Family Leaders Advisory Council

This council ensures that families with young children and early childhood professionals’ voices are at the center of decision making. We aim to create change by sharing the experiences, wisdom, and strategies of the Family Leaders Advisory Council members with community partners and policy makers.

The Family Leaders Advisory Council (FLAC) is currently made up of 10 community members. To be eligible to participate, participants must:

  • Live in Rockingham County

  • Be available to attend our monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of each month from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

  • Commit to be on the council for at least one year

  • Be a parent/legal guardian of children under the age of 5

This initiative focuses on increasing the resiliency of all community members, with specific initiatives targeting parents and caregivers of young children, early childhood professionals and communities at the intersection of race and poverty by ensuring that these individuals have a seat at the table and are part of designing the menu.

Our family leaders training on Conscious Discipline at one of our monthly meetings.
In April of 2023 RCPC staff and family leaders drove to Raleigh to rally for better wages for early educators.
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In June of 2023 our family leaders, Danny Troncoso & Marilyn Bernabe, flew to Washington DC representing the state of NC to speak with Congress about the child care crisis.
Our family leaders helped with renovating the Children's Interactive Trail in Eden, NC
A couple of our family leaders participated at the Family Engagement Leadership Coalition meeting in Greensboro.
One of our family leaders, Jalisa Smith, was our designer for our Lending Libraries project.
In September of 2023 some of our family leaders, Isabel Edwards and Kayla Lawson, went to Raleigh with our staff for a two day training on Starting Strong Training of Trainers, in order to learn about the different tools for effective family engageme

Made possible by the Preschool Development Grant (PDG) funded through the Division of Child Development & Early Education (DCDEE), The North Carolina Partnership for Children (NCPC), and the Reidsville Area Foundation (RAF) in order to support Rockingham County's youngest learners.

Join Us

We are taking a temporary pause on Family Leaders Advisory Council work, but please check back for future opportunities! If you have any questions, please contact the Rockingham County Partnership for Children.

(336) 342-9676
All participants are compensated for their time and commitment.

Conditions for Success

How do agencies support family engagement and leadership?

 

FAMILY-CENTERED

Agencies prioritize engaging families as partners as a central strategy to achieving positive, equitable, and sustainable outcomes for our children and families.

EQUITY-DRIVEN

Agencies make it a priority to understand families’ experiences and break down barriers created by structural and individual racism and other types of discrimination.

COLLABORATIVE

Agencies make program decision with – not for – families, by partnering with families and parent-led organizations from the start and continually.

TRANSPARENT

Agencies ensure families have access to information and supports that make it possible for them to fully participate and influence agency and system-level change processes.