About Us
Every caregiver wants their child to grow up healthy, strong and able to succeed. But few parents can do it without support, and no parent should have to.
Nurturing social and emotional development (also known as “mental health”) during the first years of a child’s life is one of the most important tools we have to help children become healthy, strong, and ready for success.
Fortunately, in our community, there are many programs that can help families nurture social, emotional and mental health from the prenatal period through the critical early years (ages birth-8). This website can connect you with those programs and help you find resources based on your family’s needs or interests.
Although Nurturing Durham will be periodically updated, we acknowledge that certain relevant programs or categories of services may be missing. Our focus is on local or regional programs that offer support for free or low cost, and those whose work helps families directly or indirectly nurture their children’s social-emotional health. If you know of a program or service that should be added or would like more information about the criteria for inclusion in Nurturing Durham, please contact us.
Nurturing Durham is now powered by THRIVE Family Health & Education Center!
Nurturing Durham was initially created by the READY Project and Durham’s Early Childhood Mental Health Task Force. This website was sprouted as a goal of supporting the social, emotional and mental health needs of young children in Durham by building awareness and strengthening collaboration.
With the Task Force now dissolved, Nurturing Durham lives on through Thrive-NC! Carrying on the mission of supporting family health needs using education, advocacy and research
To learn more about the people and programs behind Nurturing Durham, contact us.