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Parents as Teachers report: staff served 208 families, provided 575 screenings and offered classes at Vandalia women’s prison
Summary
Program staff told the board that Parents as Teachers served 208 families (267 children), conducted about 1,197 personal visits, provided 575 developmental screenings and ran 131 classes at the Vandalia women's prison, including parenting work in the infant wing.
A representative of the Parents as Teachers program (speaker 9) presented the program evaluation, reporting program activity for the year and partnerships that supported outreach.
The presenter said the program served 208 families and 267 children, completed roughly 1,197 personal visits, and provided 575 developmental screenings for children from 4 months up to kindergarten entry. The program hosted 17 group connections — exceeding the DESE expectation of one per month — and provided weekly parenting classes facilitated by a parent educator in partnership with the United Way.
The speaker described a notable outreach into the Vandalia women’s prison, where the program provided about 131 classes and parenting services in the newly opened infant wing; staff and parent educators work there to support incarcerated mothers and their infants. The presenter invited board members to a field trip to view the program in the fall and thanked community partners who support events such as farm day and big-truck night.
Board members thanked the presenter; no vote was required for the informational report.
What happens next: The program will continue group connections and outreach; staff invited board members to an upcoming event and will furnish the program evaluation data to the district.
