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Programs

Strong Fathers / Strong Families

 

The Strong Fathers/Strong Families program is designed to promote responsible fatherhood in incarcerated fathers, and responsible parenting in at-risk families. There is no cost to the family. 

 The program has four main components which involve the entire family:

Strengthening Families

 

The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is a collaboration of five St. Lucie County agencies; CASTLE, Catholic Charities, Family Preservation Services, Hibiscus and New Horizons. SFP is a nationally and internationally recognized parenting and family-strengthening program for high-risk families.

Valued Visits

 

Valued Visits benefits individuals who are under a court-mandated visitation schedule. In most situations, there is a fear of domestic violence or child abuse that makes unsupervised visitation an unacceptable option. CASTLE provides a safe and nurturing place for non-residential parents to have supervised visitation with their children. Nearly 1,500 visits take place each year.

High Hopes For Kids

 

This unique program offers support to children who are experiencing the emotional consequences of parental divorce or separation. In a twelve-week period children will learn to identify and communicate their feelings, basic anger management, problem ownership, and problem solving.

Positive Parenting

 
$100.00

Parenting Classes: All St.

$100.00

Families First

 
$45.00

The Families First classes in St. Lucie County will be held at 2967 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce, Florida 34981 


Families First is a five-hour educational seminar for divorcing parents who have minor children. The program focuses on making the transition from marriage to divorce with minimum trauma to your children.


The CASTLE uses a parenting curriculum developed by Families First, a not-for-profit organization, providing critical preventative services to families. The curriculum educates parents and family members on ways to handle the additional tasks that divorce places on childhood development. These tasks are addressed through lecture, video tape, role play and discussion.


The topics are: Emotional Reactions, Involvement with the Legal System, Changes in your Economic Situation, The Period of Adjustment, Establishing a Co-parenting Relationship, Helping Your Child to Adjust, and New Family Structures.


Pre-registration is recommended, however walk-ins are welcome. Must bring $45.00 cash, a picture ID and plan to arrive 15 minutes early. You must attend the full session to receive a certificate of completion. Attendance will be confirmed with the court. Do not bring children as we don't provide daycare.


Please give 24 hours for online registrations.


$45.00

Co-Parenting

 
$80.00

Parenting Classes: All St. Lucie County parenting classes will be held at 2967 W Midway Road until further notice!

Co-Parenting is a program designed to teach divorced parents how to focus on their behaviors and interactions with their ex-spouse and their children in a positive manner.

Individuals will learn to give up the blame and accept responsibility for their own happiness, and learn to make a choice to let go and eliminate a tug of war.

Parents will learn to see situations through the eyes of their children, thus enabling themselves to communicate with facts rather than feelings.

In a small group setting, participants are able to evaluate their emotions, feelings and beliefs and focus their parenting styles in a more positive way.

$80.00

Safe Families

 

Professional staff goes into homes to provide parent education and supportive counseling to families at risk of abusing or neglecting their children. Relationship building is the crux of the Safe Families Program. Believing that all families deserve and inherently have the ability to make changes, the program works with parents to create these changes. Over 360 families are enrolled, and more than 10,000 home visits are made each year.

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