Establishes a trusting relationship with parents experiencing difficulties in parenting. The relationship is used as a vehicle for helping families resolve problems while building upon the families' strengths.

Parent aide service is focused on the relationship between the parent and the parent aide. This service empowers parents to more effectively parent their children. This service helps:

- preventout-of-home placements;
- keep family units together safely;
- enable families to identify formal;
- and informal resources in the community and
- reduce the likelihood of abuse and neglect of children.