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Families Change &
Kids Need to be Safe Children's Books
Early Childhood and Family Services helped 1,305 at-risk children and family members in Ramsey County build better lives by developing children's strengthens for success in school and in life and parents' abilities to increase family health and stability. In all of our early childhood and family services, staff helped families identify strengths and areas of need, develop a family support plan and assist families in meeting their children's needs.
- 98% of the children enrolled in Families Together for at least six months improved their rate of development in one or more areas (physical, cognitive, speech and language, and social-emotional)
- 100% of parents used three or more new community resources, increasing support systems to meet their child's basic needs.
- 100% of children had their medical needs met by discharge from the Families Together Program.
- Families Together is the only therapeutic preschool and home visiting program in Ramsey County for children in poverty who are abused or neglected.
- We have been able to increase our capacity overall to 80 children
in classroom-based services and 248 through home-based services, moving
us significantly toward our goal of having serving at least half of
Ramsey County's at risk children.
Download the 2006 - 2007 Families Together Program's School Year Report
Return On Investment
Longitudinal research shows that for every dollar invested in highly effective preschool programs there is $17 in long-term benefits, including increased educational attainment and earnings, along with reduction in special education, social services and criminal justice costs. Families Together has demonstrated its effectiveness over 16 years and its major components quality it as a best practices, quality early childhood program.
TANF Home Visiting Study Outcomes
Information about this study is available in our Frogtown Family Connections section.