FEM Goal Areas
Find information, resources, conversation cues, and ideas for action that can help you build your own understanding of FEM topics.
HeadStart.gov Archive
Family & Community
FEM Program Planning for Directors and Managers
Learn more about the role of family economic mobility in Head Start programs. Explore ways to support staff’s work and set programmatic goals around FEM.
Filing Taxes and Accessing Tax Credits
Review action steps, conversation cues, and resources for families to support them in filing taxes and accessing tax credits.
Finding a New Job
Explore action steps, conversation cues, and resources for families to support them in finding a new job.
Fiscal Consultants
Programs, at their discretion, can choose to use Office of Head Start-trained consultants to facilitate the planning and implementation of an Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnership or an EHS Expansion.
Fiscal Resources
Find fiscal and budgeting tools for Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships. Learn about layering funds, child care subsidies, and more. Use these resources to help programs implement sound accounting practices.
Five Questions with Brandi Black Thacker – Engaging Families
In this video, Brandi Black Thacker, director of training and technical assistance, and collaboration at the National Center on Parent, Family, and Community Engagement, shares strategies, tips, and her definition of the acronym HUMBLE.
Five Questions with Dr. Adolph Brown - Fatherhood
Listen to Dr. Brown speak about his own personal story, which will inspire and will help you think about fathers and how to engage them.
Five Questions with Dr. Brenda Jones Harden – Home Visiting
What is challenging right now for home visitors? Listen to Dr. Jones Harden share about important considerations for supporting home visitors.
Five Questions with Dr. Guylaine Richard – Family Engagement
Listen to Dr. Richard talk about the best ways to approach family engagement and how to support staff and families during challenging times.
