We serve families by giving parents support, knowledge, and resources they need to give their children the best possible start in life.
We operate programs in community centers located across the Chicagoland region, including the north, west and south suburbs.
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Remembering Bernice Weissbourd
Bernice Weissbourd, 99, a researcher and advocate who built on her experience as a Head Start teacher to become a national leader in promoting the critical role of families in their children’s early childhood development, died October 12 at her home in Evanston IL.
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of parents and guardians understood their child's growth and development milestones.
children and adults served across 11 centers. An additional 10,000 received coordinated intakes, information or referrals.
young people enrolled in our after-school programs.
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Why Family Focus
Family Focus is about not giving up. That’s something anyone can say, but the way that Family Focus staff said it and showed us, the way they expressed it, we knew they wanted us to achieve. That feeling is irreplaceable. If it weren’t for Family Focus, I would not be where I am today.