Success By 6: Supporting Families

Goal:  “All parents and guardians of children in our community have the skills and resources needed to ensure that their children are safe, healthy, nurtured and prepared to succeed in school.”

The most important influence in the development of young children is their families.  We work to support families’ efforts to ensure success for their children in two ways.  First, we want all families to fully understand the critical role they play as their child’s first and best teacher.  Second, we want families to have the skills and resources necessary to successfully fulfill that role as first teacher.  When families have the knowledge, skills, and resources required to engage as their child’s first and best teacher, they become the most successful strategy for ensuring that children are prepared to enter kindergarten.

Early Literacy Project

The Early Literacy Project is an effort designed to help boost the nurturing, reading experiences of very young children in our community. Through partnerships with home visitation programs, parents are encouraged to read to their children every day. In addition, families receive a series of five books to help establish their home libraries. Over the past year, the number of families reading to their children everyday has increased over 20%.

This project is conducted in partnership with:

• Jefferson County,Kentucky: Healthy Start, HANDS/Louisville Metro Health Department & HANDS/Family & Children First
• Clark County,Indiana: Healthy Families/New Hope Services
• Shelby County, Kentucky:  HANDS and Migrant Education Even Start

Born Learning

Everyday life is a learning experience for children. Born Learning is a public engagement campaign that helps parents, grandparents, and caregivers explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities.

Supporting Families Tools and Resources

For more information about supporting families as well as other early childhood resources, click here.