FY27 CAR Parents Care and Share

The FY27 CAR Parents Care and Share grant program aims to prevent child abuse and neglect by empowering parents through the Circle of Parents model. The program will provide mutual self-help support groups, community education, training, and networking to establish new support groups. The provider will develop and support Circle of Parents peer-to-peer led groups in partnership with local community social service providers. Key services include: • Facilitation of mutual, self-help support groups • Community education, training, and networking • Facilitator and children's program specialist training • Annual Child Abuse Prevention awareness activities • Promotion of the Protective Factors and evaluation of program outcomes • Companion children's groups for the children The program will serve all parents and caregivers, including biological parents, stepparents, grandparents raising their grandchildren, adoptive parents, foster parents, and other kin parents. The provider must maintain a minimum of 36 existing parent support groups and work to establish four new support groups annually.