Family Resource Center

Youth development: game plan for success, a program of family resource center, supports middle school and high school age youth. Family resource center coaches and supports youth by implementing why try lessons. Why try is a nationally known, evidence-based program composed of weekly meetings of teens in which they learn valuable, healthy life skills. The goal of both of these programs is to raise graduation rates. Secondary goals are career exploration, relationship and leadership skill building, opportunities to plan and implement a community project and promoting volunteerism. 632 students were served in the youth development programs.

Parent education: family resource center provides incredible years, first five years, nurturing parenting and nurturing fathers parenting classes. Each class enrolls 25-30 parents. Each class is supported by a meal and child care at no cost to the participant. Community churches donate and serve meals for some sessions and staff prepare meals for others. Skilled child care providers are hired from a pool of preschool teachers, private child care providers, and college students. A secondary outcome from these classes is the development of networks among parents, some of which result in groups of parents continuing to support each other and take part in family activities as a group long after their class ends. The parent education programs served 180 parents.