National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Direct Service Programs : Directory : Mission Inn Services

Strengthening Connections
September 10-12, 2012
This conference is designed to increase your knowledge of parent-child attachment in families affected by HIV, substance abuse, and trauma. More...

Women and Children with HIV/AIDS (March 2012) [PDF]

Prenatal Substance Exposure
(March 2012) [PDF]

2012 Webinar Series
The Resource Center hosted four webinar trainings in 2012 on stable housing, community partnerships, HIV medication adherence, and peer workers. Find all four recordings and slides from our series here!

Addressing the Needs of Parentified Children of HIV Positive Parents
The first in a series of Research-to-Practice briefs, this document addresses best practices for working with HIV negative children who have taken on a more parental role in the family due to a parent's positive HIV status. [PDF]

Engaging and Retaining Pregnant and Parenting Substance Users in Programs
This Research-to-Practice Brief details recommendations designed to increase retention and engagement when working with pregnant and parenting substance users. [PDF]

Online Tutorial: Women and Children with HIV/AIDS
This tutorial is designed as an introduction to the complex issues associated with HIV/AIDS among women and children in the United States. The tutorial can be taken for 2 CE units. More...

Online Tutorial: Substance Use During Pregnancy
This tutorial provides an overview of the prevalence and nature of substance use among pregnant women in the United States. The tutorial can be taken for 1 CE unit. More...

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

Mission Inn Services
1101 Ball Avenue, NE.
Grand Rapids, MI 49505
616-456-6571
rderuiter@arborcircle.org
http://www.arborcircle.org

Program Manager
Ruth Deruiter

Evaluator
Cindy Cameron, PhD
Brenda Dietrich

Sponsoring Organization:
Arbor Circle Corporation

Description:
Mission Inn provides services to families with infants and young children who are at risk of abandonment or who have been abandoned in the West Michigan area. The project focuses primarily on children who have been or are affected by substance abuse or HIV/AIDS. Services include, but are not limited to: home-based infant mental health services, case coordination, developmental assessments, training and education, and support recovery from substance and relapse prevention.