Early Childhood
Family Centers
Asylum Hill Family Center
Program
Description
The Asylum
Hill Family Center was designed by parents and community residents of
Asylum Hill as a vehicle to strengthen and empower families through family
literacy, as well as to enhance the ability of parents/caregivers to improve
the school readiness of their children. All of the programs, activities
and services that are developed for members of the Family Center are implemented
from one of the following categories.
Parent/Child
Interaction
•Dinner & A Story: Families participate in structured literacy
activities together, share a meal together and participate in "family
meeting" which is a purposeful discussion highlighting the activities
that occurred that evening.
•Pre-School
Play Yard: Preschoolers and their parents/caregivers participate in
creative enrichment activities.
•L'il Artist on the Move: Utilizes literacy through the arts (dancing,
drumming and singing) to encourage school readiness.
•What's Cookin' in Asylum Hill: Family Interaction using food preparation,
cooking and consuming together where cooking is viewed as a shared family
experience.
Family Center Café: An opportunity for families to engage
in literary expression in the comfort of family fun.
Parent
Support & Development
•Parent Empowerment Workshop Series: A 6-8 week series which provides
parents with increased skills to assist in their individual family development.
•Women's Empowerment Group: A counseling and educational group in
which the goal is to equip women with more skill sets to lead more empowered
lives to benefit themselves and their children.
Services to Supportive Housing
•Cathedral Green, a supportive housing facility, takes a community-based approach to service as each family is able to receive support from Catholic Charities Asylum Hill Family Center located several blocks away. Services provided to residents will include parenting skill building, advocacy/empowerment, job training and support, homeownership training, money management/budgeting classes, peer support groups, marital/couple counseling, group counseling, medical evaluations, individual counseling, and child support services.
Connecting
Families to the Community
•Family Chat: Provides families with workshops on community resources
and training on a variety of topics including parenting, health and nutrition,
HUSKY, child development, child care, money management, cultural diversity
and any other topic requested by parents.
Contact
Person
Tamara Moreland-Winters, Program Director
60 Gillett Street. Suite 101
Hartford, CT 06105
860-244-9944
Fax: 860-244-9943
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