Time

SHAPE

Bath Community Child Day Care is the only licensed child care center in Bath. We provide high quality, constructive early learning experiences for infants at least 6 weeks old, toddlers and preschoolers, as well as after-school and summer enrichment for school-aged children. Trained, credentialed staff deliver nurturing care in a safe and fun environment designed to support developmentally appropriate play, exploration and learning. Breakfast, lunch and a snack are provided each day. We are open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., year round. Call 607-776-7387 to ask about openings and to schedule a tour.

Kids Adventure Time is a 5-week summer recreation program for Yates County youth, ages 5 to 11 (and their siblings) whose individual challenges may prohibit them from participating in traditional summer recreation programs. Kids Adventure Time uses a therapeutic approach that engages participants in activities that foster pro-social behavior.

Supportive Home And Parent Enrichment (SHAPE) provides tailored home-visiting in Steuben, Allegany and Yates counties to help improve family relationships and keep troubled families together.

We educate families on: • Providing a safe and healthy family environment • Child development and parenting • Conflict management strategies • Goal-setting • Accessing community resources

Healthy Families Steuben

Children typically are referred to the program by agencies serving children with certain challenges such as learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health symptoms, and behavioral issues. If you believe this program is a good fit for your child, call our office at 315-536-6632 to learn more.

Healthy Families offers in-home parent coaching to new and expectant parents, providing support, education and information on a variety of topics including: • Health and Development • Infant Care • Positive Parent/Child Relationships and Appropriate Discipline • Family Nutrition • Home Safety • Everyday Problem Solving • Connecting to Doctors and Other Services Call one of our offices to talk to a Healthy Families Steuben representative.

The program operates in Dundee from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 3 days per week for 5 weeks in the summer.

Breakfast, lunch and transportation are provided. The program is free for qualifying children.

In-home services are provided by appointment and group activities occur as scheduled. Referred families participate free of charge.

Therapeutic Foster Care Therapeutic Foster Care ensures that children in foster care receive planned services in support of their overall wellbeing. In addition, we recruit, train and support special, dedicated foster parents from all walks of life who have the unique ability to love and nurture and then let go of children who may return to their birth parents or be adopted. Specifically, we provide: • Pre-service and ongoing training • 24/7 support • A generous monthly stipend • Foster family activities Children who have special psychological, social, emotional or behavioral needs and are in need of foster care are referred to the program.