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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South Central

  • Program type: Caregiver capacity building supports

  • Service description: Supports and services are provided to assist families with basic needs, including navigating the system of natural and community supports, building parental/caregiver resiliency by focusing on the family unit and fostering familial wellness, providing culturally relevant and appropriate resources, programming, and support, and supporting families where they live by providing mobile, flexible supports and services.

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  • Phone: 403-405-4466

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  • Address: 2107 13 Street, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada, T1M 1C5

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  • Program type: Caregiver capacity building supports

  • Service description: This program provides culturally relevant and appropriate resources to caregivers related to the stages of child development (including developmental delays), parenting skills and other knowledge to foster healthy family wellness. The program works to remove barriers and clarify possible preconceived notions and myths about services and receiving support and seeks to support families where they live by providing mobile, flexible supports and services.

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-405-4466

  • Web: Visit website

  • Address: 2107 13 Street, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada, T1M 1C5

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  • Program type: Caregiver capacity building supports

  • Service description: Parent education programs offer caregivers tools and strategies to address behavioural problems and raise their child in an environment that is safe, loving and predictable. A counselling component is also provided that offers parents current supports, resources and perspective on the impact of traumatic and adverse experiences (i.e. domestic violence, childhood abuse,).

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-405-4466

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  • Address: 2107 13 Street, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada, T1M 1C5

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  • Program type: Home Visitation

  • Service description: South Region Parents as Teachers (SRPAT) delivers personalized, custom support to parents, caregivers, and families with children prenatal to age six utilizing the comprehensive, evidence-based Parents as Teachers (PAT) home visitation model. Certified home visitors share research-based information and utilize strength-based practices with families to provide caregivers with the information, encouragement and support families need to help their children develop optimally during the crucial early years of life. Personal visits strengthen protective factors and address three areas of emphasis: Parent-Child Interactions, Development-Centered Parenting, and Family Well-Being using the PAT Foundational Curriculum, PAT Foundational Curriculum 2 (3-K Curriculum), Partnering with Teen Parents and Interactions Across Abilities Curriculums in culturally sensitive ways.

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-320-5983

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  • Address: 71, 4510 Fairmont Gate South, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, T1K 8J3

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  • Program type: Child and youth development and well-being supports

  • Service description: Based on the diversity and unique needs of youth, these programs offers a variety of services. These include: youth who identify as sexually or gender diverse, youth who experience anxiety, youth who experience grief and loss and youth who experience trauma

  • Role: Spoke

  • Phone: 403-405-4466

  • Web: Visit website

  • Address: 2107 13 Street, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada, T1M 1C5

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