Partners
WCER: Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Families and Schools Together has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with WCER, the acclaimed
Communities in Schools
CIS partners with us to advance the cause of children in America to make smart, healthy choices in life, and to prepare them for success in life. CIS has managed a number of successful projects with Families and Schools Together Inc. and together we continue to make a big difference in the lives of children.
- Mental Health Counseling that places county, municipal and private mental health specialists directly in the school.
- Family strengthening Initiatives such as the nationally acclaimed FAST program, distributed by Families and Schools Together Inc., helping children and families stay strong and resilient.
- Drug and Alcohol Education with a proven track record, involving national and local programs.
- Physical and Dental Exams, Eye Care and Immunizations from volunteer doctors, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists and optometrists in private practice, from the Vision Service Plan's "Sight for Students," and from county and municipal hospitals.
- Help for Teen Parents so young parents and their children have a healthy start, providing access to day-care facilities, pediatricians and visiting nurses.
North Carolina Partnership for Kids
NC partnership for Kids a Smart Start project is a FAST partner! We are working together to help young mothers with infant children across the state develop parent-child bonds and learn to nurture healthy babies and strong families.
Learning Point (NCREL)
Learning Point Associates is a nonprofit educational organization with more than 20 years of direct experience working with and for educators and policymakers to transform education systems and student learning. Our vision is an education system that works for all learners, and our mission is to deliver the knowledge, strategies, and results to help educators make research-based decisions that produce sustained improvement. North Central Regional Educational Laboratories is a project of Learning Point.
Families and Schools Together is a nonprofit organization that produces and distributed award-winning, research-based education-support programs that help kids succeed in school and in life. We want to help make kids safe, healthy and wise.
Education World
Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom. With 98 percent of the nation's public schools connected to the Internet, the need for a complete online educational guide is evident.
Education World's parent company is EDmin.com. EDmin.com is a leading provider of learning management solutions. The company provides a wide range of sophisticated and comprehensive services and Web-based solutions for
- helping districts meet the aggregate and disaggregated reporting mandates of No Child Left Behind (NCLB);
- managing student performance to improve learning;
- delivering content-rich instructional resources;
- supporting technology-use planning;
- promoting professional development in performance-knowledge management;
- aligning financial analyses with learning outcomes; and
- assisting in policymaking, E-Rate/grant applications, and engineering projects.
G.R.E.A.T.
FAST and G.R.E.A.T. have collaborated to bring gang resistance initiatives to children. Our missions share the goal of protecting our nation's youth through the strengthening of community and school relationships. Keeping kids safe involves much more than educating them about gangs and violence. Children must be accountable to caring adults, primarily parents, who are critical in the critical role of being the primary protective agents for their own children. Schools, police, and community supports must actively reach out to those who continue to be at risk.
Family Service Association: San Antonio, TX
FAST has been strengthening families in San Antonio since 1993. Today, FSa of San Antonio delivers the FAST program in over 18 elementary schools, 6 middle schools and 3 Head Start centers in Bexar County, as well as families and 9 schools in Uvalde and Zavala Counties. In a collaborative regional effort, FAST focuses on all children, to help them prevent the risks of school failure and hazardous choices. The program instills values, parent-child bonds, healthy choices, and ways to connect kids and parents to their schools.
This year, over 5,500 children and their families will benefit from these FAST services:
- eight to ten-week family strengthening program
- two-year Phase II support group with monthly activities for the families
- individual and family counseling
- assessment and referral
- information and presentations on substance abuse issues
- anti-tobacco presentations for minors
- assessments and intervention counseling
