Baby face qualitative Evaluation

 
Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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Increased family hygiene and home cleanliness
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Improved their finances
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Improved interactions between parents, and between parents and children
Parents from five sites shared that the program helped them set as well as achieve their personal, 
parental, and professional goals.
We got married. That was a goal on the form.
The program helped me make goals. That was the main focus for myself. At the beginning of the 
program, I made a goal, and slowly each one of those separate goals, I’ve achieved, and the last 
goal I achieved was getting my high school diploma.
She (parent educator) also asks us about our goals. What goals do you have for the
next visits for the next year? My schooling I had [to] make As and Bs. And not just with school - we 
just got a new home and we want to decorate it.
Social connections 
Family Circles were the primary way in which social connections were built between families 
(noted by 26 parent educators and 4 supervisors), though some families connected outside of 
Family Circles and about four sites had active Facebook pages that helped link families. The 
large geographic area being served in some communities did hinder some parents’ ability to 
attend Family Circles and make those social connections.
It is through Family Circle. They are all clients. They all come together, and they share information. 
If their child is the same age group, they observe what the different children can do. They visit with 
each other and share information like that about their child’s development - what they are doing 
and learning. 
I think this is during the Family Circle, and also through Facebook, because everyone out here has 
Facebook. And families that live in close proximity, they connect with each other.
If they come to the Family Circles, by interacting with each other. They realize they aren’t the only 
ones with questions that relate to why their child is the way he is, that their child is developing. 
They see that other parents are interested in the same things that they are.
I guess just making the Family Circle fun and relaxing. You are not coming for a lecture, but you 
are going to socialize, and meet other families, your kids are going to meet other kids, and you are 
going to interact with them.
Two parent educators also noted occasionally meeting with multiple families at one time, which 
gave parents an opportunity to connect with one another and children a chance to interact.
I also have three or four sets of sisters. We will sometimes have their visits together, when their 
kids can play together and interact, and we can talk. 

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