Facts About Family Empowerment Centers

1. Family Empowerment Centers help children and young people with disabilities grow to be healthy, educated, productive and involved adults by assisting the family in assuring the child a meaningful and appropriate education.

2. Family Empowerment Centers help save the State money by helping reduce costly litigation and helping parents and school districts resolve disagreements with less conflict.

3. Family Empowerment centers reach unserved and underserved communities by providing services that are accessible to families regardless of culture, language, finances or disability.

4. Family Empowerment Centers are parent-led organizations that provide quality services based on effective and promising practices.

California Family Empowerment Centers

• Exceptional Family Resource Center

• Exceptional Parents Unlimited

• Family Focus Resource and Empowerment Center

• Family SOUP

• H.E.A.R.T.S. Connection Family Resource Center

• Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center

• Parents Helping Parents

• Plumas Rural Services

• Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California

• Special Parents Information Network

• Support for Families of Children with Disabilities

• Team of Advocates for Special Kids, Inc.

• The Parents’ Place Family Resource Center

• Westside Family Resource and Empowerment Center