Family Life Education, Inc.
Family Life Education works with youth and families to build a healthy community, strengthen families and promote the well-being of children and youth through education, outreach and support services. Family Life helps impoverished youth and parents return to school, improve their parenting skills, complete their education, and find employment so they can achieve a positive life for themselves and their children.
Description:
Since 1987 Family Life has been working with youth and parents in Hartford and surrounding towns to accomplish the following goals:
Goal 1) To successfully engage youth and families to work in partnership toward established goals.
Objective: To provide long-term support, guidance, and direction through Intensive Individual/ Family Case Management Services: home visiting; direct service; advocacy; positive role modeling; supportive counseling; crisis intervention and referral to help participants set and achieve educational/ career goals, meet basic needs and successfully deal with life crises while creating a positive plan for long-term success.
Goal 2) To provide opportunities for youth and families to learn and practice healthy lifestyles and community involvement.
Objective: To provide Peer Support Groups and Education in which participants develop life and leadership skills; learn positive parenting, English and computer skills; address substance abuse and family violence; and explore cultural heritage, value systems and strengths as individuals and as members of a larger community.
Goal 3): To support the healthy growth and development of young children.
Objective: Through both group and individual work, parents will be guided in screening for early childhood delays, learning and accessing proper well-child care, preventing child abuse and neglect and preparing their children for success in school.
Annually the program serves over 400 at-risk youth, pregnant and parenting teens, parents and more than 400 children. Each year the program celebrates their successes: returning to school, improving English and parenting skills, graduation from high school, GED programs, training programs and college.
There are three program areas of
Family Services: Teen and Young Parent Support, the Parkville Family Center and Nurturing Families home visiting/ Nurturing Parenting classes.
History:
Family Life Education was established in 1987 as a community-based program for youth and families, including teen and young parents, and their children in response to a census conducted in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford that revealed a very large number of single, teenage mothers, primarily Hispanic, living in impoverished conditions and without adequate services for themselves or their children. The program was designed with input from several young mothers and continues to seek participant input in program design. In 1988, the program incorporated as a private non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. Since 1990 the agency has been located at 39 Grace Street in the former Our Lady of Sorrows School building with several large rooms for programming including an adult learning classroom with 4 computers; two well-equipped childcare rooms with dramatic play, block area, art/science area, infant area and reading/group area; and a kitchen for family cooking sessions. One of the childcare rooms has equipment for gross motor activities including children's ride-on toys, large balls and a climbing gym.
Contact person: Juliany Polar, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Main office number:
(860) 231-7744Office fax number: (860) 236-6721
Address:
Web Site: http://www.familylifeedu.org
Directions:
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From I-91 North or South or 84 West:
Take 84 West to Sisson Ave Exit. At the light take a left onto Sisson Avenue. Go through 2 sets of lights (the second light will be at Park St.- go through that. . . (more)
Nearest Bus Stop: Park Street 31 or 33, 5 minute walk
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| Last updated on November 10, 2009 |
