Family Literacy

The term "family literacy services" means services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of sufficient duration to make sustainable changes in a family and that integrate all of the following activities:

1. Interactive literacy activities between parents and their children
2. Training for parents regarding how to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners in the education of their children
3. Parent literacy training that leads to economic self- sufficiency
4. An age-appropriate education to prepare children for success in school and life experiences.

(Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the Workforce Investment Act), Even Start, Head Start, and the Reading Excellence Act)

The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
http://www.famlit.org/

To learn more about Family Literacy in Florida Contact
http://www.justreadfamilies.org/

The NCFL developed and supports the national family literacy model, which integrates adult education instruction, early childhood education, parent and child together time, and parent groups into one comprehensive program. The NCFL targets:

• Children aged birth through high school
• Teenage parents
• Adults

The mission of the NCFL is to:

"Provide leadership for the field of family literacy; promote policies at the national and state levels to support family literacy; design, develop and demonstrate new family literacy practices for replication; deliver high quality, dynamic, research-based training, staff development and technical assistance; and, conduct research to expand the knowledge base of family literacy."