Resources for parents
What type of supports help prevent child abuse?
Types of supports that help prevent child abuse and neglect:
- Safe and stable housing
- Healthy food
- Access to health care and mental health services
- Reliable transportation
- Affordable child care
- Help paying for utilities or other urgent needs
Where can you find help?
If you or someone you know needs help:
- Call 2-1-1 for local resources
- Talk to your child’s school, doctor, or a local community center
- Call or text 9-8-8 if you’re struggling and don’t know what else to do
Where can you find help and resources if you need it?
There are many resources to help families throughout Utah. You can find resources at https://dcfs.utah.gov/services/prevention/. Some of these resources include:
- Family Support Center Crisis Nurseries opens in a new tab provide temporary safe care for children when parents need a break to take care of their social and emotional needs. Best for younger kids ages 0 to 11 years.
- Help Me Grow opens in a new tab is an information and referral line that connects parents with resources about pregnancy, child development, and parenting.
- Home Visiting opens in a new tab and Parents as Teachers opens in a new tab provides one-on-one support for parents during the critical early years of child development.
Early Childhood Utah opens in a new tab lists more than 100 programs and services from organizations across Utah that can help your family thrive — and many are free or low-cost. You can search for resources by ZIP code or topic.
Home visiting programs
Parents as Teachers
Parents as Teachers is a home visiting program that helps new and expectant parents learn positive parenting skills and know how to support their child’s development. This program helps increase school readiness and success.
(statewide)
(Carbon county)
(Cache and Rich counties)
Parenting classes
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP):
STEP is a parenting class that helps parents learn effective ways to relate to their children and encourage cooperative behavior with their children from birth through adolescence.
GRANDfamilies:
The Grandfamilies program provides grandparents and other kinship families with support and resources to help them navigate the complexities of raising relative children, and meet the safety and developmental needs of those they are caring for.
Nurturing Fathers
Nurturing Fathers is a 13-week training program that provides parenting and nurturing skills to men. Participants learn effective skills to build healthy family relationships and child development. One-on-one coaching is also available to men taking the course.
Utah Association of Family Support Centers:
Provides the 11 Family Support Centers statewide with support through advocacy, education, collaboration, and leadership.
Family support centers
(Brigham City and Garland)
(Ogden and Perry)
(Clearfield)
(Midvale, West Valley, and Sugarhouse)