Department: Missoula Measures
Missoula Measures - Family Resources
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What is a Family Advocate?
Family Advocates (FA) are trained family support workers who are
available to provide support for families. By providing information,
guidance and coordination in a variety of areas, we hope to promote
family strengths – empowering families to attain their goals concerning
self-esteem, self-reliance, and the creation of a positive and nurturing
home environment. Family Advocates are employed and supervised by the
Family BASICS program at Women's Opportunity Resource Department.
Family Advocates work to:
- Develop working relationships with school principals and staff
- Provide assistance to school staff in meeting the needs of the
students and their families
- Provide parents the opportunity to learn about child development
- Outreach to families regarding the FRC and services that are
available
- Work in the home with the parents and their preschool or school
age children on literacy and parenting issues
- Provide housing counseling services to those experiencing any
problems or needs
What is a Family Outreach Specialist?
The Family Outreach Specialist (FOS) is responsible for the
day-to-day operation of the Family Resource Center (FRC). The FOS
position is funded jointly by Title I and Family BASICS and is
supervised by both programs.
Family Outreach Specialists help students succeed in school.
They:
- Outreach to parents and teachers about FRC programs and activities
- Facilitate parent involvement and volunteerism in the school
- Advertise and promote the Center’s activities
- Produce a monthly newsletter and calendar
- Participate in the school’s "Welcome Wagon" visit to new
families at school
- Recruit a Parent Advisory Board
- Act as a liaison between school and parents as well as the
community and the school in an effort to promote and maintain
positive family/school/community partnerships
- Help parents understand how their children are working to learn
reading and math
What is a Title I Parent Mentor?
Parent Mentors are parent volunteers who act as a liaison between the
Title I teachers and parents. They use the Family Resource Center as
their base of operations. They are school volunteers supervised by Title
I.
Parent Mentors may:
- Attend planning meetings
- Help Family Outreach Specialists mail notices of activities to
Title I parents
- Attend Title I Advisory meetings
- Work with the Title I Teachers to involve parents
- Call Title I parents to explain the program
- Conduct literacy home visits with a Family Advocate
- Attend literacy luncheons and activities at their FRC (FRC =
Family Resource Center)
- Attend parenting classes sponsored through the FRC
- Work with the Family Advocate on Home Visitation packets
- Help in FRC during Kindergarten Round-Up
CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL'S FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
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