If daily life feels hard to manage, start here.
Interwoven Family Care
Adaptive in-home practical support and coaching for all families.
"I highly recommend her to families seeking child care or support, especially families with added layers of needs."- Heather Jeng
Interwoven Family Care offers hands-on family coaching and adaptive in-home support for families with children and teens across Pierce County.
We offer help with routines, transitions, respite care, local resources, and other practical support you may need.
Ways we support you
When daily life is hard to hold
For the parts of family life that still feel hard after the appointment, diagnosis, school meeting, or good advice. You do not need the perfect words before reaching out.
Interwoven Family Care is for the space between advice and real life: the part where a family has recommendations, appointments, plans, and good intentions, but still needs help making the next day feel possible.
When you are here, you do not have to untangle it alone. Together, we can sit with the tangle as is, find the threads that matter most, and move at your family’s pace so help is tangible.
Making It Work
Implementation & ResourcesTaking therapy strategies, provider recommendations, school ideas, and other good advice, then turning them into practical actions at home. We can also help connect you with local, trusted resources and community supports.
real-life fit ↷Smoother Days
Routines & TransitionsSupport for the parts of the day that can take the most energy: mornings, bedtime, leaving the house, after-school transitions, appointments, and reset moments.
real-life fit ↷Whole-Family Support
Family SupportRelationship-based care for families whose needs are more layered than standard childcare can hold.
This may include caregiver support, childcare, immediate problem-solving, and practical planning.
real-life fit ↷Breathing Room
Respite & In-Home SupportSometimes help is having another capable adult in the house during the parts of the week that take the most out of everyone, especially you.
Practical support that reduces overwhelm and gives your family more room to recover, connect, and reset as a family.
real-life fit ↷Spaces That Support You
Environment SupportTell us what is not working, let us observe what daily life is asking of your space, and we can help shape indoor and outdoor areas with less friction.
This may include bathroom or bedroom independence, sensory and regulation supports, play setup, movement needs, or small changes that help the home work better for everyone who lives there.
real-life fit ↷Prepared to Speak Up
Advocacy PreparationNavigating schools, providers, IEP meetings, 504 plans, referrals, waitlists, and other systems while carrying family life is a lot.
We can help you organize questions, notes, priorities, and next steps so you feel more prepared to advocate for your family.
real-life fit ↷A Steady Place to Begin
Consultation & PlanningA first conversation to understand what is happening, what feels hardest to hold, and what kind of support may fit your family.
Together, we can sort through routines, needs, questions, and possible next steps before deciding what care should look like.
real-life fit ↷Support That Fits
Personalized Care PlansA practical support plan shaped around your family’s routines, goals, strengths, capacity, and current needs.
This can include care priorities, communication preferences, routine supports, environmental adjustments, and next steps that help everyone stay oriented.
real-life fit ↷"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights."
Our Approach
Care Starts with Understanding
Childcare is only one thread in the larger weave of family support.
Families are whole systems shaped by relationships, routines, values, care, stress, and capacity. We begin by understanding the whole picture and then building care that fits your real family.
Whole-Family Lens
Every family member matters as an individual and is shaped by relationships, routines, home life, community, capacity, and need. We look at the whole picture so support can fit the actual family in front of us.
Adaptive for You
Life happens. Schedules shift, routines shift, needs shift, and family capacity changes. Our care is designed to move with your family, without shame, pressure, or extra hoops.
Rooted in Relationship
Trust is built over time, especially when support happens inside your home and family life. We show up with consistency, curiosity, respect, and honest communication so families can feel safe being real about what is hard.
Community through Care
Families are not meant to do this alone. Meaningful care includes connection, belonging, community resources, and relationships that help families feel supported beyond one conversation or one visit.
How We Start
Let’s Make It Work
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Reach Out
Send an email, schedule a 30 minute call, or fill out an inquiry form and let's go from there.
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Have a Conversation
You can start with whatever feels hardest, what is already working, what you have tried, or just what you wish felt easier.
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Choose Your own Adventure
Now we can look at both your needs and services offered and figure out together what would best help you.
An open and honest conversation
Cost of Care
Interwoven Family Care is private pay at this time. Cost is something we can talk through as soon as you want. You do not need a perfect plan before reaching out. We can talk about what would help, what feels realistic, and what options are worth exploring.
IFC is learning more about possible funding paths and family support resources. If you already receive services or support, you are welcome to ask whether there may be a connection.
