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a non-profit, comprehensive,
community mental health service
Our Services
Family Services Overview
In our Monadnock Family Resource Center, trained and experienced professionals can answer your questions about parenting and family issues. You’ll also find a variety of family support and parent education courses, including mentoring for new mothers and a special support program for new and first-time dads. We even have home visitors who can show you exactly how to best support your child’s healthy development and pre-school learning. To ease the challenges of parenting even more, we can help you find other resources and services in the Monadnock area to enrich your knowledge and skills as a parent.
Our programs and services for families include:
- BabyTime. Nurses and trained home visitors visit moms during their pregnancy and the first year of the baby’s life to ensure that baby and mother get off to the best start.
- WeeTime. A weekly play group for parents and their infants, toddlers, and young children.
- Young MomzTime. A weekly support circle for women 24 or younger who are pregnant or new mothers.
- FamilyTime. Trained specialists visit families in their homes to help families become stronger, learn to communicate more effectively, and find the community resources they need.
- DadTime. A “dads only” environment in which new or expecting fathers can ask questions, share experiences, and learn diapering, discipline, and other baby-related techniques in a series of group sessions with a knowledgeable dad who’s also a trained parent educator.
- Just for Dads. A three-hour boot camp for new dads where they learn to feed, burp, diaper, and soothe their babies.
- Nurturing Parenting. A 15-week parent education course that helps moms and dads learn to communicate with their child and each other, manage stress, and discipline constructively. Free childcare is provided.
- Circle of Parents. A support group where parents can share experiences, ask for advice, and find relief from the isolation that new parents often feel.
- Adoptive Parent Support Circle. Parents who have adopted, or are contemplating adoption, can ask and answer questions, share concerns, and find support.
- All R Kids Supervised Visitation Center. The center is a neutral, safe place where non-residential parents can visit their children and where divorced parents can exchange children without placing children in the middle of confrontations between adults.
- Mediation. Trained mediators facilitate negotiated settlement of disputes between family members. A new service provides mediation services for elders in community housing facilities.
Programs for 'tweens and teens
For students in middle school, our Many Options after-school program helps adolescents strengthen their social abilities, do better in school, improve their self-respect, stay physically fit, and learn the satisfaction that comes through community service. ActingOut is our issue-oriented teen improvisational theater program that gives young people a forum to explore their feelings about peer pressure, drugs and drinking, and the other issues they confront. At Keene High School, our peer mediation and Safe School Ambassadors initiatives are reducing the instances of bullying, intimidation, and physical violence. For those teens struggling with substance use or abuse, our school-based Student Assistance Program can provide active support to help them find a positive future for themselves.active support to help them find a positive future for themselves.living arrangements.
What our services cost
Services at the Monadnock Family Resource Center are priced modestly. Families with lower incomes may qualify for payment based on our sliding fee scale. Some of our services also may qualify to be paid for by Medicaid.
How to contact the Monadnock Family Resource Center
Call us at 603-355-3040 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our office is located at 32 Washington Street, Keene NH 03431.
