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The Perfect Gift PDF Print E-mail

Still shopping for the perfect gift?

 

How about the gift of literacy?    looking at books

 

Or the gift of good parenting?

 

girl looking quizzicalOr the gift of a positive future?

 

By supporting Family Life Education you will bring these gifts into the lives of children, youth and families in greater Hartford.

You can also honor those you love with a gift and we will be glad to send a notecard created by one of the children whose lives you have touched.

And thank you in advance for your gift.

 
Come Join Our Team to Transform Lives PDF Print E-mail

FLE is seeking a highly motivated individual as the Youth Services Coordinator .

This person will oversee and implement programming for teen and young parents, prevention programming for youth and related research.

Services include home visiting, case management and educational groups and activities.

 

Click here for the job description and if interested please email your resume to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or mail it to:

Family Life Education
30 Arbor Street, South, Suite 102
Hartford, CT 06106

 
From Scotland with love PDF Print E-mail

“We were 11 and 8 and we were left with nothing but the clothes we were wearing- pajamas and coats- not good coats just regular old ones. But people gave to us- they were so generous- and that is why we give back,” said Sister Norah Foley, now 84, as she delivered gorgeous hand-made hats, scarves and baby blankets for the children of Family Life Education.

 

Sister Norah Foley and her sister Rosemary McCloud lived in Clydebank, Scotland, a little town, but one in which ships were built. For two nights in 1941,

 

knit items and little girlLittle boy with knit caplittle girl with knit cap

 

 

 

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Gala 2011- Making the impossible POSSIBLE! PDF Print E-mail

Thank you for your support of the 2011 Gala, “A Place to Play, A Place to Grow, A Place of Hope.” We again exceeded the previous record for numbers attending and funds raised- a portion of which will go towards the new Children’s Gym/Wellness Center.

Children's Gym/Wellness Center 3D model

Please check out the event and find your photo!

This year Ashley, a current client, shared how she felt before she came to FLE: “All alone in the dark, can’t see, can’t hear, confused, and scared.  Is this the right path? Do I turn around and just stop?”

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Lincoln Financial Foundation Supports Early Education and Family Literacy PDF Print E-mail

Mother, child and staff completing developmental questionnaire

Children are screened for developmental delays:

  • every two months until age 2
  • every three months until age 3, and
  • every six months until age 6

  • 44 children have been referred for early intervention- saving thousands of tax dollars from special education spending
    Parents learn how to help their children speak and read through early literacy and speech workshops like Lee y Seras (Read and You Will Become), Raising Readers and Let's Talk, It Makes a Difference.

This is the type of work supported by Lincoln Financial Foundation through their recent grant of $10,000.

One mother now participating in Lee y Seras says: My days were always boring. Then I remembered to go to Family Life Education- an educational program!...

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