Directors and Managers Supporting Staff
Learn how to make meaningful connections with your staff to work toward the best outcomes for families across a variety of situations. Find ideas and tools to help you plan your FEM program work.
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Family Support and Well-being
Family well-being occurs when all family members are safe, healthy, and have chances for educational advancement and economic mobility. Support services such as early care and education, housing and food assistance, and physical and mental health care positively contribute to the well-being of families and their children. When families face challenges that cause stress, including poverty and homelessness, their health and wellness can be negatively impacted. Engaging families as active participants in problem-solving and goal-setting can help them identify and use their own strengths to address the challenges they face. When families are healthy, safe, and economically stable, their children's health and well-being can thrive.
Approaching FEM Work
You can help families make progress toward long-term economic goals no matter what your experience level. Learn how to support families while increasing your own knowledge, confidence, and skills.
Bringing Strengths-based Attitudes
Your attitudes toward families affect your behaviors with them. Learn how strengths-based attitudes can improve relationships and outcomes as you work with families around sensitive economic mobility issues.
Your Role in Supporting FEM
You don't need to be a financial expert to partner with families on economic mobility! Learn how you can make a difference from any starting point.
Talking About Money
Explore ideas, techniques, and conversation starters that can improve your skill and confidence in sensitive conversations about money.
Starting FEM Conversations
Learn how to set the stage for productive conversations about family economic mobility.
Discussing Program Eligibility and FEM
Learn more about the impact of economic mobility on family program eligibility. Find tips on how to manage challenging discussions on this topic.
Following the Family’s Lead in FEM Conversations
When you engage in economic mobility conversations, remember that families are the experts on their children and their situation. Find out how to succeed when you let the family lead.
Glossary
Refresh or deepen your knowledge about economic mobility with this list of commonly used terms and their definitions.
Phase 1: Recruitment and Enrollment
Enrollment offers many opportunities to talk with families and learn about the strengths, hopes, and challenges that can shape their FEM goals.
