Wraparound Support for System-Impacted Families
Since 2005, The Pathfinder Network’s Center for Family Success in Northeast Portland provides relational, holistic, and responsive programs for justice system-impacted adults and their children. We offer wraparound services designed to engage the whole family and strengthen parent, child, and family resilience.
In addition to our programming, we also provide basic needs assistance, including transportation support, food, housing and rental assistance, household items, clothing and shoes, and more. We also assist with resources, referrals, and support with navigating other services.
Our programs support family stabilization and reunification to help them thrive, addressing a wide range of needs to reduce future involvement with the justice system and promote positive outcomes for families.
When one person is involved in the justice system, the whole family is impacted.
We provide guidance, resources, and services to support parents, partners, children, and family members whose lives are deeply impacted by a loved one’s involvement in the system. Our programs intentionally provide relational, responsive, and holistic support to address the ripple effects of the justice system.
Programs offered at the Center for Family Success include:
- Parenting skills groups
- Trauma coping skills groups
- Family advocacy and case management
- Parent mentoring
- Parent support groups
- Early childhood home visiting
- Youth mentoring
- Youth Arts-based support programming
- Family engagement events and activities
Group programming we offer includes:
Parenting Inside Out (PIO-24 and PIO-48)
An evidence-based parenting skills program designed for justice system-impacted parents. In PIO, parents develop and refine social interactional skills and citizenship behaviors they can use in all aspects of their lives, and that will help them guide their children toward becoming positive, constructive adults. The program gives parents a way of navigating life that uses healthy, pro-social skills to interact with children, partners, co-parents, officials, friends, and family. PIO is offered in a 24-hour and 48-hour version.
Healing Trauma for Women
A cognitive-behavioral trauma coping skills group for women involved in the criminal justice system. This program focuses on helping women understand trauma, its impact, and how to effectively cope with the impacts. Topics include: the process of trauma, power and abuse, grounding and self-soothing, and healthy relationships. This group is run in a closed format. Participants will walk away feeling more informed and equipped with more resiliency resources to support them on their journey to healing.
Building Resilience for Men
A cognitive-behavioral trauma coping skills group for men involved in the criminal justice system. This program was designed to address some of the issues specific to men’s trauma. Topics include understanding trauma and its process, trauma’s impact on the inner self (thoughts, feelings, beliefs) and on the outer self (behaviors and relationships), and coping and calming strategies. This class is run in a closed format. Participants will walk away feeling more informed and equipped with more resiliency resources to support them on their journey to healing.
Family Engagement Events and Activities
Our Center for Family Success in Portland provides free family engagement events throughout the year that enhance family connectedness and create community. Events and activities include outings, gatherings, celebrations, and on-site activities at the Center for Family Success. Annually, we host a National Family Week Celebration, Holiday Toy Giveaway, Back to School Event, and Community Building and Resource Fair.
To schedule an intake or for more information about getting involved with programs at the Center for Family Success, please contact us at cffsinfo@thepathfindernetwork.org or at (503) 286-0600, option 1.
To learn more about our youth programs, visit our Youth Programs page.
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