family-support

The Partnership for Children is committed to helping families do their best. The programs we fund give families the opportunity to:

  • Learn more about their child’s development
  • Improve their parenting skills
  • Promote family literacy
  • Find resources for their child’s needs
  • Help their child get prepared for kindergarten

To support our goal that all children enter school ready to succeed, we fund one program model called Parents as Teachers that can be adapted to each community and family. All of these services are available in Spanish.

Parents as Teachers

Parents as Teachers is a home-based family literacy model that serves families with children age 1-4. Program coordinators conduct home visits with parents to improve parenting skills so parents can teach their own children the skills they need. Other services offered include parent education meetings, weekly group sessions for parents and children to attend together, and monthly pre-K parent education meetings. Coordinators work one on one with the parent and the child in the home. Developmental assessments are conducted, and parents are referred to services. In some communities, the program also assists parents in furthering their own education by offering GED, English as a Second Language classes or computer classes.

Each community’s program coordinator is certified or working toward certification in the Parents as Teachers curriculum in either English or Spanish, or both, and staffs their local Partnership for Children advisory committee. Listed below is each community’s program coordinator, with the location for that program listed in parentheses:

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