Family Centre | United Way of Lethbridge and South Western Alberta

Family Centre

(403) 320-4232

Ready for School: Family Literacy Program

Ready for School is a family literacy program for Immigrant children from 0-5 years which uses role modelling and play kits to increase parents' understanding of brain development, attachment, and how children adjust to different learning environments. Parents receive resources, information and materials to increase children's sense of safety and security, and which help to enhance future school readiness and success. The program incorporates play kits with facilitated play role modelling to encourage turn-taking, group participation, and individual skill development like opening snacks, buttoning clothing, orusing a zipper. These are considered soft skills needed when children enter pre-school or kindergarten.

Family Centre is a community-based organization that provides families in Lethbridge and the surrounding area with caring and respectful family support through a range of prevention and early intervention services for youth, parents, grandparents and other family members. Family Centre also strives to strengthen, educate and support parents and children through parenting and family support programs, including individual, couples, family and parent/teen counselling.

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United Way Funding Priorities

Poverty To Possibility

Poverty is a far-reaching, complex issue, and a lasting one. Once in the cycle of poverty, it is extremely difficult to overcome and can affect future generations. United Way is committed to ensuring access to immediate support for families and individuals.

Healthy People, Strong Communities

The focus of healthy people, strong communities is to engage and mobilize residents to take collective action to improve access to, and increase the availability of resources needed to revitalize and strengthen neighborhoods.

All That Kids Can Be

Children and youth are the future of our communities. To become successful, independent adults, children and youth need a good start in life, access to early literacy and development programs, positive school experiences during the middle years and to graduate from high school.