Los Manos de Apa - Hands of my Father

Location: North America ,  United States
Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Duration: This project is no longer active.

 
The project will focus on increasing and enhancing father involvement and early literacy efforts in Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs within Latino communities. What are the project’s goals: Project results will include: (1) improved school readiness and school achievement for Latino children and (2) a widely disseminated (via web site, national presentations, pilot site and additional site models), strength-based, culturally and linguistically appropriate best practice model for supporting Latino fathers in their important role as the primary language and literacy educator for their children.
 

Topics: HIV/AIDS
Approaches: Partnerships,  Training

Contact: Sharon Yandian

 

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