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	[1] Parent Leadership Training Institute (Connecticut Commission on Children) The Parent Leadership Training Institute is a course for parents designed to enable parents to become leading advocates for children. (6.93M Bytes) (See other resources by [2] Connecticut Commission on Children)
	[3] The Parent Trust Fund (Connecticut Commission on Children) The Parent Trust Fund helps Connecticut communities improve the health, safety and education of their children by funding programs that train parents in civic leadership and promote parental engagement in community affairs. Philanthropic groups, businesses, and private donors all contribute to the Trust, making it a national model. (163.07K Bytes) (See other resources by [4] Connecticut Commission on Children)
	[5] CTParenting.com The Connecticut Department of Children and Families has set up this website to provide information for families with children of all ages and developmental stages, including information on health, safety, child development, education, family fun, and meeting families' basic needs. The site also offers special sections tailored to fathers, single and divorced parents, prospective parents, grandparents caring for grandchildren, teenagers and younger children.
	[6] Born Learning Born Learning is a public engagement campaign created by United Way of America and United Way Success By 6, the Ad Council, Civitas and Families and Work Institute to help parents, caregivers and communities create quality early learning opportunities for young children. The campaign is focused on fostering awareness about how young children learn, educating caregivers and providing a platform for public policy action.
	[7] Connecticut Parenting Education Network CT-PEN works to improve the social, emotional, and educational lives of Connecticut’s children and families by promoting excellence in parenting education.
	[8] Fatherhood Initiative (Connecticut Commission on Children) The Connecticut Commission on Children Fatherhood Initiative advocates for the importance of father involvement and has produced a list of resources for fathers who want to be more involved in their children's lives. (See other resources by [9] Connecticut Commission on Children)
	[10] Parent Leadership Database This website houses a database of parent leadership programs across the country with information about the goals of each program, whether the program has a replicable model, information about the training content and approach, logistical information, outcomes and evaluation, a self-assessment summary and comments from parents who have participated in the program.
	[11] Parents' Action for Children Parents' Action for Children is a national non-profit dedicated to advancing the interests of families and young children. Parents' Action develops parent education materials, connects parents with one another, and fights for issues such as early education, health care, and high quality and affordable child care.
	[12] PEN Weekly NewsBlast The PEN Weekly NewsBlast is a free e-mail newsletter featuring school reform and fundraising resources. The PEN NewsBlast is the property of the Public Education Network, a national association of 86 local education funds working to improve public school quality in low-income communities nationwide. Some links in the PEN Weekly NewsBlast may require local website registration. To subscribe, visit the address below.
	[13] People Empowering People The People Empowering People (PEP) program designed to build on strengths of adults and teens. People with limited financial resources, parents and single adults, teen parents, incarcerated men, women and teens and individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues participate and attend ten weekly training sessions followed training and support meetings. The ten training sessions include values clarification, communication skills, problem solving, the helping role, parenting, action planning, community assessment and community issues.
	[14] Ready, Set, Grow ... CT Kids! (Connecticut Voices for Children) Ready, Set, Grow ... CT Kids! is a statewide, multi-year communications and mobilizing campaign with the goal of ensuring that all children born in Connecticut beginning in 2004 will enter kindergarten healthy, eager to learn, and ready for school success. (See other resources by [15] Connecticut Voices for Children)
	[16] The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement Offers research-based advice and resources designed to help schools and districts foster successful parent engagement.
	[17] The George Lucas Educational Foundation: Edutopia Features a Parent Involvement section with articles on “What’s Working for K-12 Schools” articles and a “Big List” of resources, including articles, video clips and research.

[1]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_836.pub
[2]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/partner_9.html
[3]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/resources/sps_resource_837.pdf
[4]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/partner_9.html
[5]: http://www.ctparenting.com/#app=c2&6253-selectedIndex=5
[6]: http://www.bornlearning.org/default.aspx?id=33
[7]: http://ctpen.org/
[8]: http://www.fatherhoodinitiative.state.ct.us/index2.htm
[9]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/partner_9.html
[10]: http://www.parentleadership.org/
[11]: http://store.parentsactionstore.org/prostores/servlet/StoreFront
[12]: http://www.publiceducation.org/cgi-bin/newsblastsubscribe/subscribe.asp
[13]: http://www.canr.uconn.edu/ces/pep/
[14]: http://www.readysetgrowctkids.org/
[15]: http://discovery.wcgmf.org/partner_1.html
[16]: http://www.centerforcsri.org/index.php?%20option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=5
[17]: http://www.edutopia.org/php/keyword.php?id=225