MOBILE OUTREACH PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM | EASTERN SUFFOLK BOCES

Offers a model of the Parent Child Home Program which is essentially the same as the home-based Parent - Child Home Program except that the recipients of the program are homeless families. The program is designed to stimulate the development of educationally at-risk Pre-K children. Trained home visitors demonstrate to parents/caregivers how to talk and read to their two and three year old children while staying in temporary housing. They give developmentally appropriate books and toys to each family. Home visitors provide consistent service to children and families for 2 – 3 years. This family literacy program is delivered to homeless children ages 18 months to 4 years old and their parents. It provides on-going educational services for each family with the same home-visitor for 2 – 3 years. Children who complete the Parent Child Home Program enter school ready to learn and graduate from high school at the same rate as middle-income students. Call for more detailed information.