PIP selected for funding through St. David’s Foundation’s Perinatal Safe Zone: Supporting Healthier Pregnancies Together
PIP is honored to be a grant recipient and help create a perinatal safe zone in Central Texas. We’re excited to partner with 11 other amazing organizations to improve maternal health outcomes and support Texas families!
Check out St. Daivd’s Foundation’s announcement here and an article in the Austin American Statesman here.
Parent Connection During the Pandemic
Check out our very own Val Rios, PIP’s Executive Director, as she talks with Drew Giovannoli of Village Childcare about the importance of social support in order to deal with stress in postpartum and strengthening the parent-child relationship.
https://blog.villagechildcare.co/Parent-Connection-During-the-Pandemic/
EHF commits $2 million to Texas programs focused on healthy early childhood brain development
Thank you to The Episcopal Health Foundation for supporting early childhood brain development which is a key part of the foundation’s strategic plan to improve health, not just healthcare in Texas. Did you know that our programs improves the parent/child bond and fosters healthy brain development?
We’re so grateful to the Episcopal Health Foundation for supporting PIP and our science-based programs and understanding the long term impact that peer support groups can have for Texans. Read the full article here.
PIP on KXAN
https://www.kxan.com/news/simplehealth/austin-nonprofit-hopes-to-ease-burden-of-covid-19-for-new-parents-by-offering-support/
Partners in Parenting selected as Philanthropitch finalist!
The seven nonprofits competing for donations this year range from children’s groups to criminal justice reform organizations.
One of them, Partners in Parenting (PIP), aims to double the number of families it serves by next year and sees Philanthropitch as an “enormous opportunity to get our message out,” said Jessica Burleson, the group’s executive director. “We are small, but mighty, and we have been growing exponentially… We’re ready to scale.”
See full video and article on KXAN here.
May 2019 update - Partners in Parenting was awarded $4,496 on May 7th. Watch our PIP Pitch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STFqJEaXYKw&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=Web&utm_campaign=finalist_share
Partners in the Austin-American Statesman 2016
One of the biggest challenges for PIP has been trying to get new parents to realize they will need this level of support. “You can’t tell an expecting parent, ‘It’s going to be rough,’” Opps says. “We have to be able to say, ‘It will benefit you.’”
“They don’t realize how isolating it can be,” Ladov says.
Read full article here.