Marriage and Parenting

Better Agreements: 3451 Brandon Ave, SW Suite 26 Roanoke |540-552-1200 | admin@betteragreements.org  Mediation services for conflict resolution.

Blue Ridge Parenting and Consulting Services: Offers interactive group and individual classes and private consulting. Scholarships for classes are available for low-income parents. See the parenting resource list here.

Blue Ridge Women’s Center: 5034 Williamson Road NW, Roanoke, VA 24012 | 540-362-4357 | info@blueridgewoman.org | BRWC offers pregnancy testing, pregnancy options counseling, pregnancy dating by ultrasound, STI testing, Parenting and Life Skills Program (parenting classes & more to earn points to shop in the free Baby Boutique), reproductive loss counseling, and other services. All services are free and confidential. Quality care is provided to all clients regardless of race, religion, income level or circumstances. 

Child Health Investment Partnership (CHIP):  1201 Third Street SW, Roanoke, 24016 | 540-857-6993 | The Family Strengthening program increases family self-sufficiency, improves parenting skills and prepares children to enter kindergarten ready to learn. Enrolled families are encouraged to establish and work toward goals such as guiding their children to build literacy and reading skills and to meet appropriate developmental milestones. Family Case Managers provide home safety and safe sleep assessments and refer families to community resources including housing, vocational & educational training, financial and more.  CHIP of Roanoke Valley also provides essential transportation to maintain scheduled appointments through use of transport vans.

City of Roanoke Health District Services: 1502 Williamson Rd. NE. 2nd Flr., Roanoke, 24012 | 540-283-5050 | BabyCare (for pregnant women and infants up to 24 months, with free case management, coordination of care, and education) and Early Intervention (for children birth - age 3 who are not developing as expected or have a medical condition that can delay development; provides service coordination, referrals, and ongoing services and assessments following an individualized family service plan).

Diferentes Habilidades:  (540) 307-1449  | rvgrupodeapoyo@gmail.com |Un grupo Facebook para explorar posibilidades e ideas como también compartir experiencias o preocupaciones sobre familiares o personas que viven con diferentes habilidades.  A Facebook support group for Spanish-speaking parents of children with a disability.  A part of the Dream Initiative. 

Divorce Care & Divorce Care for Kids:  DivorceCare groups meet at churches across the Roanoke Valley throughout the year. To find a group near you, enter your zip code here. 

Embrace Grace: support group for expectant single moms. Meeting at Gospel Light Baptist Church Sundays at 10 am, starting September 11, 2022. Contact the church for more information.

Family Insight, PC: 3433 Brambleton Ave, Cave Spring, 24018 | 540-266-7550 | peter.doyle@familyinsight.net | Parent and family support services to successfully stabilize the family.

Family Service of the Roanoke Valley: 360 Campbell Ave SW, Roanoke, 24016 | 540-795-4653 | Counseling and family case management.

Family Wellness Initiative (from Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare): 360 Campbell Ave., SW Roanoke, 24016  | Contact: private@fsrv.org,   540-563-5316 | info@familywellnessinitiative.org | Free parenting education classes offered that support healthy parent/child communication. Click here for a local parenting resource list. 

Family Life and Marriage Enrichment (FLAME): Group for engaged and married couples to grow in healthy relationships. Meets at Williams Memorial Baptist or online during COVID. 

Healthy Families Roanoke Valley: 4519 Brambleton Ave Suite 110 Roanoke  24018  | 540-344-3579 | info@roact.org | Weekly visits from a Family Support Worker will help you learn about your child’s developmental milestones and health needs, explore fun, free and easy activities for you and your child that can be done with your home visitor and on your own, and connect with additional resources in the community that meet your needs. Healthy Families will help you track your child’s development, find positive ways to handle discipline, create fun activities that help you bond with your baby while helping her grow and learn. Services are free and voluntary.

Her PLAN Directory: Answer questions to find resources that best fit your needs and situation, whether you're pregnant, parenting, dealing with pregnancy or child loss, looking to foster or adopt, or helping a woman in those circumstances.

Huddle Up Moms: huddleupmoms@gmail.com Nonprofit group connecting mothers across Southwestern Virginia for encouragement, support, and mentoring both in person and through social media.

Moms MEET - First Baptist Church Roanoke: 540-224-3300 | momsmeetroanoke@gmail.com | Moms MEET (Mentor Encourage Equip Together) connects moms all over the Roanoke Valley to a community of women who gather to build friendships, support one another, and share the challenges and joys of motherhood. Group meets Wednesdays, 6-7:30. Childcare provided.

Roanoke Area Care Connection for Children from Carilion Clinic

Safe Families for Children (locally in partnership with Patrick Henry Family Services and 127 Place)| 434-376-2006 | Safe Families for Children provides struggling families with an alternative to foster care where their children will be safe and loved until they get back on their feet. Volunteer Host Families are recruited from a large network of faith communities to care for children on a temporary basis. Parents receive support in a number of ways, in order to help reunite their families as soon as possible.

Smart Solutions: 1327 Grandin Road, Roanoke, 24015 | 540-384-0297  | smartsolutionsva@gmail.com | Mediation and co-parenting classes, as well as conflict resolution and restorative justice facilitation.