Calvert County Health Department

Parenting on Purpose Program (POPP)

Goal of Parenting Program for Calvert County Community

The Parenting on Purpose Program (POPP) has been designed to help families with parenting skills at all stages dealing with various needs. The premise of our local program is based on the "Nurturing Parenting Program" which is a family-centered initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and child-rearing practices. The long term goals are to prevent recidivism in families receiving social services, lower the rate of multi-parent teenage pregnancies, reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency and alcohol abuse, and stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse by teaching positive parenting behaviors.

Upcoming Training Information

To be announced

Program Oversight:

Bernadette Villa-Morris, BS, M.Ed.
Crisis Intervention Center
Community Health & Guidance Educator
CrisisInterventionCCHD@dhmh.state.md.us
410-535-1121

Veronica M. Kirkland, LGPC
Crisis Intervention Center
Child Therapist
CrisisInterventionCCHD@dhmh.state.md.us
410-535-1121