South Central Iowa Community Action Program (SCICAP, Inc.) is a community action agency that empowers families in Iowa to become self-sufficient and contribute postively to their communities. SCICAP, Inc. recognized the shortage of services for pregnant and parenting families in the small, rural counties of Lucas, Monroe, Wayne, Appanoose, and Davis, and joined two related projects supported by Parents as Teachers National Center to help fill this need: Doula- Assisted Wellness Network (DAWN) and Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH) in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis. Through DAWN, one SCICAP, Inc. parent educator offers doula services to families throughout the perinatal period and three other parent educators are trained in the Applying Doula Principles in Practice Advanced Learning Course. Additionally, ENRICH has provided these parent educators with new family well-being content to use in personal visits with prenatal families with the aim of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This Blue Ribbon Affiliate served 81 families last year.

Tri County Community Action has supported life change in Pennsylvania for 60 years. With a holistic array of services aimed at individual, family, and neighborhood achievement, the organization’s offerings focus on early childhood and family development; employment, education and financial empowerment; housing security; and community development. In the past year, Tri County Community Action’s Parents as Teachers affiliate served 83 families and 112 children in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties.

In 2025, they were awarded a challenge grant from Parents as Teachers National Center to pilot “The Dad Code”, an initiative designed to increase father engagement, strengthen family dynamics, and break cycles of intergenerational poverty by providing evidence-based programming, peer support, and community connections. By increasing father participation, improving family dynamics, and promoting financial stability, they hope The Dad Code will create lasting change that supports not only fathers but the entire family unit, strengthening communities across the region.

For more than 130 years, 18 Degrees has promoted the well-being and strengths of children, youth, and families to build better communities in Western Massachusetts. The Blue Ribbon Affiliate, which served 45 families and 44 children last year, provides education, parenting skills and support, prevention and intervention, advocacy, and life skills across a spectrum of programs focused on four key areas: early education and care; foster care and adoption; child and family well-being; and youth and community development. The story behind 18 Degrees centers around new days and new beginnings, and their innovative work implementing peer recovery specialists to support families in their recovery journeys inspired over 2,000 attendees in a plenary session at the 2025 Parents as Teachers International Conference. 18 Degrees partners with Parents as Teacher National Center in the Healing and Recovery Together learning community, focused on supporting families negatively impacted by substance use.

Imprints Cares, an education and family services nonprofit in North Carolina, takes a holistic approach to supporting families by addressing poverty through a multigenerational model focused on positive parenting, social drivers of health, and enhanced opportunities to help children and families reach their full potential. A Parents as Teachers Affiliate for over 30 years and a current Blue Ribbon Affiliate, Imprints Cares served 177 families in Forsyth County last year, 90% of which had two or more stressors. The organization has partnered with local health systems to implement their Pediatric Parenting Connections (PPC) program in pediatric clinics to offer families immediate assistance with parenting, developmental screenings and referrals, and connection to long-term home visiting services. Imprints Cares and PPC were featured on the December 2025 Parents as Teachers Podcast episode, and Imprints Cares has partnered with Parents as Teachers National Center and New York University (NYU) on the Smart Parents Study to promote awareness and prevention of child sexual abuse.

Step Up Suncoast, Inc. is a community action agency that uses a whole-family approach and wraparound services to support families in Florida becoming self-sufficient. The agency served 233 rural, small town, and suburban families in the Manatee, Hardee, and DeSoto Counties last year. Established in 2013, Step Up Suncoast, Inc. has partnered with Parents as Teachers National Center on multiple research and learning initiatives to support their mission and won a $50,000 Challenge Grant in 2024 to support a project combatting infant morbidity and mortality. Parent educators from Step Up Suncoast, Inc. have received the Smart Parents – Safe and Healthy Kids training, a parent focused behavioral intervention in collaboration with New York University (NYU) designed to increase awareness of and protective behaviors related to child sexual abuse, as well as ENRICH (Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children), applying additional family well-being content in visits with prenatal families to improve maternal and infant health.

Any Baby Can is a social service non-profit in Texas that partners with families to build stability, develop skills, and unlock every child’s full potential. Last year, Any Baby Can’s Parents as Teachers program served 275 families in the rural, small town, suburban, and urban areas of Austin. The organization has participated in all three grant cycles of the Connect Texas project, funded by Episcopal Health Foundation. Through the first grant cycle, Any Baby Can helped the Connect Texas team learn about virtual home visiting and its impact on family engagement and support. In the subsequent cycles, they participated in two Learning Experiences designed to deepen understanding of how professionals retain and transfer learning to others, and they trained three Spanish-speaking parent educators as full-spectrum doulas to expand maternal health services in their community and promote optimal outcomes for birthing people and their infants.

