• high incidence of young, single mothers
• poor communication between school/home
• parents lack HS diplomas and/or basic skills

Validated Programs (8)
Buffalo Parent Center
Cooperative Communication Between Home/School
Dial-A-Teacher
EPIC/Growing and Learning Together
FLAG (Family Learning Across Generations)
Parents and Children Together (PACT)
Parent Peer Trainer Program
Project PATCH

Promising Practices (3)
Barnard Early Childhood Center (EC2)
Family Math
Parent Education Program (PEP)

Programs with Results-Based Research Information (1)
The results-based research information available on these programs is comparable to the Sharing Success standards for Validation or Promising Practices.
Preparing for the Drug Free Years

Other Recognition Systems (2)
Nationally Validated Programs: Early Childhood/Parent Involvement
What Works in Urban Education: Parent Involvement

The Balanced View
Early Childhood Education (Part 1),     (Part 2)