Provide community resources to reduce isolation and stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nParent Resource Center<\/h2>\n
Families can meet with our parent coordinator in our Parent Resource Center to find support and services. The center is open throughout the school day for families to have access to donated items, learn how to become more involved, and help us maintain and beautify our building.<\/p>\n
Project RETURN<\/h2>\n
Project RETURN supports our families by helping individuals overcome barriers created by incarceration. This program helps participants make a successful, positive, and permanent return to their families and our community. Project RETURN services include employment assistance, housing placement, addiction counseling, and group support.<\/p>\n
Strong Baby Sanctuary<\/h2>\n
Strong Baby Sanctuary by Hephatha Lutheran Church is a well-baby and parenting-skills program for new and expectant mothers. It\u2019s also for families with children younger than 12 months. Participants hear from guest speakers and learn how to take care of their infants. Strong Baby Sanctuary provides diapers, formula, clothes, bottles, and other key supplies. Participants also receive water-filtering pitchers and filters so their children are not exposed to lead in tap water.<\/p>\n
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Families & Schools Together (FAST) Families and Schools Together (FAST) is an internationally acclaimed, evidence-based family engagement program. FAST supports and empowers families, guides school staff, and promotes well-being for students and staff to help create a welcoming environment at Hopkins Lloyd. The program is designed to: Strengthen family relationships, Improve family engagement, Enable caregivers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Family Leadership Organization<\/h2>\r\nThe Hopkins Lloyd Community School Family Leadership Organization (FLO) is co-facilitated by our Community School Coordinator. FLO meetings allow HLCS family members to gather in a structured environment to discuss issues and successes here at Hopkins Lloyd. Our Community Schools partnership creates safe, welcoming spaces for organizing and practicing family-centered engagement strategies, and our Family Leadership Organization meets consistently with clear agendas that are led by family leaders to ensure family voices are included in school-based decisions.\r\nParent Resource Center<\/h2>\r\nHopkins Lloyd Community School\u2019s Parent Resource Center is a place where families can go to meet with our HLCS Parent Coordinator and find other supportive services. The Parent Resource Room is open throughout the school day to give family members ready access to all of the assets we have as a Community School, to help maintain and decorate our building, and to learn other ways they can become more involved here at Hopkins Lloyd.\r\nFAST (Families & Schools Together)<\/h2>\r\nThe FAST\u00ae Program was developed in 1988 by Dr. Lynn McDonald, a professor of social work and education researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to promote and nurture the potential of every child. FAST supports and empowers our parents, and trains our school staff to partner with our families in support of their child\u2019s education and overall well-being, creating a welcoming environment for all families.\r\nStrong Baby Sanctuary<\/h2>\r\nAlso known as Blanket of Love, Strong Baby Sanctuary came to HLCS from Hephatha Lutheran Church. The Strong Baby Sanctuary is a well-baby and parenting-skills program for new and expectant mothers, and families with children under the age of 12 months. Strong Baby Sanctuary holds meetings four times a month, including one here at Hopkins Lloyd on the third\u202fTuesday of each month. Participants hear from guest speakers and learn how to properly take care of their newborn or infant. Strong Baby Sanctuary also provides diapers, formula, clothes, bottles and other critical supplies parents may need. Through a partnership with Coalition on Lead Emergency, participants also receive water filtering pitchers and filters so their children are not exposed to lead.\r\nProject RETURN<\/h2>\r\nProject RETURN supports our HLCS families by helping them to overcome barriers created by incarceration, and to make a successful, positive and permanent return to their family and our community. Project RETURN offers multiple services to help family members based on their individual needs, including:\r\n\r\n \t- Employment Services<\/strong> \u2014 Finding stable employment is a top priority for people returning from incarceration. Project RETURN helps with creating resumes, searching for jobs, preparing for interviews, dressing appropriately, job training, transportation and more.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Counseling<\/strong> \u2014 Project RETURN offers three AODA support groups on a weekly basis. Individuals can be referred into the program by the Department of Corrections or refer themselves.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Housing<\/strong> \u2014 Too many people are released from incarceration only to find out they have nowhere to call home. Project RETURN works with landlords to open up housing opportunities to their clients.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Circles of Support<\/strong> \u2014 The Circles of Support program is proven to reduce a return to criminal behavior. Circles of Support are small groups that meet regularly to create a stable support network for individuals returning from incarceration. Members of each circle include formerly incarcerated people, a trained circle keeper and community volunteers. Through a structured process, circle members grow with and learn from each other, and help their community heal from trauma created by poverty, crime and the impact of incarceration. Learn more about individual circles here.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5384\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mps.school\/hopkins-lloyd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}