Local Support Groups, General

Provides services to help mothers have full-term pregnancies and research the problems that threaten the health of babies.

• Court Community Service Sites
• Public Awareness/Education
• Baby Clothing
• Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Voluntary Health Organizations
• General Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Provides educational material to the public in areas of home economics, horticulture, agriculture, 4-H youth programs, community development, and water quality.

• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Nutrition Education
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Relationship Workshops

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Provides general counseling services including, intensive outpatient services, postpartum support groups, and counseling.

• Social Skills Training
• Parent Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Perinatal/Postpartum Depression Counseling

• Home Based Parenting Education
• Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
• Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs
• Parent Support Groups
• Parent/Child Activity Groups
• Early Literacy Development Programs

• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

Provides education and support to those struggling with infertility.

• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Infertility Support Groups
• Specialized Information and Referral

Non-profit organization that finds, trains, and supports Utah families who are willing and able to provide a nurturing home for children who have been neglected or abused.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Staff operating remotely during regular business hours. In-office hours currently Th 9 am - 5 pm.

• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment

Provides information, programs, referrals, and services to a diverse LGBTQ community in the Salt Lake metropolitan area.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Offices are closed at this time. Please call, visit website, or email for additional information. 2020 Pride Festival that takes place in June each year, has been moved to September 2020.

• Drop In Centers
• Legal Counseling
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Thanksgiving Meals
• Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
• In Person Crisis Intervention
• Holiday Meal Preparation/Serving Volunteer Opportunities
• Court Community Service Sites
• Wellness Programs
• Youth/Student Support Groups
• Counseling/Information Support Volunteer Opportunities
• Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities
• LGBTQ Community Centers
• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups

Provides educational material to the public in all areas of home economics, horticulture, agriculture, 4-H youth programs, and community development.

• Nutrition Education
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Relationship Workshops
• Gardening/Landscaping Instruction

• Autism Therapy
• Developmental Assessment
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Social Skills Training
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Parent Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

Individual counseling sessions can be done in-person, online, or over the phone. Couple, family, and group counseling is also available. Support groups include The Man Cave group for men-for any male whose spouse is expecting a child or has had a child in the last 3 years (see the Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups service term). Areas of therapist expertise include motherhood, relationships, sex, transitions, mental health, and prenatal or postpartum depression, art therapy, and more. Offices located in Salt Lake, Utah County, and Park City.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Telehealth sessions available; you can schedule online or call 801-305-3171.

• Women's Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Perinatal/Postpartum Depression Counseling
• Public Awareness/Education
• Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups

The Family Support Center is a clean, safe, home like environment where parents can find support and children can find fun and structured activities, nutritious meals and a place of comfort. Care provided for children ages 0-11. Provides planned respite care and crisis care for children ages birth through age eleven. Parents/guardians may bring their children at times when they are feeling stressed and out of control or when they need to deal with personal or family crisis/emergency situations.

• Children's Out of Home Respite Care
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• General Clothing Provision
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Parenting Skills Classes
• General Counseling Services
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

• Parenting Skills Classes
• Family Support Centers/Outreach
• Youth Violence Prevention
• Youth/Student Support Groups

The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives.

See the website for local and online meetings and resources.

• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Mental Health Related Support Groups
• Women's Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling

Finds, trains, and supports Utah families who are willing and able to provide a nurturing home for children who have been neglected or abused. Agency has seven offices located in five regions and operates under a contract with the Utah Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS).

• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment

• Parent Support Groups
• Breastfeeding Support Programs
• Parent/Child Activity Groups

• Cultural Awareness/Competencies Training
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Literacy Volunteer Opportunities
• Dating Violence Prevention
• Early Head Start
• Youth Literacy Programs
• Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities
• Ethnic Advocacy Groups
• Head Start
• English as a Second Language

Provides a family and youth resource center for LGBTQ youth in the community. Provides advocacy, education, family workshops, referrals, mentoring programs, and free or reduced cost therapeutic counseling.

• Gender Affirming Therapy
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups
• LGBTQ Community Centers

Provides educational material to the public in areas of home economics, horticulture, agriculture, 4-H Youth programs, community development, and water quality.COVID-19 UPDATE: Physical office location is closed. Services can be provided virtually or via phone or email.

• Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Personal Financial Counseling
• Nutrition Education
• Food Production Support Services
• Water Resources Conservation
• Home Management Instruction
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Relationship Workshops
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Public Awareness/Education

• LGBTQ Support Groups
• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups
• Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities

Provides a family and youth resource center for LGBTQ youth in the community. Provides advocacy, education, family workshops, referrals, mentoring programs, and free or reduced cost therapeutic counseling.

