| Project Title: | Parent Empowerment Program: Neglect Prevention Education for Pregnant and Parenting Teens |
| Grant/Contract Number: | 90CA1583 |
| Type of Project: | Demonstration |
| Funding Agency: | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Agency Contact Person: | Sue
Sparrow (202) 205-8244 |
| Principal Investigator: | Mary L. Pulido |
| Mailing Address: | Montefiore Medical Center Child Protection Center 1111 East 210th Street Bronx, NY 10467 |
| Total Project Duration: | 09/30/96 to 09/29/01 |
| FY 98 Total Costs: | $150,000 |
| Total Project Budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Child Maltreatment Focus: | Primary, Secondary |
| Type of Abuse: | Neglect |
| Sample Size: | 50 mothers and their children per year |
| Age of Subjects: | Teenage/young mothers and their children |
| Child
Abuse and Neglect Focus of This Project: |
Treatment and Preventive Interventions |
| Summary |
| The Parent Empowerment Program (PEP), administered by the Child Protection Center of the Division of Community Pediatrics of Montefiore Medical Center, is a community-based parent education program for pregnant and parenting teenagers. The goals of the project, which combines medical and social service disciplines, are to (1) identify and recruit 50 teenage/young mothers in the South Bronx considered to be at high risk for neglect; (2) conduct in-depth family strengths/stressors assessments in the participants' homes prior to the start of the program; (3) conduct two PEP seminars; (4) conduct a concurrent play/group/activity session for the participants' children; (5) provide crisis counseling, and ongoing aftercare services and referrals; (6) develop a peer-parent power support network; (7) score and assess parental assessment and evaluation data; and (8) disseminate project results to practitioners in the field. |
