Welcome
Families and Schools Together®
Is a nonprofit agency that designs and distributes family strengthening
and parent involvement programs to help kids succeed in school and in
life. FAST, Our award-winning programs help families all across the
world improve parenting skills and connect families to their schools.
Though FAST was founded in the US, it brings together local support
resources to build protective factors around kids which has allowed
for the FAST program to run successfully in 48 states and eight
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Programs
| Baby FAST™ | Pre-K FAST™ | |
| Kids FAST™ | Middle School FAST™ | |
| Teen FAST™ |

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FAST is a social work program that is evidence based and values based
FAST was founded by Dr. Lynn McDonald, professor of social work, as a
package which could be implemented by parents working alongside
professionals to increase child well being, parent involvement in school,
and social capital. FAST is recognized for its ability to engage parents.
80% of parents that come once graduate and are empowered to run their
monthly meetings FAST is based on community organizing strategies.
Title 1 funds may be used to support FAST if the needs determined by the
school include strengthening connections between families and the school
Events |
22nd Annual At-Risk Youth National Forum
February 14 - February 17, 2010
Beyond School Hours XIII: Expanding Foundations for Learning
February 17 - February 20, 2010
News |
UK FAST Program Featured on Teacher TV
A primary school in Liverpool trials the Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme, to see how links between communities and schools can affect children's welfare and education.
Appleseed Parent Involvement Documents for the National Family, School, and Community Engagement Working Group
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Success Stories
Baby FAST Success in Wilmington, NC
The clearest success story that came out of the most recent cycle was the relationship that formed between two of the young moms.





