• Gender Affirming Therapy
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups
• LGBTQ Community Centers

Provides child abuse prevention and parenting classes, a Resource Lending Library, and supports parents and guardians as they strive to provide a healthy, happy environment for their children.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Temperature and hand check will be done, along with recent background history asked as far as who/what/where children and parents have been. If there has been exposure, no accommodations can be made, but help with options offered.

• Parent Support Groups
• Crisis Nurseries/Child Care
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Child Care Volunteer Opportunities
• Disability Related Parenting Programs

Provides general counseling services including, intensive outpatient services, postpartum support groups and counseling. Also has a Holladay location.

• Parent Support Groups
• Social Skills Training
• General Counseling Services
• Perinatal/Postpartum Depression Counseling

Provides therapy for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Offices located in Ephraim, Richfield, and Cedar City. All appointments are made through the Ephraim office. Telehealth offered.

• Women's Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Parent Support Groups
• Play Therapy
• Group Counseling

• LGBTQ Support Groups

• Nutrition Education
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Public Awareness/Education
• Water Resources Conservation
• Food Production Support Services
• Home Management Instruction
• Family Life Education
• Relationship Workshops

Services for youth and their families in the Greater Salt Lake area including shelter care for runaway and homeless youth from birth to age 18, counseling and substance abuse services, after school programming, and 24/7 crisis response.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All counseling appointments have been moved to telehealth. No walk-in's for any appointments. The Juvenile Receive Centers in Salt Lake City and West Jordan are still open, and online prevention workshops will start soon. Website is updated daily; please check for information before calling.

• Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
• Holiday Gift/Toy Distribution Volunteer Opportunities
• Runaway/Youth Shelters
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Youth Enrichment Programs
• Teaching/Instruction Volunteer Opportunities
• Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling
• Family Counseling
• Adolescent/Youth Counseling

West Jordan Location:
8781 South Redwood Rd. Building 3
West Jordan, UT 84088
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM to 8 PM
Phone: 385-468-4610

With offices throughout Northern Utah, provides parenting and step-parenting classes, home visitation, and kinship and adoption support, as well as other support services to Utah families. Runs GrandFamilies program which provides support and assistance to "kinship families" (relatives other than biological parents, such as grandparents, that are raising children). Provides free child care referral services for parents in Salt Lake and Tooele counties as well as child care provider recruitment, training, and technical assistance. Offers a lending library of children's toys, books, and games for parents and child care providers. Offices in Logan, Ogden, Clearfield, and Murray.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All offices closed to the public until further notice. All services will continue via phone or email. In person accommodations can be made if all parties are healthy and able to meet.

• Adoption Services
• Kinship Care
• Grandparent Rights
• Home Based Parenting Education
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

• Dating Violence Prevention
• Head Start
• Youth Literacy Programs
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Literacy Volunteer Opportunities
• Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities
• Early Head Start

Provides education and supportive services to strengthen the family unit and enhance family functioning. Parents who are stressed, need a break, have an emergency arise, or have no one else to help care for their children may receive assistance.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Temperature and hand check will be done, along with recent background history asked as far as who/what/where children and parents have been. If there has been exposure, no accommodations can be made, but help with options offered.

• Child Abuse Counseling
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Children's In Home Respite Care
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Child Care Volunteer Opportunities
• General Counseling Services
• Anger Management
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Home Based Parenting Education

M-Sat 9-5, West Valley 24/7.
50% State funding

Family Support Centers located throughout Utah

Susan M. Dezell, LCSW
Insight-oriented, Supportive, Psyc Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-focused, Dialectical Behaviorial Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Training, Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Psycho-education and Parent Management training. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Family and Couples, Step-family and Adoption Issues.

Bonnie Peters, MSW, LCSW
Psychodynamic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-focused. Specializes in Depression, Anxiety, Attachment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant/Conduct Disorder, Abuse/Neglect, Domestic Violence and Adoption.

• Dating Violence Prevention
• Ethnic Advocacy Groups
• Cultural Awareness/Competencies Training
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Literacy Volunteer Opportunities
• Youth Literacy Programs
• Interpretation/Translation Volunteer Opportunities
• Early Head Start
• Head Start
• English as a Second Language

Delivers researched-based education and information to Utah residents in the areas of Agriculture (gardening, weed control, plant disease, etc), Community Development (home buying, asset building, etc), Family and Consumer Science (Healthy Relationships, Food $ense, parenting, etc), and 4-H Youth programs.

• Sustainable Agriculture Programs
• Water Resources Conservation
• Gardening/Landscaping Instruction
• Food Safety Education
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Relationship Workshops
• Cooking Classes
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Youth Enrichment Programs
• Public Awareness/Education
• Financial Literacy Training
• Nutrition Education
• Food Production Support Services
• Home Management Instruction

Brain injury, neurological, and stroke survivor support groups and meetings.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Many providers are offering appointments/groups via Video; please call for schedule; no walk-in's.

• Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Stroke Rehabilitation

Antonietta A. Russo, Ph.D.
Approaches Used:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Biofeedback

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Chronic Disease Self Management Programs
• Emergency Room Care
• Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
• Hospitals
• Inpatient Mental Health Facilities
• Disease/Disability Information
• Safe Havens for Abandoned Newborns
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Bereavement Support Groups

• Parenting Skills Classes
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• General Counseling Services

• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Foster Home Placement
• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment

• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Court Community Service Sites
• Foster Home Placement
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Clerical Volunteer Opportunities
• Fundraising Volunteer Opportunities

• Autism Therapy
• General Counseling Services
• Tutoring Services
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Parent Support Groups
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• Self Esteem Workshops
• Social Skills Training
• Developmental Assessment

Wait time 6 months. A fast track available for children suspected of having ASD with tentative diagnosis.

See website or contact for provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

• Foster Home Placement
• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

Provides support advocacy, education, and crisis intervention for families in which grandparents are raising a grandchild/ren because the biological parents are unable or unwilling to do so.

COVID-19 UPDATE: New intakes or help with applications are through phone or Zoom. Family Needs Assessments are online. Virtual support groups are available.

• Guardianship Assistance
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
• Kinship Care

Supports expecting and new parents by providing primarily free pregnancy tests and free ultrasounds and support groups. Clients can participate in parent classes that provide important tools for successful parenting and earn points to use towards baby items such as diapers and clothes. Also provides abstinence programs in schools, guidance, education, and encouragement to pregnant women.

• Fetal Ultrasound
• Baby Clothing
• Diapers
• Pregnancy Counseling
• Parent Support Groups
• Pregnancy Testing
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education
• Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups

• Youth/Student Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Sexual/Love Addiction Support Groups
• Sexual/Love Addiction Counseling

• Foster Home Placement
• Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups

• Separation/Divorce Support Groups
• Child Guidance
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Anger Management
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups

• Parent Support Groups
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Mental Health Related Support Groups
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Internet Support Groups

Support Groups also in Salt Lake, Clearfield, Hill Air Force Base

Lindsay Bartholomew, Director
Chrissy Young, Asst. Director
Kristen McHenry, Shannon Luckart, Program Assistants

Christian non-profit organization. Started as a group for mothers of preschoolers. Now provides local and online support groups for moms of children with children of all ages.

• Foster Home Placement
• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

• Adult Literacy Programs
• Dating Violence Prevention
• Early Head Start
• Head Start
• Life Skills Education
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups

Helps parents help their children, youth and young adults with all disabilities to live included, productive lives as members of the community. Offers a variety of services through projects and programs, providing mostly FREE information, training and peer support to families of individuals with disabilities and the professionals who serve them. 

COVID-19 Update: This office is serving customers exclusively by phone, video conferencing, and email. All in person workshops will be conducted virtually or be postponed; please visit website for latest updates.

Services Include:

• Parent Training and Information (PTI) Project
• Utah Family Voices – Family to Family Health Information Center
• School District Consultants
• Family to Family Network
• Autism Information Resources autism@utahparentcenter.org
• Volunteer Programs
• Workshops, Presentations, and Conferences

The UPC is the Utah Parent Training and Information (PTI) Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (Ph: 844-838-8275).

Offers support to birth mothers who have placed a child for adoption.

• Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

The South Franklin Community Center provides local residents with free classes and activities to provide low-income families access to community programs.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All in-person programs are canceled or conducted remotely.

• Dance Instruction
• Tutoring Services
• Physical Fitness
• Arts and Crafts Instruction
• Youth Enrichment Programs
• Parent Support Groups
• Summer Camps
• Gardening/Landscaping Instruction
• Recreational Activities/Sports
• Music Instruction
• Cooking Classes

• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Women's Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Mental Health Related Support Groups
• Substance Use Disorder Counseling

Provides educational material to the public in areas of home economics, horticulture, agriculture, 4-H Youth programs, community development, and water quality.

• Parenting Skills Classes
• Nutrition Education
• Stepfamily/Blended Family Support Groups
• Youth Agricultural Programs
• Water Resources Conservation
• Food Production Support Services
• Home Management Instruction
• Relationship Workshops
• Public Awareness/Education

Provides a family and youth resource center for LGBTQ youth in the community. Provides advocacy, education, family workshops, referrals, mentoring programs, and free or reduced cost therapeutic counseling.

• Gender Affirming Therapy
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• LGBTQ Advocacy Groups
• LGBTQ Community Centers