Family Engagement Survey


This survey should take less than 5 minutes of your time.  Thank you!
 

What is the name of your organization or program?
 

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To what extent is family engagement and support a part of your ORGANIZATION'S work with children and youth?
Not part of our work
Small part of our work
Moderate part of our work
Large part of our work

To what extent is family engagement and support a part of YOUR OWN WORK with children and youth within your youth serving organization?
Not part of my work
Small part of my work
Moderate part of my work
Large part of my work

Great! We want to learn from one another about what's working and what we've learned about working with families to support youth. Please provide as little or as much information as you're comfortable sharing.


(If family support or engagement is not at all part of your organization's work, feel free to stop the survey here.)
 

Of course, there are many ways to engage and support families. Please check any that apply to the work your organization is undertaking with families:
Information: Parents have opportunities to access information on services and supports for their children and family
Involvement: Parents have opportunities to participate in events and gain skills that support their own child's early school success
Engagement: Parents have opportunities to develop skills and apply them to benefit a GROUP of children (more than simply their own children)
Civic Participation: Parents have opportunities to exercise their civic rights as voters and taxpayers
Leadership: Parents have opportunities to be leaders and make decisions on issues they and other parents care about
Stewardship: Parents are supported in efforts to replenish and sustain a continuum of parent leaders

If you provide workshops, resources and trainings to families, please describe what you have offered that has been most popular.
 Never Weekly Monthly Quarterly As Needed 
Academic success
Parenting skills
Discipline
Community resources
Family events
Other (list in comment box):
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What resources or support do families request from you most frequently (whether or not you can meet that request)?
 Never Occasionally Frequently All the time  
Books  
Food/meals/snacks  
Bus passes/transportation assistance  
Stipends/gift cards  
Help finding housing  
Help finding jobs  
Medical/mental health needs  
Support with school issues  
Parenting issues  
Other (list in comment box):  
  • Comment:

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What types of organizations or agencies (if any) do you collaborate successfully in order to engage and support families?
School(s)
Health care
Mental health
Family case management
Workforce development
Other (list in comment box):
  • Comment:

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What results have you seen based on your family involvement efforts?

Increase in number of parents as volunteers
Improvement in program culture
Improvement in youth behavior
Improved communication between program staff and parents to benefit youth outcomes
Other  
  • Comment:

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In what ways do you feel your organization is most successful in working with families?
 

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What are the challenges you face and what resources or technical assistance could you use to improve family involvement in your work?

 

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What lessons have you learned in working to support and engage families?
 

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(Optional) Do you have a brief success story about family engagement and support that would be useful for your peers to read?

 

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(Optional) Please provide any additional comments or advice here.

 

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If you would like to help us with sharing best practices to  support and engage families of children and youth, please provide your contact information:
First Name:
Last Name:
Company Name:
Work Phone:
Email Address:
emailaddress@xyz.com