Baby face qualitative Evaluation

 
Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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Parents’ communication 
Through helping mothers and fathers positively relate to one another, the program positively 
impacted parent participants. At seven sites, parents reported that the program helped them work 
through problems, improve communication, and navigate major family decisions.
My husband and I, we did have problems, we did have to work through those things and we’re 
finally all together, and we’re a unit and have accomplished all these things.
 [Parent educator] brought us together more with my husband. [Parent educator] helped us talk 
more with one another and interact.
Family stability
Parent educators and supervisors said that linking parents to resources and providing basic needs 
items also helped families become more stable. The parent educators also provided ongoing 
encouragement to help families make changes to increase family stability.
As far as establishing that rapport, they share information about their personal goals. After they 
share that info with you, you ask them what they are going to do first. You give them ownership of 
how they are going to start working on their goals. 
Just having a parent educator in the home kind of brings the supports they don’t always have. A lot 
of families are strengthened just in having someone to talk to. And bringing them information. 
Other examples of family well-being 
The goal setting aspects of the program, as well as parent educators’ ongoing emotional support, 
contributed to family well-being in a number of other ways. Thirteen parent educators and five 
superiors reported that families involved in the program have: 
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Obtained stable housing through homeownership or financial assistance to rent 
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Developed routines, e.g., consistent bedtimes and mealtimes 
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Ended abusive relationships 
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Increased father’s involvement with the family or child 
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Gone to treatment or become sober 
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Resolved court cases 
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Obtained employment

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