National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center : Direct Service Programs : Directory : TIES

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

TIES
2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108-9898
816-234-3021
omcmann@cmh.edu

Project Director
Oneta Templeton McMann

Project Evaluators
Kathy Fuger

Sponsoring Organization
Children's Mercy Hospital

Description:
The TIES Program, initiated in 1990, is a project of The Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. The program is an intensive, multi-agency effort providing comprehensive homebased services to pregnant and postpartum women and their families affected by alcohol or other drugs and/or HIV. Using a community-oriented approach, this project provides individualized, culturally appropriate services including crisis intervention, support for substance abuse treatment, supportive counseling, child health and development, parenting education, and connection to other community services. The TIES Program aims to: enhance continuing community collaboration in providing services to this population of families; identify and address challenges and resources in partnership with enrolled families; enhance a multiagency system of care providing services to families; and promote the safety, health and well-being for each child in enrolled families.