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American Family Insurance: 2023 AmFam Champ raises more than $2.4 million; highest charitable impact in event history
Families and Schools Together, Inc. is honored to be a recipient of a $2500 grant from the American Family Insurance Steve Stricker Foundation and one of the organizations highlighted in the official press release, published Dec. 20, 2023. Read more: https://newsroom.amfam.com/2023-amfam-champ-raises-more-than-24-million-highest-charitable-impact-in-event-history/ READ MORE →
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Goodman Community Center: Community Chat with Letesha: JEDI Masters
The Goodman Community Center hosted a panel of local leaders on Dec. 12, 2023, to discuss justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, featuring FAST Executive Director Nicole Lopez Purkapile. Check out the blog post recapping the event: https://www.goodmancenter.org/blog/community-chat-with-letesha-jedi-masters READ MORE →
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Goodman Community Center: Life in the ‘FAST’ Lane
The Goodman Community Center featured the FAST® Program in their blog post: Life in the ‘FAST’ Lane: Families and Schools Together helps parents build a community of support and connect with their kids” by Amie Hoag, published on Sept. 6, 2022. Check it out! READ MORE →
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Global Family Research Project: New Study Confirms Benefits of Connecting Parents with Each Other to Build Social Capital
The Global Family Research Project’s featured the FAST® Program in their blog post: New Study Confirms Benefits of Connecting Parents with Each Other to Build Social Capital: Structured, school-based events improve parent network quality and could be especially helpful for Latinx families by GFRP Staff, published on Feb. 25, 2021. View/download the PDF version. READ MORE →
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Center for the Study of Social Policy: Making the Link (with the Strengthening Families framework)
The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) featured the FAST® Program in their Making the Link series, connecting the program to the Strengthening Families™ framework. Strengthening Families is a “research-informed approach” that strives to make a positive difference in the lives of children and families by building five protective factors: Parental resilience Social connections Knowledge of parenting… READ MORE →
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OJJDP Bulletin: Families and Schools Together – Building Relationships (1999)
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) featured the FAST® Program in its November 1999 bulletin, written by Lynn McDonald and Heather Frey. The OJJDP also published a fact sheet by Lynn McDonald and Deborah Howard in December 1998. READ MORE →
