National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Direct Service Programs : Directory : Reflejos Familiares

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National Abandoned Infants
Assistance Resource Center
University of California, Berkeley
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104 # 7402
Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone: (510) 643-8390
Fax: (510) 643-7019
E-mail: aia@berkeley.edu

Reflejos Familiares (Family Reflections)
2300 Menaul Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
505-272-0325
hfreedman@salud.unm.edu

Principal Investigator
Andrew Hsi

Project Director
Harrie Freedman

Project Evaluator
Patricia Peebles

Sponsoring Organization
UNM/CDD FOCUS Program

Reflejos Familiares offers intensive case management services and group services to families affected by substance abuse. The activities supporting the objectives offer a) case management and support services to pregnant women affected by AOD use, in collaboration with the Milagro Program, a prenatal drug treatment program; b) a community-based system of services organized through the project to assist women and their families, along with kinship and foster families, by enabling access to basic needs, a family medical home, behavioral health services for themselves and their children; c) a relationship based parenting support group providing parents the opportunity to explore parenting issues and find solutions. Project goals: Engage pregnant women in services through to delivery to improve their preparation for parenting; Promote parental efficacy that supports optimal development of infants and young children; Develop and sustain an integrated, community-based system of services for infants and young children prenatally exposed to drugs and alcohol.