Baltimore Building Strong Families
CFUF’s Baltimore Building Strong Families (BBSF) program seeks to enhance the health and well-being of children in Baltimore through the provision of an array of family support services and relationship education skills that help parents strengthen their couple relationship and sustain a healthy marriage if they choose to wed.
Are you or your girlfriend pregnant or do you have a child younger than three months of age? Are you interested in working together as a couple to strengthen your communication and parenting skills? Call 410-383-1240 for more information.
As part of a nationwide initiative under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., the BBSF program assists low- income parents in gaining healthy relationship skills in order to achieve better outcomes for their children.
The program targets unmarried couples between the ages of 18 and 35 who are expecting or have children younger than 3 months. Couples enrolled in the program attend 22 sessions of the Loving Couples, Loving Children curriculum which focuses on conflict resolution, communication between parents, and effective parenting. Couples also receive assistance with:
- Job Readiness and Employment Placement
- Education
- Housing
- Childcare
- Conflict Management
- Child support intervention