Parents Supporting Parents

Wisconsin's Parents Supporting Parents (PSP) model is an evidence - informed parent partner model. PSP is aimed at empowering parents with lived child welfare experience as mentors to parents currently within the child welfare system, while simultaneously integrating the voice of lived experience experts into the Wisconsin Child Welfare system. Parent's Supporting Parents (PSP) partners with local agencies (PSP Sites) to implement this model. 

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Mission

Parent's Supporting Parents cultivates the leadership of Wisconsin's parents who have lived experience in the child welfare system. This group of parents serves as a model of hope and sources of support for parents currently experiencing public child welfare. It is parents with lived experience that will help to shape services and systems to promote child safety, permanency, and family well-being.

Vision

Parent voices are elevated and supported as key partners in the child welfare process and toward system improvement. This helps to promote resilient and thriving Wisconsin families, communities and systems.

Benefits

Research on parent partner programs demonstrate strong, positive, outcomes for participating parents.

  1. Higher rates of reunification and lower rates of re-entry into the system.
  2. Knowledge of how to advocate for themselves.
  3. Organizational skills and access to resources.

Join Us

Agencies considering implementing Parents Supporting Parents can join the community via a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Division of Safety and Permanence (DSP). Through this partnership, DSP can support agencies with access to the PSP Community for support, training suite, technical assistance, and program structure guides. Email us to learn more.

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