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Family leaders and providers are invited to apply for the Be Strong Parent Café Institute. Applications must be submitted no later than September 15, 2019.

About

Through the efforts of the PA Strengthening Families Leadership Team, with funding support from the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) and facilitated by the Center for Schools and Communities, Pennsylvania has offered the Be Strong Parent Café Training Institutes (PCTI) since 2016 and developed over 40 locally-based teams. There is no fee for participation.

PCTI is a two-day experiential and highly interactive institute that prepares a team of family leaders and providers to convene and implement parent cafés and serve as café leaders and table hosts. By the end of the institute, teams will know the anatomy of a parent café, the philosophical foundations and research underlying parent cafés, how to create an ambiance conducive to maximizing the effectiveness of the parent café process, and how to build on the parent café experience to enhance programs for and with family members/family leaders.

Be Strong Parent Cafés educate parents and caregivers about the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors and create an environment in which parents and caregivers can build protective factors through individual deep self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning.

Read their announcement to learn more.

Available Dates

PCTI will be hosted on the following dates:

• • September 26–27, 2019, Grove City area
  • November 18–19, 2019, Allentown area
  • November 21–22, 2019, State College area
  • December 18–19, 2019, Pittsburgh area

What’s Included

Participation in PCTI includes:

• • continental breakfast and lunch;
  • an honorarium for each day attended;
  • lodging for those who must travel 50 or more miles to the event and wish to stay overnight;
  • and reimbursements for family members of the team for milage (in their car), child care, and evening meals with the submission of a required form and receipts.

Application

To apply for PCTI, complete this form no later than September 15, 2019. Completed applications should be submitted via email to pa-strengtheningfami@csc.csiu.org or fax at 717.763.2083.

Learn More

For questions about the Be Strong Parent Café model or to discuss your readiness to participate, please contact Rijelle Kraft at 717.763.1661, x221 or rkraft@csc.csiu.org.

Visit the PA Strengthening Families website to learn more.

*Information provided by Pennsylvania Strengthening Families