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The Parent & Family Learning Center provides a continuum of services to support and guide families collaboratively through childhood and adolescence. Programing includes academic support, cultural activities, youth leadership development, and parenting support.
Stronger Families, Stronger Futures Program
The goal of Stronger Families, Stronger Futures is to see every family succeed and support every child to develop emotionally, socially, mentally, and physically strong. It is a holistic home visitation program that focuses on parent-child interaction, development centered parenting, and family well-being. The program approach is strengths-based, family-centered and trauma-informed to enhance the socioemotional, physical, and financial wellbeing of children and families.
The program target families with children from prenatal to age 5 residing in the Greater Hartford and East of the River region.
The program services include access to healthcare, mental health care, basic needs, health and nutrition education, child development screenings, positive parenting education, financial management and more.
After School Programming
The purpose of the After School Program is to improve academic achievement, provide opportunities for enrichment activities in a safe and healthy environment and encourage engage parents. Currently, afterschool programming is provided at Sánchez and Betances School in the City of Hartford. Our programs provide a safe environment where parents leave their children after school, and they receive creative opportunities that promote learning and civic engagement to connect children with their community.
Program Offerings Include:
- Academic Support/Tutoring: Academic and tutoring support is provided one-on-one and in small groups by certified teachers and paraprofessionals.
- Health and wellness: Nutrition education and physical activities are provided to encourage children and youth to maintain and improve their health, reduce health-related risk behaviors and develop health-related knowledge and skills.
- Enrichment activities: Enrichment activities include art, music and dancing, sports, literacy projects, leadership training and social and emotional skills building.
- Civic engagement: Community services projects are developed by the students and their parents based on identified needs in the community. Those projects are accomplished with the assistance of program staff.
- Parent Engagement: Parents are encouraged to participate in all afterschool activities. Workshops are conducted monthly covering topics identified by them. Parents and staff meet regularly to discuss children’s success plans and academic performance.
Family Resource Center
The program goal is to ensure children enter school ready to learn and thrive. The program provides intensive early child development education and support to parents. Program activities are delivered by certified parent educators (certified by Parent as Teachers).
The services include family risk assessments, parent workshops, parent networking meetings, child development screenings, play groups, technical assistance with obtaining community services, and other advocated referrals. In addition, child milestone screenings are conducted. The program targets families with children from birth to five years of age.
Summer Camp
A five-week summer camp is conducted during summer school vacation. The program offers fun, and safe camp activities where children make friends and share memories that last a lifetime. The summer camp provides academic enrichment and opportunities to enjoy fun and creative activities.
The camp offers a wide variety of daily activities, including:
- Health and Nutrition education activities
- Arts and crafts
- Music and Dance
- Sports and Field Trips
Neighborhood Youth Center Leadership Program
This program builds leaders through youth leadership training, mentoring and community services. It includes “junior leaders” in 4th and 5th grades, and “senior leaders” in older grades, middle and high school students. Tutoring is also provided. Leaders meet once per week to decide on upcoming events, afterschool programming, advocating, and planning community service projects.