The Montana Family Literacy Initiative

This videotape was produced to document the implementation and development of (5) family literacy models in Montana. The purpose of the video is to illustrate the various ways a comprehensive family literacy program could be implemented into your community.
Each of the five communities showcased in the video delivered a four-component family literacy program that included (a) early childhood education, (b) adult basic education or adult literacy, (c) parent education and (d) parent and child time.
These communities did not receive Even Start federal funds so they didn't have the intensity of services required of Even Start programs. The videotape also identifies some of the challenges that the projects faced while trying to use a collaborative approach to program delivery with limited extra funding.