Family and Community Engagement
The Family & Community Engagement Program is devoted in its mission to empower parents giving them the tools needed to ensure that the family – Parent(s) is the primary educators of their child/ren. Services provided are: parenting skills; advocacy building; financial literacy development; education attainment; job skills development; and parents as community engagement. How do we do this? Through the Parent Family Community Engagement Frame work. Working with each parent/family from a tailored, individualized plan, parents/families develop skills in:
- Family Well-Being
- Positive Parent/Child Relationships
- Families as Lifelong Educators
- Families as Learners
- Family Engagement in Transition
- Family Connections to Peers and Community
- Families as Advocates and Leaders
Attaining these skills are built around one central theme, “SCHOOL READINESS” for children!
For more information contact:
Howard Stewart, Family and Community Engagement Director
Melisa Harris, Family Engagement Coordinator
Parent Handbook
The Friends of Children of Mississippi, Inc. Parent Handbook outlines parent rights and responsibilities, transportation policies and procedures, and a framework for successful communication between parents and the Head Start/Early Head Start program. The following links are to PDF versions of the handbook in both English and Spanish. You will need Acrobat Reader to open and print the files: