Q&A
Council member inquires about Family Enrichment Center outreach strategies
0:24:55
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Councilmember Althea V. Stevens questions ACS officials about outreach strategies for Family Enrichment Centers (FECs). Deputy Commissioner Liz Wolkomir explains the various methods used to promote FECs and attract participants.
- ACS website provides information about FECs
- Community-based organizations with deep local roots conduct powerful outreach
- Parent advisory councils help with outreach and bringing in isolated families
- Programming and offerings are designed to attract new families
Althea V. Stevens
0:24:55
What does outreach look what does outreach look like for the FECs?
Liz Wolkomir
0:24:58
So each FEC, so we have on our own website access to information around the family enrichment centers.
0:25:05
And as the commissioner mentioned, we do a lot of work with partners in the city to make sure that they're aware that there are family enrichment centers in their respective neighborhoods.
0:25:13
The most powerful outreach that happens happens through the community based organizations because part of the reason that they were selected through, the competitive procurement process is that they've got deep roots in the community already.
0:25:25
So a lot of, work that looks like programming our offerings is also intended to bring new families in the door.
0:25:33
And each family enrichment center builds a parent advisory council of local community members that are also responsible for galvanizing outreach and bringing families, especially those that might be more isolated in community, into the center.
