Parent Liaison Project

The Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta holds training each year for members who volunteer to be Parent Liaisons to the 26 local birthing hospitals in the Metro Atlanta area.  The trained Parent Liaisions are assigned to one or more hospitals and contact the labor and delivery, NICU, and social work staffs there to introduce themselves and they check in monthly to ensure that they have a supply of New Parent Packets to be given to new parents of babies born with Down syndrome.  In addition, the Parent Liaisons are available to meet with new parents as requested.  New Parent Packets are available in Spanish and a bilingual Parent Liaison is available.

Note:  We hold regular training sessions for new Parent Liaisons.  You must attend one of these sessions to become a new Parent Liaison.  We need additional people, particularly for the more rural hospitals and medical centers.  Contact Cynthia Jones at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in attending one of these sessions.