Service Highlights
 
 
The Family Tree

• Offers free, research-based parenting programs, both group-based and in-home/community settings.

• Curriculum topics: child development, behavior management, communication, discipline, resilience-building  .

• Also provides a 24‑hour Parenting HelpLine (800‑243‑7337).

 
 
Baltimore Healthy Start

• Serves all Baltimore City parents with kids aged 5 & under.

• Offers free Circle of Security parenting groups and virtual breastfeeding education  .

 
 
Baltimore Therapy Center

• Hosts Partners in Parenting, an 8-week skills-based class focusing on communication, guidance, and positive discipline.

• Flexible schedule; $120 per class or $800 for an 8-session package  .

 
 
Mercy Health Services (Expectant Parent Resources)

• Offers Infant care, breastfeeding, big sibling, and childbirth classes, plus mother’s support group.

• Pre-registration via Eventbrite; insurance reimbursement available  .

 
 
Center for Urban Families (CFUF)

• Through DADMAP, supports noncustodial fathers with a men’s parenting curriculum alongside broader family support initiatives  .

 
 
Additional options:

• GBMC Parent Education: offers workshops on childbirth, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, car‑seat installations, infant CPR, sibling prep, and more  .

• MedStar Health: provides a one-day “Birth & Family” class (childbirth, breastfeeding, infant CPR, baby care), plus e‑classes and live support groups  .

• Online classes via Maryland-approved providers: Co-parenting, high-conflict parenting, foundations, anger management, etc., ranging from $49 to $139 .

• Options Baltimore (BrightCourse): Offers pregnancy, toddler, parenting, life-skills, nutrition courses via text, with baby-supplies incentives  .

 
 
 
 
 Choosing the Right Class
 
Goal/Need
Suggested Programs
Evidence‑based, free, flexible
The Family Tree, Baltimore Healthy Start
Dad‑focused parenting support
CFUF’s DADMAP
Skill-building, fee‑based group
Baltimore Therapy Center
Expecting or newborn families
Mercy, GBMC, MedStar childbirth and infant‑care programs
Mandated or online convenience
MD-approved online classes
Pregnancy/life-skills via phone
Options Baltimore BrightCourse