Home Maker Parent Aid

Paraprofessional staff assists the family through advocating, teaching, coaching, demonstrating, monitoring, and/or role modeling new, appropriate skills for coping with the following areas in an effort to build self-sufficiency

Homemaker/parent aides (HMPAs) are caring, skilled professionals who work with clients in their homes providing services to a variety of populations with DCS and Probation. HMPAs provide assistance and support for parents who are unable to appropriately fulfill parenting and/or homemaking functions. Paraprofessional staff assists the family through advocating, teaching, demonstrating, monitoring, and/or role modeling new, appropriate skills for coping with the following areas in an effort to build self-sufficiency:

Time Management

Care of Children

Child Development

Health Care

Community Resourcing

Transportation that is goal directed and part of approved case plan (i.e. housing search)

Identifying support systems

Problem solving

Family reunification/preservation

Resource management/budgeting

Child Safety