InterCultural Children and Family Services (ICCFS) is a small social service non-profit supporting the well-being of underserved or low-income caregivers and families of color in Washington and creating opportunities that promote equitable access to healthy and safe child development services and community-based parenting supports. The program served 65 families last year in the suburban and urban region of Renton; nearly half of their enrolled families are navigating the perinatal period in an area where Black maternal mortality is nearly 3 times higher than that of White mothers and Black infants are more likely to be born preterm or with a low birth weight. ICCFS recognized the need to provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed support for birthing families in the community and the alignment of goals within the Doula-Assisted Wellness Network (DAWN) project.

A program of Maui Family Support Services (MFSS), Inc. Ka Pu`uwai O Nā Keiki (The Heart of the Children). Since its founding in 1980, MFSS has provided quality, evidence-based services to families in Hawaii on Maui, Molokai, and Lanai.

Ka Pu`uwai `O Nā Keiki Home Visiting Services offers Parents as Teachers specifically to families involved in the child welfare system, enhancing the model by adding specialized staff who provide additional support for families in these complex circumstances, including a registered nurse and a clinical specialist. The families served by the program – 51 families and 63 children last year – benefit from their dedicated trauma-informed and collaborative approach.

Ka Pu`uwai `O Nā Keiki Home Visiting Services partners with Parents as Teachers National Center in two research and learning initiatives: Supporting Families Involved with the Child Welfare System and Healing and Recovery Together, focused on supporting families negatively impacted by substance use.

Canberra Police Community Youth Club, Inc. (PCYC) is a non-profit that has served the Australia Capital Territory since 1957, strengthening families experiencing the highest levels of financial and resource instability through youth empowerment, crime prevention, education support, health and well-being programs, and a community hub. The organization, which typically serves around 650 families each year, became the first Parents as Teachers affiliate in Australia this year. Canberra PCYC anticipates delivering services to families referred by Child Protection Services as well as those already enrolled in the organization.

In 2025, the ZEPPELIN research team, led by Dr. Peter Klaver, Dr. Alex Neuhauser, and Dr. Andrea Lanfranchi of the Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik in Zurich, Switzerland, celebrated 15 years of research on Parents as Teachers. A remarkable study length, the randomized control trial is still ongoing, with data currently collected from children in secondary school. Results show that Parents as Teachers has outcomes on parenting, positive interactions, child development, social emotional development, and biological evidence from children’s DNA.

South Central Iowa Community Action Program (SCICAP, Inc.) is a community action agency that empowers families in Iowa to become self-sufficient and contribute postively to their communities. SCICAP, Inc. recognized the shortage of services for pregnant and parenting families in the small, rural counties of Lucas, Monroe, Wayne, Appanoose, and Davis, and joined two related projects supported by Parents as Teachers National Center to help fill this need: Doula- Assisted Wellness Network (DAWN) and Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH) in collaboration with Washington University in St. Louis. Through DAWN, one SCICAP, Inc. parent educator offers doula services to families throughout the perinatal period and three other parent educators are trained in the Applying Doula Principles in Practice Advanced Learning Course. Additionally, ENRICH has provided these parent educators with new family well-being content to use in personal visits with prenatal families with the aim of reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This Blue Ribbon Affiliate served 81 families last year.

Tri County Community Action has supported life change in Pennsylvania for 60 years. With a holistic array of services aimed at individual, family, and neighborhood achievement, the organization’s offerings focus on early childhood and family development; employment, education and financial empowerment; housing security; and community development. In the past year, Tri County Community Action’s Parents as Teachers affiliate served 83 families and 112 children in Cumberland, Dauphin, and Perry Counties.

In 2025, they were awarded a challenge grant from Parents as Teachers National Center to pilot “The Dad Code”, an initiative designed to increase father engagement, strengthen family dynamics, and break cycles of intergenerational poverty by providing evidence-based programming, peer support, and community connections. By increasing father participation, improving family dynamics, and promoting financial stability, they hope The Dad Code will create lasting change that supports not only fathers but the entire family unit, strengthening communities across the region.

For more than 130 years, 18 Degrees has promoted the well-being and strengths of children, youth, and families to build better communities in Western Massachusetts. The Blue Ribbon Affiliate, which served 45 families and 44 children last year, provides education, parenting skills and support, prevention and intervention, advocacy, and life skills across a spectrum of programs focused on four key areas: early education and care; foster care and adoption; child and family well-being; and youth and community development. The story behind 18 Degrees centers around new days and new beginnings, and their innovative work implementing peer recovery specialists to support families in their recovery journeys inspired over 2,000 attendees in a plenary session at the 2025 Parents as Teachers International Conference. 18 Degrees partners with Parents as Teacher National Center in the Healing and Recovery Together learning community, focused on supporting families negatively impacted by substance use.

