The children attend dinner and participate in child care while their guardians are in class. This parent-child participation in leadership enhances children's visions of their own potential to effect change. PLTI expands its circle of effect. Parent graduates serve as mentors for the next class of students. Parents participate, advise, speak and mentor other parents and programs seeking to work with parents as partners.
PLTI selection is parent-based.
Parents are selected on individual merit based on their application and interview. Some applicants are self-referred. Others are referred by PLTI graduates, religious institutions, schools or community agencies. The PLTI strengthens a diverse constituency of parents who can access and utilize community assets to meet parent-defined goals. California Illinois Kentucky Minnesota New York Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont PLTI was designed collaboratively with the American Leadership Forum, Leadership Greater Hartford and the Connecticut Commission on Children.