GPS Community Programs

GPS For Parents and Families

Parenting is one of life’s most meaningful—and most demanding—roles. For organizations serving families, the challenge is not just acknowledging those demands, but providing resources that are accessible, culturally relevant, and effective. Parents need safe spaces to share honestly, tools to manage stress, and connections that build resilience. Your organization needs proven, scalable solutions that expand capacity without adding unnecessary strain.

Support for Every Stage of the Parenting Journey

GPS For Parents and Families equips organizations to offer evidence-based, trauma-informed groups that help parents build confidence, strengthen family relationships, and feel less alone. Through facilitator training, curriculum, and ongoing support, we partner with you to bring sustainable, high-quality programming into the communities you serve.

Participants leave GPS groups feeling empowered, supported, and better prepared to meet the emotional and practical demands of parenting, with a renewed sense of connection to themselves, their families, and their communities.

With GPS, you don’t just serve parents — you strengthen entire families and communities.

How GPS for Parents and Families Helps

GPS offers a flexible, proven model that organizations can easily integrate into their existing programs and services. By combining evidence-based training with culturally responsive curriculums, we build your team’s capacity to support parents across all stages of family life.

Safe, Compassionate Environments
We train your staff to facilitate welcoming, nonjudgmental, trauma-sensitive groups where parents can openly share their joys, struggles, and questions.
Connection Through Shared Experience
Groups reduce isolation by connecting parents who understand one another’s realities — whether navigating early childhood, raising a child with health challenges, or guiding teens through transitions.
Practical Tools for Resilience and Growth
GPS curriculum equips parents with concrete strategies to manage stress, improve communication, and foster healthier relationships.
Tailored Support Across All Stages of Parenthood
From pregnancy through adolescence, GPS provides adaptable curriculums and group models that meet families right where they are.

With GPS, your organization extends its reach and impact — empowering families while strengthening your role as a trusted partner in community well-being.

Why Choose GPS Group Peer Support for Parents and Families?

Organizations know that parents need more than pamphlets and referrals. They need connection, compassion, and practical tools. GPS helps you deliver exactly that, without requiring extensive new infrastructure.

Culturally Grounded and Welcoming
GPS groups reflect the values, traditions, and lived experiences of the families you serve, ensuring that every parent feels seen and respected.
Adaptable to Any Setting
GPS can be implemented in hospitals, pediatric practices, schools, faith-based organizations, community centers, or virtual formats — whatever best meets the needs of your community.
Proven Outcomes That Matter
Parents who participate in GPS report feeling more confident, emotionally balanced, and connected to their children — outcomes that ripple across families and communities.
Support Beyond the Launch
We don’t just train your team and leave. GPS provides coaching, program design guidance, and evaluation tools to help you measure impact and sustain success.

GPS for Parents is more than a program — it’s a trusted partner in building stronger, healthier families and communities.

“GPS is what we’ve been looking for! It is changing the way we support mothers.”
GPS Facilitator
“Thank you, because in this place I felt supported, listened to and above all I was able to express my feelings”
GPS For Parents Support Group Participant
“Parenting a teen isn’t easy. Being able to connect with other parents facing the same things has been a huge help.”
GPS For Parents Support Group Participant
“Raising a child with special needs can feel incredibly isolating — like no one truly understands what your day-to-day looks like. In the GPS group, I finally found a space where I didn’t have to explain everything. People just got it.”
GPS for Parents Support Group Participant
“I was delighted with the GPS Group Peer Support training and was so excited by the responses of all those who attended. So many of us are trying to create support groups and while we know a lot about perinatal mental health, we have needed the guidance and training in how to create authentic, trauma-informed support groups.”
Carol Sheehan, Director Tucson Postpartum Depression Task Force, Postpartum Support International Arizona

Supporting Parents & Families At Every Stage

Your organization can bring GPS groups to families navigating a wide range of parenting realities, including:

Pregnancy and Perinatal Support: Helping parents navigate pregnancy, postpartum, and early parenthood with strength and connection.
Parenting Toddlers to College-Aged Children: Support for managing the evolving challenges of parenting through each developmental stage.
Raising Children with Health Challenges: Creating a space for parents of children with chronic illnesses or complex medical needs to find support and share resources.
Parenting Autistic Children: Offering understanding and strategies for parents raising children with autism spectrum disorders.
Supporting Children with Physical Disabilities: Helping parents build resilience and connection while navigating the challenges of raising children with disabilities.

By offering GPS, your organization can provide holistic, trauma-informed support that evolves with families, ensuring they never feel alone in the parenting journey.