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Access to Social Services

Turning the Page provides pamphlets, fliers and general information about local social services and community resources at each Community Night.

Studies show that children are only truly prepared to learn once their most basic needs are met. While Turning the Page does not provide direct social services, we believe in the importance of providing access to the many resources in the D.C. area. As a Parent Information and Resource Center, Turning the Page partners with a wide range of agencies and organizations in order to increase parent access to the necessary social services so that children can be best prepared for school.

Turning the Page distributes information during Community Nights family dinners and parent workshops. Leadership Group members also distribute resource information to teachers within their schools.

In connection with the introductory parent workshop, Introduction to Children’s Literature, parents receive information about services provided by the D.C. Public Library including library cards and other outreach efforts.

During the Healthy Families parent workshop, parents receive information about DC Healthy Families, a program which provides free health insurance to working parents with children under age 19. DC Healthy Families covers children, adolescents under age 19 who live alone, pregnant women, and parents who have an income at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level.

All workshops are connected with adult literacy and GED information supplied by the Washington Literacy Council.

Additionally, Turning the Page partners with the State Education Office, Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative, and the D.C. Office of Early Childhood Development.

Turning the Page also provides access to social services through Parent as Teachers, an early childhood parent education and family support program serving families from pregnancy until their child enters kindergarten that includes monthly personal visits, group meetings, health screenings and connections to a resource network.