Project
FASD Mother and Child Foster Home
Principal Investigator(s): Ms. Janet Christie, Prostitutes Empowerment Education Resource Society (PEERS); phone: 250-388-4766; email: jpaterson@peers.bc.ca; Janet Christie; phone: 250-381-2535; email: jchristie@peers.bc.ca
Start / End Date: September 2007 – August 2010
Location: Victoria, BC
Brief Description: PEERS and FASD Community Circle will pilot a Mother-Child Foster Home Mentoring Model for sex trade workers (or ex-sex trade workers) who have FASD and are making the transition with their babies/children to a mainstream lifestyle. The project will provide staffed housing, safety, parenting mentors and help the mother develop positive contacts with her environment, using resources in that environment and making appropriate referrals to them, and creating sustainable integrated community support networks in the natural setting.
Time Frame: current
Kind of Project: demonstration
Populations Served: urban females
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