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Family Support Partnership
Healthy kids. Healthy families.
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Positive Parenting
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Safe. Private. FREE.
Get tips and ideas to bring out the best in your children with the Positive Parenting Program—or Triple P. Learn the best ways to positively manage the behavior you don’t like and encourage more of the behaviors you do.
Triple P group
Each group is 5 weeks, 2 hours per week. It’s free and open to all families with children ages birth-17.
Triple P online
Choose the strategy that best fits your family and do your course anywhere, anytime, at your own pace.
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Need help with food?
Get application help or info at every Pierce County Family Resource Center. Learn more—English • Spanish.
Did you know?
Every Pierce County Family Resource Center is a diaper bank! Learn more—English • Spanish • Ukrainian.
Family Resource Centers
Get the help and resources you need at our Family Resource Centers. They help children, families, and communities thrive. We design each resource center with unique services to meet the needs of the community around it. In March, we referred families to more than 39,000 community resources. We also offered dozens of classes, support, community events, and meetings.
 Connect with a trained crisis counselor if you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health, substance use or suicidal crisis. Dial 988 to call or text or chat the 988 Lifeline. It’s confidential, free and available 24/7/365.
Family Support Partnership
Family Support Partnership promotes safe, stable, nurturing relationships, and environments for all children. Learn about our programs and resources at tpchd.org/fsp. Contact us at fspartnership@tpchd.org or (253) 649-1011.
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Building your child’s mental health starts with small, everyday habits at home. Simple, consistent actions can help your child feel safe, confident, and ready to handle life’s ups and downs.
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Create positive routines. Regular sleep, meals, and family time help your child feel secure and supported.
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Focus on connection. Spending one-on-one time, listening, and showing interest builds trust and strong relationships.
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Encourage healthy habits. Physical activity, limited screen time, and time outdoors support both mood and behavior.
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Teach coping skills. Help your child name their feelings and practice calm ways to manage stress.
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Model what you want to see. When you handle challenges calmly, your child learns to do the same.
These everyday habits don’t have to be perfect—they just need to be consistent. Small changes can make a big difference to help your child feel confident, resilient, and emotionally healthy (Español).
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Protecting your health every day
 Public health works quietly in the background—but it plays a big role in helping you and your family live longer, healthier lives. National Public Health Week, April 6–10, was a chance to recognize how these everyday systems support us all.
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Protect your daily life. Clean drinking water, safe food, and inspected spaces help prevent illness before it starts.
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Prevent serious disease. Vaccines alone have saved millions of lives and keep many illnesses rare today.
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Support healthier living. Efforts to reduce smoking, improve nutrition, and promote heart health help people live longer.
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Use simple habits that matter. Actions like handwashing can prevent infections and save lives.
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Work together as a community. Public health relies on shared choices—like maintaining safe systems—to protect everyone.
Public health may not always be visible, but it’s part of your everyday life—helping you, your family, and your community stay safe and well. Learn more about how public health has saved hundreds of millions of lives.
Center spotlight
Lakewood Family Resource Center: Where families come together
You and your family can enjoy connection, fun, and support all year long at Lakewood Family Resource Center (LFRC) (located at Lorene’s Place II. In April, LFRC hosted its annual Easter Egg Hunt—open to kids and adults—plus a light lunch and time to connect with others.
You can engage in programs designed to help you and your family grow:
- Build confidence with computer skills classes through a partnership with Organización Centro Americano.
- Join Pierce County Library’s Toddler Time to support your child’s early learning and meet other families.
- Youth mental health is a top priority for us. We partner with Black Butterfly Counseling to support teen girls, and with Thrive One Eighty to support boys. These programs help teens understand themselves, manage their emotions, and build healthy relationships.
Coming up, you can look forward to girls’ support groups focused on life skills, plus Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations that honor caregivers like you.
Anytime, you can get essentials like diapers, wipes, food pantry access, parenting classes, and help from a Community Health Worker.
Want to connect? Visit Lorene’s Place II or call (253) 531-3462.
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Pinwheels for Prevention
You may notice blue and silver pinwheels around your community. These are part of the Pinwheels for Prevention® campaign, launched in 2008 by Prevent Child Abuse America. They serve as a national symbol of child abuse prevention and are most visible in April, during National Child Abuse Prevention Month—a time to raise awareness and promote prevention.
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According to the National Children’s Alliance, in 2024, more than 530,000 children in the U.S. were victims of abuse or neglect (this number reflects only cases reported to authorities).
Learn more about helping to create a safer, more supportive future for children. Check out these tools and materials for individuals and communities: Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families’ Child Abuse Prevention Month Digital Media Kit.
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