Focus Area: Early Childhood

Grant Amount: $8,000

Based in Golden Valley, serving statewide. Established in 1910, JFCS provides a wide array of services to the Jewish and broader community. Each year, JFCS serves thousands in the community in the areas of aging services, career services, children and family services, community engagement, and counseling and mental health support services. Recognizing a need for a high-quality home visiting service, JFCS connected to a national model called ParentChild+, which provides intensive home visiting for families with children ages 2-4 that supports school readiness, parenting skills, and child development, and it is provided at no charge to participants.

Grant supports expanding JFCS’ ParentChild+ program serving children across English-, Somali-, and Spanish-speaking families in the metro area. The program provides twice-weekly home visits over 2 years. For the coming program year, JFCS will deliver ParentChild+ traditionally in person, with a virtual option available based on family preference.