Family literacy is a family education model which helps break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities of families.
Family literacy builds on the strengths and addresses the needs of parents and their children.
The Massachusetts Family Literacy Consortium defines family literacy as coordinated learning among different generations in the same family which helps both adults and children reach their full personal, social, and economic potential. Many family literacy models exist, ranging from simple family literacy activities such as parents and children reading together to comprehensive family literacy programs. In Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Family Network, Adult and Community Learning Services , Title I, libraries, and private funders provide family literacy programs.