USA Parent To Parent
No parent should feel alone. Ever.
Mission
To support a national network of Parent to Parent programs to ensure access to quality emotional support for families of individuals with disabilities and/or special health care needs. Parenting a child or adolescent with special needs is challenging. Parent to Parent support, the formal "matching" of a parent or primary caregiver with an experienced, trained Support Parent - someone who understands because they have "been there" - has been shown through research to be effective in helping families find the resources they need to navigate health and education systems and to access the support they need to experience the fullness of life in their community of choice.
Ruling year
2006
Co-Executive Director
Ms Aurelie Brown
Co-Executive Director
Ms Marsha Quinn
Main address
P.O. Box 472
State College, PA 16804 USA
EIN
20-3854211
NTEE code
Human Service Organizations (P20)
Family Services (P40)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Being a parent of a child with special needs can be a challenge — we’ve been there. The journey is filled with hills and valleys and sometimes feels a little overwhelming. So, we’re driven to ensure no parent feels alone. Ever. We do this by supporting a national network of Parent to Parent programs through hands-on support, training and technical assistance, and high-quality tools and resources.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Parent to Parent program support
P2P USA promotes and supports the work of statewide Parent to Parent organizations through hands-on support, training and technical assistance, and high quality tools and resources. These organizations assist families of individuals with disabilities and special health care in locating the needed help and supports.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of organization members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Caregivers, Parents, People with disabilities
Related Program
Parent to Parent program support
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
P2P USA aims to establish and support a national network of statewide organizations to facilitate Parent to Parent matches for every parent of an individual with a disability or special health care needs. In a Parent to Parent match, a Referred Parent, who is seeking an opportunity to share their parenting experience, receives one-on-one, high-quality, emotional support from a trained volunteer Support Parent who received training with an evidence-based curriculum.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies include:
- Providing corporate support and leadership development for statewide Parent to Parent organizations through technical assistance, webinars, and conferences;
- Developing a high-quality volunteer Support Parent curriculum to ensure adherence to evidence-based practices;
- Hosting a national matching listserv to facilitate complex matches; and
- Partnering with other national organizations for outreach and information dissemination.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We rely on:
- Expert parent leaders on our Board of Directors, national staff, and statewide organization staff. Beyond their management and family support expertise, the majority of our staff and advisors have personal experience with raising a child with a disability or special health care needs, which ensures that decisions being made remain relevant and compelling to those whom we serve; and
- Well-trained volunteer Support Parents across the country, representing diversity in family racial, ethnic, and social background, as well as disability and special healthcare needs experiences.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Highlights:
- Parent to Parent programs in 37 states;
- Over 7,100 trained volunteers across the US;
- Over 14,000 1:1 matches to support parents in need.
Source: 2021 Parent to Parent USA Annual Survey
What’s next:
- Facilitate Technical Assistance for member organizations;
- Facilitate access to a Language Line to increase capacity for member organizations;
- Expand access: develop a national campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of parent to parent support;
- Expand access: facilitate culturally and linguistically appropriate training for volunteer parents;
- Expand access: facilitate modes of training to increase available trained volunteer Support Parents, starting with evidence-based online training curriculum for member organizations; and
- Continue to collaborate with national partners to coordinate community education to all parents of children with a disability or special healthcare need.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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USA Parent To Parent
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2024
Amy Holbert
Family Connection of South Carolina
Term: 2022 - 2024
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
