Parenting Awareness and Drug Risk Education Services (PADREs)
Abilene Recovery Council’s Parenting Awareness and Drug Risk Education Services (PADREs) program provides community-based intervention, outreach services, and evidenced-based education to parents with children ages 6 & younger and expectant parents to decrease the impact of substance use on the family.
Screenings and assessments
Service planning
OSAR and LMHA (Local Mental Health Authority) referrals when appropriate
HIV/STD education & rapid testing services
Pregnancy tests
Evidence-based education on parenting, child development, family violence, safety, pregnancy planning and reproductive health, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Alternative activities to promote family bonding
Case management
Transitional planning
Archer
Baylor
Brown
Callahan
Clay
Coleman
Comanche
Cottle
Eastland
Fisher
Foard
Hardeman
Haskell
Jack
Jones
Kent
Knox
Mitchell
Montague
Nolan
Runnels
Scurry
Shackelford
Stephens
Taylor
Throckmorton
Wichita
Wilbarger
Young
For more information, please contact the PADREs Program Director, Jade Martinez, at 325-673-2242, ext. 109 or jmartinez@abirecovery.org.
PADREs program services include:
The following counties are served:
Region 2
24 Hour Crisis Hotline (800) 621-8504
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