Websites

BOSTnet (Build the Out-of-School Time Network)
www.bostnet.org
BOSTnet provides help for parents and caregivers in finding after school
programs. BOSTnet, formerly Parents United for Childcare, is an
organization of low- and moderate-income parents, child care providers, and
other community residents committed to increasing the supply of quality,
affordable child care in Massachusetts.

Center for Parent Leadership
www.centerforparentleadership.org
CIPL is an initiative that trains and supports parent activists to help
improve achievement in their schools and to be advocates for statewide
reform in Kentucky. Their services consist mainly of large-scale
consulting, workshops and seminars, and publications.

EPIC—Every Person Influences Children
www.epicforchildren.org
EPIC is a national not-for-profit organization that provides effective
programs and resources for parents, teachers, and school administrators
that help adults raise responsible and academically successful children.

Family Literacy and Math
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These programs focused on helping parents of populations traditionally left
out of higher mathematics to develop their own skills, confidence, and
enthusiasm for math.

Family Support America
www.familysupportamerica.org
Family Support America has been the nation's catalyst, clearinghouse, and
thought leader in family support, based on a bedrock belief: If you want to
help families, ask parents what they want.

FamilyEducation
www.familyeducation.com
Program staff can direct parents to this website designed for families for
academic and parenting tips.

Harvard Family Research Project's Family Involvement Network of Educators
(FINE)
www.finenetwork.org
The Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) is a national network of
over 5,000 people who are interested in promoting strong partnerships
between children's educators, their families, and their communities. Online
resources include an e-newsletter and announcements of current ideas and
new resources.

Harvard Family Research Project's Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation
Database
www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/afterschool/evaldatabase.html
The Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Evaluation Database is a compilation
of profiles of evaluations of OST programs and initiatives. It provides
accessible information about evaluation work of both large and small OST
programs to support the development of high quality evaluations and
programs in the OST field.

Institute for Responsive Education
www.responsiveeducation.org
IRE provides training and technical assistance to help administrators,
teachers, parents, students, and community members to develop skills to
implement and sustain partnerships among schools, families, and
communities.

MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute
www.megaskillshsi.org
The MegaSkills Education Center is dedicated to building achievement,
developing within each student confidence, motivation, effort,
responsibility, initiative, perseverance, caring, teamwork, common sense,
problem solving, and focus.

The National AfterSchool Association
www.naaweb.org
The National AfterSchool Association, formerly the National School-Age Care
Alliance, is a professional association with a membership component that
includes more than 7,000 practitioners, policy makers, and administrators
representing all public, private, and community-based sectors of after
school and out-of-school time programs, as well as school-age and after
school programs on military bases, both domestic and international. As the
leading voice of the after school profession, NAA is dedicated to the
development, education, and care of children and youth during their out-of-
school hours.

National Center for Family Literacy
www.famlit.org
The mission of the National Center for Family Literacy is to create
educational and economic opportunity for the most at-risk children and
parents.

National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
www.ncpie.org
NCPIE is a coalition of major education, community, public service, and
advocacy organizations working to create meaningful family–school
partnerships in every school in America.

National Community Education Association
www.ncea.com
NCEA provides leadership to those who build learning communities in
response to individual and community needs by providing its members with
national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized
periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and
networking; and information and referral services.

National Institute for Literacy & Partnership for Reading
www.nifl.gov
The National Institute for Literacy's activities to strengthen literacy
across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment
Act and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

National Network of Partnership Schools
www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000
Established by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the National
Network of Partnership Schools brings together schools, districts, and
states that are committed to developing and maintaining comprehensive
programs of school–family–community partnerships.

Parent Involvement and Resource Centers (PIRCs)
www.pirc-info.net/pircs.asp
PIRCs were created by the Department of Education in 1995 to provide
parents, schools and organizations working with families with training,
information, and technical assistance to understand how children develop
and what they need to succeed in school.



PTO Today
www.ptotoday.com
PTO Today provides tips and tools on family involvement in schools.