OUR IDENTITY  

The Family Connections partners with other community groups to reconnect students back to successful engagement with their Miami-Dade County Public School classes.

 

OUR MISSION 

Our goal is to serve parents who have a child who has frequent absences or is chronically tardy to determine the underlying challenges and to provide any referrals and support services that are needed at no cost. All involvement between families, students, and the Family Connections staff is strictly confidential. No one at your child’s school will ever know what services were provided.
 

WHO WE SERVE 

Miami-Dade County public school students in grades K-12th and the adults who

serve them. 

OUR ACTIVITIES 

(Through referral or support services for families)

•    Academic tutoring
•    Food assistance
•    Transportation 
•    Counseling 
•    Housing
•    Public benefits enrollment
•    Health care and insurance
•    Practical supports (such as school supplies, alarm clocks, etc.)
•    Assistance with utility bills 
•    Legal services 
•    Family bonding visits to connect to an incarcerated parent
•    Unemployment assistance and/or career services
•    Other services the family may require
 

ELIGIBILITY

Students who are in grades K - 12th enrolled in a Miami-Dade County Public School, one who has frequent tardiness, and more than 10 absences from school.

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Family Connections is a partnership between Hope for Miami, Children of Inmates, Guardian Watch, and UniteUS.

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To learn more information, contact Jailyn Raposo at jailyn@hopeformiami.org or

786-388-3000.