Postpartum Society of Florida

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

The SISTER Program stands for “Self-Image Support Team and Emotional Resource,” and the agency is developing and piloting the SISTERMom Program to be an elite team of volunteers trained to mentor and encourage new mothers one-to-one through their perinatal adjustment. The SISTER Program is designed to ensure that volunteers would have comprehensive training in the delicate, yet powerful, realm of New Mother Mentorship, while New Mother Mentees would have committed, stable, empowering one-to-one social support from a fellow mother in her own community.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Eligibility

All eligible

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Tampa Bay to Fort Myers, including Charlotte County.

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

The HELPP Provider Scholarship Program awards registration scholarships to mental health professionals in Florida to attend an accredited Maternal Mental Health Webinar Training Program presented by Postpartum Support International and the 2020MomProject, in order to build a powerful, reliable network of clinicians specially trained to understand, recognize and treat Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders appropriately. The goal is to have one trained provider in each of the state's 67 counties by 2020.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Florida

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

The SISTER Program stands for “Self-Image Support Team and Emotional Resource,” and the agency is developing and piloting the SISTERMom Program to be an elite team of volunteers trained to mentor and encourage new mothers one-to-one through their perinatal adjustment. The SISTER Program is designed to ensure that volunteers would have comprehensive training in the delicate, yet powerful, realm of New Mother Mentorship, while New Mother Mentees would have committed, stable, empowering one-to-one social support from a fellow mother in her own community.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Eligibility

All eligible

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Tampa Bay to Fort Myers, including Charlotte County.

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

Volunteer social support and mental health resources for new mothers, including, among other services, weekly Postpartum and Toddler Mama Support Groups; the SISTER (“Self-Image Support Team and Emotional Resource”) Mentorship Program; and the Partners, Parents, and Personality Type service. in which new parents – whether single, married, cohabitating, or co-parenting – can schedule up to six Personality Type and Life Coaching Sessions with a Certified Personality Type Instructor for a special rate.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Eligibility

All eligible

Fees

Group services free to the community; small fee charged for private couples communication

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Tampa Bay to Fort Myers, including Charlotte County.

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

Volunteer social support and mental health resources for new mothers, including, among other services, weekly Postpartum and Toddler Mama Support Groups; the SISTER (“Self-Image Support Team and Emotional Resource”) Mentorship Program; and the Partners, Parents, and Personality Type service. in which new parents – whether single, married, cohabitating, or co-parenting – can schedule up to six Personality Type and Life Coaching Sessions with a Certified Personality Type Instructor for a special rate.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Eligibility

All eligible

Fees

Group services free to the community; small fee charged for private couples communication

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Tampa Bay to Fort Myers, including Charlotte County.

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers

Special Notes/Funding

Funded through private donations and community grants.

Description

Volunteer social support and mental health resources for new mothers, including, among other services, weekly Postpartum and Toddler Mama Support Groups; the SISTER (“Self-Image Support Team and Emotional Resource”) Mentorship Program; and the Partners, Parents, and Personality Type service. in which new parents – whether single, married, cohabitating, or co-parenting – can schedule up to six Personality Type and Life Coaching Sessions with a Certified Personality Type Instructor for a special rate.

Hours

Vary; call and leave a message, which will be returned within 24 hours

Eligibility

All eligible

Fees

Group services free to the community; small fee charged for private couples communication

Intake Procedure

Call or email

Languages

English

Offered Outside of Physical Location

Yes

Service Area

Tampa Bay to Fort Myers, including Charlotte County.

Geography Served

Contact

Telephone Numbers