Partners

WCER: Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Families and Schools Together has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with WCER, the acclaimed University of Wisconsin research facility for education science.  Over the years, WCER has provided much needed research resources that have contributed to FAST's status as a premier evidence-based process for improving family function.  From its facilities in Madison, Wisconsin, WCER provides longitudinal studies and supports peer-reviewed randomized control trials that allow us to be certain of our program's efficacy.

WCER web site

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.

Smart Start North Carolina

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.

Education World

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.

G.R.E.A.T. web site

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

FAST San Antonio