Imprints Cares, an education and family services nonprofit in North Carolina, takes a holistic approach to supporting families by addressing poverty through a multigenerational model focused on positive parenting, social drivers of health, and enhanced opportunities to help children and families reach their full potential. A Parents as Teachers Affiliate for over 30 years and a current Blue Ribbon Affiliate, Imprints Cares served 177 families in Forsyth County last year, 90% of which had two or more stressors. The organization has partnered with local health systems to implement their Pediatric Parenting Connections (PPC) program in pediatric clinics to offer families immediate assistance with parenting, developmental screenings and referrals, and connection to long-term home visiting services. Imprints Cares and PPC were featured on the December 2025 Parents as Teachers Podcast episode, and Imprints Cares has partnered with Parents as Teachers National Center and New York University (NYU) on the Smart Parents Study to promote awareness and prevention of child sexual abuse.

Step Up Suncoast, Inc. is a community action agency that uses a whole-family approach and wraparound services to support families in Florida becoming self-sufficient. The agency served 233 rural, small town, and suburban families in the Manatee, Hardee, and DeSoto Counties last year. Established in 2013, Step Up Suncoast, Inc. has partnered with Parents as Teachers National Center on multiple research and learning initiatives to support their mission and won a $50,000 Challenge Grant in 2024 to support a project combatting infant morbidity and mortality. Parent educators from Step Up Suncoast, Inc. have received the Smart Parents – Safe and Healthy Kids training, a parentfocused behavioral intervention in collaboration with New York University (NYU) designed to increase awareness of and protective behaviors related to child sexual abuse, as well as ENRICH (Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children), applying additional family well-being content in visits with prenatal families to improve maternal and infant health.

Any Baby Can is a social service non-profit in Texas that partners with families to build stability, develop skills, and unlock every child’s full potential. Last year, Any Baby Can’s Parents as Teachers program served 275 families in the rural, small town, suburban, and urban areas of Austin. The organization has participated in all three grant cycles of the Connect Texas project, funded by Episcopal Health Foundation. Through the first grant cycle, Any Baby Can helped the Connect Texas team learn about virtual home visiting and its impact on family engagement and support. In the subsequent cycles, they participated in two Learning Experiences designed to deepen understanding of how professionals retain and transfer learning to others, and they trained three Spanish-speaking parent educators as full-spectrum doulas to expand maternal health services in their community and promote optimal outcomes for birthing people and their infants.

InterCultural Children and Family Services (ICCFS) is a small social service non-profit supporting the well-being of underserved or low-income caregivers and families of color in Washington and creating opportunities that promote equitable access to healthy and safe child development services and community-based parenting supports. The program served 65 families last year in the suburban and urban region of Renton; nearly half of their enrolled families are navigating the perinatal period in an area where Black maternal mortality is nearly 3 times higher than that of White mothers and Black infants are more likely to be born preterm or with a low birth weight. ICCFS recognized the need to provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed support for birthing families in the community and the alignment of goals within the Doula-Assisted Wellness Network (DAWN) project.

A program of Maui Family Support Services (MFSS), Inc. Ka Pu`uwai O Nā Keiki (The Heart of the Children). Since its founding in 1980, MFSS has provided quality, evidence-based services to families in Hawaii on Maui, Molokai, and Lanai.

Ka Pu`uwai `O Nā Keiki Home Visiting Services offers Parents as Teachers specifically to families involved in the child welfare system, enhancing the model by adding specialized staff who provide additional support for families in these complex circumstances, including a registered nurse and a clinical specialist. The families served by the program – 51 families and 63 children last year – benefit from their dedicated trauma-informed and collaborative approach.

Ka Pu`uwai `O Nā Keiki Home Visiting Services partners with Parents as Teachers National Center in two research and learning initiatives: Supporting Families Involved with the Child Welfare System and Healing and Recovery Together, focused on supporting families negatively impacted by substance use.

Canberra Police Community Youth Club, Inc. (PCYC) is a non-profit that has served the Australia Capital Territory since 1957, strengthening families experiencing the highest levels of financial and resource instability through youth empowerment, crime prevention, education support, health and well-being programs, and a community hub. The organization, which typically serves around 650 families each year, became the first Parents as Teachers affiliate in Australia this year. Canberra PCYC anticipates delivering services to families referred by Child Protection Services as well as those already enrolled in the organization.

In 2025, the ZEPPELIN research team, led by Dr. Peter Klaver, Dr. Alex Neuhauser, and Dr. Andrea Lanfranchi of the Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik in Zurich, Switzerland, celebrated 15 years of research on Parents as Teachers. A remarkable study length, the randomized control trial is still ongoing, with data currently collected from children in secondary school. Results show that Parents as Teachers has outcomes on parenting, positive interactions, child development, social emotional development, and biological evidence from children’s DNA.