Family Centers

Family Resource Centers (FRC)

The Family Resource Center Initiative (FRC) is a regional place-based strategy that provides families with children prenatal through age 5, promotion, prevention and early intervention information, resources, support and activities to ensure they have the skills and capacity to promote their children’s development.

The FRCI strategy ensures children are ready for school, builds strong family relationships, and creates connected schools and communities.

The FRCs are community-based, family-friendly, and culturally sensitive to ensure families have access to safe and welcoming places to seek support and services before difficulties arise, as well as during critical times of need. Programs and services are provided in the FRCs as well as in other venues throughout Santa Clara County that are accessible to families, family child care providers, early care educators, and the community at large.

Referral Sources

Referrals are not required.
Walk-ins are welcome.

Program Eligibility

Children 0-17

How to Register

Check the Family Resource Center activities near you. Call to register or walk in.

Locations and Activities Calendar

Quick Links

Our Programs

Prenatal, Infant Support and Enrichment
Toddler, Preschool Support and Enrichment
Developmental and Social Emotional Screenings (ASQ/ASQ:SE)
Caregiver/Parent Education Workshops
Engagement and Enrichment Classes

Group of moms and their babies during the baby and me class

Prenatal, infant support and enrichment

New Beginnings

Baby & Me program is designed to nurture a loving relationship between caregiver and baby (0-24 months) by engaging together in music & movement activities. Music and movement provide children with many benefits. They help children develop skills such as cognitive growth, problem-solving, self-expression, and social development. It is a supportive and reflective time for caregivers to share their greatest joys and hardships of parenting.

BabyCare Workshop

The Baby Care series is perfect for anyone caring for a brand new baby. Caregivers learn basic skills for newborn care through instructional videos and demonstrations. It promotes loving relationships by engaging together in music & movement activities and other bonding opportunities.

Zumbini

It is an early childhood development program focused on movement and music for children ages 0 to 3 years, to attend with their music-loving (Zumba loving!) caregiver(s). Class is fun, energetic, and full of contemporary music with world beats. It is child appropriate, grown-up friendly, and of course, full of the “Zumba” flavor. Children learn to dance, sing, and move through class using their bodies, rhythmic instruments, and scarves, to enhance the rhythm and feel of the music.

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Family Resource Centers offers Early education activities designed for families with toddlers and preschoolers (25-60 months) to develop the cognitive, gross motor, fine motor, language, and social-emotional skills they need to be ready for kindergarten. Some of the activities are as followed:

Toddler, preschool support and enrichment

Young boy holding a crayon during the art class

Art Enrichment classes

In addition to learning artistic techniques, they develop many valuable soft skills, perseverance, confidence in social situations, acceptance of critical feedback, direction following, task based interaction with others, pride of accomplishment.

Group of kids during a STEM class working in a project with their instructor.

STEAM and Sensory Workshops

Kids thrive with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math activities (STEM) activities. Hands-on learning that applies to the world around us. STEM activities build and teach creativity, problem-solving, life skills, ingenuity, resourcefulness, patience, and curiosity. STEM is what will shape the future as our world grows and changes. Whether it be in the successes or learning through failures, STEM and sensory workshops challenge kids to expand their horizons, experiment, problem-solve, and accept failure as a means to success.

Kids preparing food with the vegetables they cultivated

Gardening and Cooking Workshops

Gardening and cooking helps to connect kids with food, gives them a better understanding of where their food comes from and introduces them to a world of new flavors, foods and skills that they'll use throughout their lives.

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Developmental And Social-Emotional Screenings (ASQ/ASQ:SE)

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)

Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) for parents determines their child’s developmental progress and identifies any areas of concern. Developmental areas screened by the ASQ include communication, gross motor, fine motor, personal-social emotional and problem solving skills. Children requiring additional support in any developmental area are referred to the FIRST 5 System of Care for additional support services. ASQ screenings are available for children under the age of 6.

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Parent and baby receiving certificate after completing the workshop

Caregiver/Parent Education Workshops

Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Workshop

Abriendo Puertas is a comprehensive training program developed and designed by, and for, Latino parents with children ages 0-5. The program strives to improve the lives of Latino children across several outcome areas, including: education, health, and social and emotional well-being.

SEEDS of Early Literacy Workshop

SEEDS is an early literature workshop for parents with children under 6 years of age. Parents learn effective methods for interacting with their child and promoting the social and emotional development of language and literature.

Father and daughter doing dishes together

Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)

This program is open to all parents, grandparents and caregivers of children ages 0-12. The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) provides parents and caregivers with useful strategies and simple tips that assist them in managing common behavior problems and building strong, healthy relationships

24/7 Dad

24/7 Dad is a comprehensive fatherhood program designed to help men improve their parenting skills and fathering knowledge. The program focuses on building self-awareness, self-caring, and parenting, fathering, and relationship skills

Raising A Reader Plus

Interactive workshop for caregivers with children 0-5 years of age. Family friendly versions of research-based practices that will support book sharing at home. Raising A Reader’s award-winning DVD Read Aloud: Share a Book with Me (translated into 14 languages) enables caregivers to listen to other caregivers who face the challenges of sharing books with children…and how they overcame them. http://www.raisingareader.org/

Bridge Library (SJPL)

Stop by at any of our FRC bridge libraries and read about magical castles or find out what happens if you give a mouse a cookie! The best part? No library cards are required! Take your favorite book home with you and return again for another one.

ParentChild+ /ParentChild+ Dual Language Learning

ParentChild+ focuses on Early Intervention services for children between the ages of 16 months to 3 years and prepares them for preschool/kindergarten. The program provides free educational books and toys through 30-minute bi-weekly home visits and focuses on language development, literacy skills, and healthy attachments. In the ParentChild+ DLL program, there is an emphasis on Dual Language learning, and all the material is offered in the native language and English.

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Parents with children in during activity

Wellness

Vary, but may include: Zumba, Zumba Kids, Yoga, Family Yoga and Tumbling

Parent and child during slicing a vegetable during a cooking lesson.

Engagement and Enrichment Classes

Arts and Enrichment

STEM and Sensory
Gardening and Cooking
Raising A Reader (RAR)

Older Adult Services

We build family well-being by intentionally and simultaneously working with children and the adults in their lives together. Providing opportunities to seniors, grandparents, aunties, uncles, and 50+ individuals looking to give back in many ways to share their talents and get involved in the community. The three generation approach centers on the whole family to create a legacy of educational success and economic prosperity that passes from one generation to the next.

BE Strong Parent Cafes

In collaboration with the Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) and Be Strong Families, Parent Cafe allows parents to build leadership and community through a series of 6 Cafes. Parent Cafes are a peer-to-peer learning process that promote individual self-reflection, builds on the Five Strengthening Families protective Factors, enhances community and fosters meaningful relationships.

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Information & Referral Services

Referral Sources: Referrals are not required. Walk-ins are welcome. A trained Community Worker is available to answer any questions and to assist with information and/or referrals you may need (e.g., food programs, adult health clinics, and child health insurance such as Medi-Cal and Healthy Kids). The child development area is also open for families to come play with their children in an unstructured, FUN environment.

Volunteer Program

FMCI thrives on promoting Economic Development. It provides a purpose, training, and opportunities to learn skills and promotes the healthy development of the community. We have year-round several volunteer opportunities tied with the stipend program. We also support all local /small vendors and businesses.

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