We try to be there and support parents as their children's first teachers. Gradually, she began to share her parenting concerns and her fears from being in an abusive relationship. After discussions with the parent educator and the FRC family therapist, she was able to leave the dangerous relationship, move, and send her child to the on-site preschool program. Her two older children participate in FRC's positive youth development programs. M also helps translate FRC promotional documents into Spanish.
Neighborhoods can change.
Collaboration like this requires time and patience to establish effective communication and trust. It is not a fast or easy process, and the value of cooperation must be affirmed continuously. CA A task force of 28 residents, agency heads, officials, students, and faculty meet, visit community leaders, and travel to other communities for ideas and training. One project was to work with a neighborhood association in an area troubled by gang violence, drugs, graffiti, and a decline in vital community. The task force set up a Neighborhood Watch, organized clean-up teams, and established youth programs.