Even Start Family Literacy Programs The stronger the start the better the finish
What is the Even Start Family Literacy Program?
Even Start is a federally funded program that integrates adult education, parenting education, and early childhood education into a comprehensive family literacy program designed to break the cycle of poverty, dependence and low literacy. Event Start programs offer educational services to parents and children from birth to age eight. Families are selected for participation in Even Start based on their level of economic and educational needs and their willingness to agree to engage in program activities and complete their service plans. Even Start builds on existing high quality adult, early childhood, and parenting services to provide family centered programming of sufficient duration and intensity to support educational accomplishments and promote educational and family readiness to achieve economic independence.
How Does Even Start Work?
Even Start provides comprehensive education services to improve children's academic success and increase parent's economic opportunities by:
- helping children to reach their full potential as learners
- providing adult education for parents
- helping parents to become full partners in their children's education
Program services are designed to build on existing community resources to offer educational and support services that help parents and children learn and succeed together.
The following Even Start program services are integrated, distinguishing Even Start from other educational programs.
- Adult Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Parenting
- Interactive Literacy Activities
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