Family Resource Networks (FRNs) provide supports and services to help Alberta families reach their fullest potential. A variety of services are available across the province for children and youth ages 0 to 18, and their families. Services include:

  • Child and youth development and well-being supports

    Provides age-appropriate programs geared towards promoting healthy development. Program participants of all ages are actively engaged in opportunities to build, strengthen, and master skills through a variety of programming and experiences. Services may include parent and child programs, youth leadership and outreach programs, as well as childhood developmental screenings and assessments.

  • Caregiver capacity building supports

    Includes parenting groups, seminars, classes or one- to- one support to help caregivers develop their parenting knowledge and the skills to provide safe, responsive, and nurturing environments.

  • Social connections and supports

    Includes services that promote positive connections between infants, children, youth, parents, families, caregivers and communities. Services connect participants to both natural and formal support by offering group sessions or one-to-one services to help families navigate community-based resources.

  • Home visitation supports

    Provides in-home parent education and family support services to expectant parents and those with children newborn to 6 years of age. Services are intended to support families who are facing challenges that may place their children at risk and keep them from developing to their full potential. These services focus on the well-being of families and help build healthy, strong communities. The agencies who are a part of the FRNs work to make sure infants, children and youth are safe and resilient, while supporting parents and caregivers.

Services provided through FRNs are available to all Albertans, free of charge, regardless of where they live.

There are 70 FRNs across the province. Each Network is located on the map below. For more detailed information regarding services offered by each FRN, please click on any Network.

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Lacombe

  • Program type: Caregiver capacity building supports

  • Service description: Family facilitation includes elements of parent education as well as child and youth development programming. All parent education programs offered by the FRN provide support for parents wanting to learn about their child’s development in a variety of areas and enhancing their parenting knowledge and skills to support their family. The Early Childhood Development component is a service that strives to support and enhance both infant/child wellbeing as well as infant/child development. Child development activities included in this program will be directly related to the following developmental domains: Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Communication Skills, Problem Solving Skills and Personal-Social Skills. Developmental Support Plans will be used as a service plan for families who require a specialized referral but must wait for services. The Child and Youth Development component is a service that strives to support and enhance both child/youth wellbeing as well as child/youth development. Some well-being domains are addressed concurrently with child development activities, while others are addressed within evidenced-based parent education curriculums that McMan Central delivers.

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-896-3408

  • Web: Visit website

  • Address: 4, 4725 49B Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, T4L 1K1

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  • Program type: Home Visitation

  • Service description: Home Visitation is an early intervention program designed to support families in providing a nurturing, stimulating and safe environment for their children from prenatal until the child turns seven. Services focus on supporting the parent(s) as well as supporting parent/child interaction and child development.

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-896-3408

  • Web: Visit website

  • Address: 4, 4725 49B Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, T4L 1K1

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