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Partnering Agencies
Canopy Center
The Canopy Center works to prevent child abuse and neglect, strengthen families, and
promote healing of those affected by abuse, through three programs—the Families United Network
Program provides support groups that help families be safe, strong, stable and nurturing so
children and parents can grow to their full potential; the Oasis Program provides group therapy
to people who have been affected by incest and child sexual abuse to increase the healthy
functioning of the family and help them incorporate the experience of the sexual abuse into
their lives in a manner that reduces the effects, as well as the cycle, of sexual abuse; and
the Parent Stressline provides an 18/7 listening line for parents and caregivers who are
experiencing stress or who just need someone to listen.
Learn more at the Canopy Center web site.
Exchange Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse
The Exchange Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Inc. is a nonprofit parenting
support agency committed to preventing child abuse and neglect and strengthening families
throughout Dane County. Established in 1984, it is comprised of two parenting support
programs: Parents and Children Together, and Welcome Baby. Each program provides families
with intensive, home-based support, parenting information, and advocacy.
Parents and Children Together focuses on the needs of families where the parents have cognitive
limitations. Welcome Baby provides support and parenting education to first time parents.
Learn more at the Exchange Center web site.
Family Enhancement
Family Enhancement works with parents to strengthen families so that children will become healthy,
capable and responsible adults ready to raise and support future generations of children. The Parents
Places program provides opportunities for parents and caregivers to increase their knowledge of child
development, improve their parenting, communication and family life skills, develop relationships with
their children and other parents and engage in peer support in a strengths-based atmosphere. The FunZone in the Early Childhood Program offers
drop-in playtimes in the Early Childhood Center providing parent/child activities designed to enhance
brain development in preschool aged children to stimulate early learning and encourage school readiness
and school success.
Learn more at the Family Enhancement web site.
Respite Center
Established in 1979, Respite Center provides 24-hour/7-day emergency/crisis childcare for children
from birth to 14 years of age, and crisis intervention, counseling, and respite services for parents
experiencing high levels of stress. Skilled staff members offer a safe, nurturing environment for
children, and support for their parents. Childcare and counseling services are arranged according
to a family’s need, children’s ages and behavior, staffing, and available space. Respite Center
cares for an average of 12 to 15 children in a 24-hour day, more than 80 children per week from
50 different families, in scheduled periods of 4 to 72 hours per child.
Learn more at th Respite Center web site.
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“As a father, being
involved in this program helped me better understand my baby’s needs by giving me
information... I don’t panic as much when my baby is sick. I feel less alone now.
My support worker even brought us groceries when we were feeling desperate.”
Exchange Center participant
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