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National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement

Family Engagement is Everybody's Business

Welcome to the National Center on Parent, Family and Community Engagement (NCPFCE).  We are jointly administered by the Office of Head Start (OHS) and the Office of Child Care (OCC). NCPFCE supports family well-being, effective family and community engagement, and children’s school readiness. We are a consortium of partners including the Brazelton Touchpoints Center (lead), Child Care Aware of America, Inc., Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Child Trends.

State-Level Professionals and Training and Technical Assistance Providers can explore NCPFCE resources to build knowledge and strengthen practices of early childhood professionals.  Our resource topics include:

  • Family Engagement
  • Family Engagement and Systems Building
  • Consumer Engagement and Consumer Education
  • Family Engagement and Child Development
  • Father Engagement

Looking for additional resources? Check out NCPFCE on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center. Find resources related to family engagement, building relationships with families, child development and early learning, and using data to measure family progress.

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The research-based Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework for Early Childhood Systems is a guide to understanding the collaborative relationship between parents and early childhood systems, programs, providers, family caregivers, and community service providers to promote positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities  For State-Level Professionals and Training and Technical Assistance Providers.

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The Consumer Engagement: Orientation for Early Childhood and School-Age Care & Education Professionals introduces a vision for engaging families as consumers of early childhood and school-age care and education services and explains how this vision relates to consumer education and family engagement.  For State-Level Professionals and Training and Technical Assistance Providers.

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Explore the Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness: Interactive Learning Series for Early Childhood Professionals to enhance your knowledge around family homelessness. Review other relevant federal regulations for Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)-subsidized programs. For State-Level Professionals, Training and Technical Assistance Providers, and Direct-Child Serving Practitioners.

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Use the Consumer Education Websites: A Guide to Creating a Family-Friendly Experience to create or enhance a family-friendly consumer education website.  For State-Level Professionals and Training and Technical Assistance Providers. 

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Display the Celebrating What Fathers Do Every Day: Wall Posters to create an environment fathers will want to be a part of by considering what they see, hear, and feel when they walk into your program. For  State-Level Professionals, Training and Technical Assistance Providers, and Direct-Child Serving Practitioners.

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Explore Consumer Engagement: Using Social Media to Engage Families to learn more about how to use social media to partner with families to support their children’s learning and development.

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Explore Consumer Engagement: Strategies for Engaging Families to learn more about engaging parents as consumers in plans, processes, and programs that are part of an agency’s everyday responsibilities.

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The Relationship-based Competencies to Support Family Engagement series consist of four resources describing knowledge, skills, and individual practices that professionals need to effectively engage families.

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Consumer Engagement: Using Social Media to Engage Families

Explore this resource to learn more about how to use social media to partner with families to support their children’s learning and development....

Consumer Engagement: Strategies for Engaging Families

State, Territory, and Tribal child care administrators and others may use this resource to support consumer education and family engagement. Explore the strategies to promote consumer engagement in line with the vision presented in Consumer Engagement: Orientation for Early Childhood and School-...

Supporting Family Engagement Implementation in Early Childhood and School-Age Child Care Settings

Explore this brief to learn about a set of resources designed to help build knowledge and strengthen practices for implementing family engagement. They may be used to support professional development for early childhood and school-age care and education professionals.

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Supporting State and Territory Efforts To Reduce Suspension and Expulsion

This resource was presented as part of the impact sessions at STAM 2018.

Digital Tools for Engaging Parents to Support Children’s Learning

In these guides created for early childhood professionals, explore digital tools designed to encourage parents to talk with their infants and children. Share these tools with parents, along with tips and information about talking with their young children. Parents’ early conversations with their...

Relationship-Based Competencies to Support Family Engagement Series

Explore the Relationship-Based Competencies to Support Family Engagement Series to learn more about the knowledge, skills, and individual practices that early childhood professionals need to engage families effectively in positive, goal-oriented relationships. These...

Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework for Early Childhood Systems

Family engagement is essential to high-quality services for all children in early childhood care and education. From the beginning of life, families nurture their children and the capacities they will need to be ready for school.

The research-based Parent, Family, and Community...

Celebrating What Fathers Do Every Day: Wall Posters

Father-friendly environments can help create chances for engagement. Create an environment fathers will want to be a part of by considering what they see, hear, and feel when they walk into your program. Display these...

Consumer Engagement: Orientation for Early Childhood and School-Age Care & Education Professionals

This resource introduces a vision for engaging families as consumers of early childhood and school-age care and education services and explains how this vision relates to consumer education and family engagement. state, territory, and tribal administrators and other early childhood and school-...

Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness: An Interactive Learning Series for Early Childhood Professionals

Enhance your knowledge around family homelessness and the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act's definition of "homeless" as it refers to children and youth. Review other relevant federal...

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