Parent Groups
Parent groups offer an opportunity to meet other parents who share similar experiences, provide or receive informal and mutual support, discuss parenting challenges, and learn parenting strategies. The following programs facilitate parent groups online and/or in person for Durham parents.
All parents, guardians, and grandparents of Durham County.
Incredible Years Parenting Program is for parents with students in grades K-6. Circle of Parents is for parents of middle and high school students.
Classes are in-person or online.
The Incredible Years Parenting Program class is offered in the Fall and the Spring every school year as an in-person class. The in-person location is updated every semester.
Circle of Parents is an ongoing group, offered both virtually and in-person, that parents can join at any time.
Cost:
The classes are free AND incentivized.
Interested participants can complete this parent education interest form or contact Andrea Buzzell Bowens at andrea@cisdurham.org.
The Latinx Community
The Triangle
Cost:
Some of our programs are free and others have suggested donations (scholarships available).
Find out about opportunities and register at elcentronc.org/education or call our office at 919-435-4257.
Specifically for BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) parents or caregivers; however, our affinity groups are open to any parent or caregiver of a Black child
Durham, NC and surrounding areas
Cost:
PAAC Membership Fee for the school community (depends on level of commitment). Circles of Hope groups are free to parents/caregivers.
Visit our website epic-nc.org, email info@epic-nc.org, or join our network to stay abreast of scheduled events, programming, and volunteer opportunities.
Families of children and young adults with disabilities
Family Support Network affiliates are located across the state
Cost:
Any Durham dad and his family
Durham
Cost:
Visit FatherhoodofDurham.org
Foster and adoptive parents, in addition to community members who would like to support the foster care community
Durham, Orange and Wake Counties in North Carolina
Cost:
Sign up for our newsletter: Fostering Families Newsletter Sign Up
Parents or pregnant people aged 13-to-22 and their children
Anywhere within 60 miles of Durham County
Cost:
Visit our website to learn more and contact us at heartsnc.org/visit-us.
Pregnant and human milk feeding families
Local meetings are held online at this time.
Cost:
Online at llldurham.org. Phone numbers for local La Leche League leaders can be found on the site.
Adoptive families in a 20-county region that includes Durham, Wake and Cumberland.
PASS programs are held in locations convenient to your family and/or offered online.
See our website for a list of the 20 counties we work in, as well as links to post-adoption support programs in other NC counties.
Cost:
For all questions about your child, including individual support and scheduling an assessment, please fill out our online referral form or call our Post Adoption Support Services Line at (855) 596-5015 and leave a message.
Join the Post Adoption Email List to receive resources, events and opportunities through our monthly email newsletter.
Pregnant people and new parents
Services are available across North Carolina (including Durham)
Cost:
For immediate support, reach out to the national maternal mental health hotline: call or text 1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP4MOMS).
Fill out the form at postpartum.net/psi-support to be connected to a local coordinator.
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