Children’s Trust of South Carolina has received $2.3 million from The Duke Endowment to grow the Positive Parenting Program, also known as Triple P, in South Carolina over the next three years.
The organization will use the funds to continue supporting its Triple P partners in Georgetown, Greenville and Spartanburg, and to onboard new partners in 2025. Funding will also support the Triple P South Carolina Network by providing training, professional development and networking opportunities for practitioners across the state.
Children’s Trust and The Duke Endowment have worked to scale Triple P for the last five years with the shared goal of preventing child abuse and neglect and improving family well-being.
“The Duke Endowment is proud to continue to fund the Children’s Trust’s provision of implementation support for Triple P,” said Phil Redmond, director of the Endowment’s Child & Family Well-Being program area. “The Trust’s approach to expanding the Triple P program aligns with our aspirational outcomes of reducing child maltreatment across the Carolinas.”
Children’s Trust CEO Sue Williams agreed.
“Prevention happens in partnership,” said Williams. “Because of The Duke Endowment’s foundational support, we will continue working with communities in innovative ways to help families meet their needs and give children the opportunity to thrive.”
Triple P is an effective, evidence-based prevention program with more than 35 years of ongoing research. It provides parents, grandparents and caregivers with the skills to manage parenting challenges while building healthy family relationships and promoting positive child development.
Children’s Trust funds 11 partners in Greenville, Spartanburg and Georgetown. These partners span many sectors to deliver Triple P services in a range of spaces.
In 2023, Children’s Trust held the first annual Triple P South Carolina Practitioner Summit, where it launched the Triple P South Carolina Network.
Since the program began in 2018, 3,498 caregivers have participated in Triple P services impacting 6,344 children.
Children’s Trust’s Triple P team also provides support and resources to its partners through coaching and the network. This work contributes to the overall proven success of the program, according to Abby Wilson, Children’s Trust director of community initiatives.
“We know Triple P works,” said Wilson. “Current evaluation numbers show that 98% of program participants would recommend Triple P services to others in their community.”
Wilson said participants also reported statistically significant increases in the following protective factors: knowledge of parenting skills, family functioning and resiliency, nurturing and attachment, and social and emotional support.
“Over the last five years, we’ve seen Triple P positively impact families and communities,” Wilson said. “We’re thrilled to continue making parenting supports more available across the state.”
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