Talking through care also means talking through what is sustainable for your family. That includes financially. The goal is to work with families openly in a way that is honest, practical, and clear.
Feeling ready?
Start with the inquiry form, schedule a call, or send an email.
About IFC
Built around real family life
Interwoven Family Care is made for the parts of family life that do not fit neatly into a preset service: routines, relationships, stress, capacity, values, chaos, and calm.
Care is shaped with families, not pushed onto them. The work begins with listening, documenting, noticing what you already do well, and building from there.
This work is for families needing practical, relationship-based help that respects the people who live there.
The goal is less stress and more room for you to enjoy time with your family.
Kind Words
Built on Trust
Bri has been a remarkable caregiver for both of my children, first when my oldest was a toddler and again years later with my younger child. She brings genuine warmth to families and is deeply invested in parent engagement. I have never seen someone connect with children the way she does.
One of my children is nonverbal and autistic, and Bri went above and beyond to connect with him through visual tools and his special interests. She is thorough, follows up with detailed care plans, and her expertise in child development shines through in every interaction. I trust her completely and highly recommend her holistic approach to anyone seeking exceptional child care and family support. I know any parent who walks through her door will feel the same trust and warmth we did.
Bri's holistic care for children, seeing and accepting them just as they are, is phenomenal. She has always shown up for our neurodivergent daughter with real presence and investment in our child's special interests and favorite activities. She brings the same warmth to the whole family and is a true partner in care.
Bri's reliability, strong background in early childhood education and child development, and excellent judgment are additional reasons we have always rested easy when our daughter has been in her care. I highly recommend her to families seeking child care or support, especially families with added layers of needs, including IEPs, 504s, diagnostic processes, and respite care. Our daughter adores Bri and always enjoys their time together.
Bri was an excellent caretaker for my child. She was patient and kind, and took my child's needs to heart. I wholeheartedly recommend her services.
About the Founder
Miss Bri
Little Bri, before she had language for being AuDHD. I know what it can mean to be a child who notices everything, feels deeply, and is still learning how to communicate. That kind of understanding is woven into how I care for children and families.
I'm Brianna (Bri) Waugh, founder of Interwoven Family Care. I built this work after more than a decade alongside children and families in early childhood centers, in-home care, and community programs.
Again and again, my work has brought me alongside children with higher support needs and families holding several kinds of complexity at once. I am comfortable in the thick of family life and am happy to jump in no matter the mess.
My background includes Reggio Emilia-inspired programs, Montessori, Head Start and Early Head Start, in-home care, and community-based family support. I lean towards play-based learning and relationship-centered practices and have deep respect for environments that encourage independence, curiosity, critical thinking, regulation, and belonging.
More than anything, I believe this work has to be specific to your family. I want you to reach out and talk with me, because your family's nuance matters. Your children, your household, your schedule, your worries, your values, and your hopes all shape what care should look like for you.
FAQs
Common Questions
Do you support more complex family needs?
Yes. This is central to our work. We work with families navigating all kinds of complex needs, including Autism, ADHD, sensory needs, developmental differences, and more. Care is shaped through listening, observation, and respect for what each person and the household as a whole are already communicating, so support can grow from real life.
What does support look like?
Support is shaped around your family. It could be during the after-school stretch, when everyone is tired and still needs care, dinner, help winding down, and connection.
In those moments, we can bring another steady adult into your home: playing, helping with transitions, supporting feelings, noticing needs, folding laundry, loading dishes, organizing a space that is not working, or talking through what keeps feeling hardest.
We pay attention to your patterns, stress points, communication style, and what might help tomorrow feel a little smoother.
What does "adaptive" care mean?
Adaptive care means the shape of our work follows the shape of your life. We do not ask families to fit into a box. We build care around your real situation and adjust as your needs change.
What ages do you work with?
Birth through 18 is our specialty, but our work is with whole families. Care may include adult caregivers, siblings, and extended family. If you are wondering whether your situation fits, tell us about your household and what you're carrying. We'll talk together about what makes the most sense for you now.
What areas do you serve?
We are based in Tacoma, Washington, and work with families in communities throughout Pierce County. Not sure whether you're in range? Reach out and we'll figure it out together.
Is IFC therapy or clinical treatment?
No. We are not therapy, clinical treatment, legal representation, special education representation, formal case management, medical care, or crisis support. We offer practical, relationship-based family support and coaching that can help carry recommendations, routines, and everyday care into real life.