Robin Leist,   Project Coordinator
Phone:  719-589-9688
Fax:  719-589-9693
rleist@fore.net

Mary Ellen Fleming
Colorado State University Extension
719-589-2271
mary.fleming@colostate.edu

Project

San Luis Valley (SLV) Cooperative for  Family Literacy Services provides families with opportunities to learn, grow, and acquire self-sufficient skills.

The vision is to provide opportunities for families to enhance their skills and knowledge and to access resources that lead to lifelong learning and quality of life in a caring community setting.

The mission is to develop a San Luis Valley network of Family Learning Centers which provide access to comprehensive services so all families might meet everyday life with success.

Goals

1. Establish a network of Family Literacy Centers in the San Luis Valley: Alamosa, San Luis, and Monte Vista.
2. Identify, define, and provide opportunities for all families to enhance their knowledge and skills to meet their individual family needs.
3. Empower families by providing information about opportunities to access life skill programs, agency services, and educational resources.
4. Families will meet everyday life with success.

Special Programs

Open Houses   Parents and young children are invited to come join the fun -- storytelling, music, games, and snacks.  Learn about Even Start - La Llave, the family literacy center.   Informal programs every month at each site.

Moving in Harmony   Preschoolers and their parents join together for pre-reading and pre-math while utilizing movement to music, colors, shapes, and story telling.

Community Partners

SLV Colorado State University Extension and the Steering Team work with SLV community partners:

• Trinidad State Junior College Adult Basic Education and early Childhood Education, CORRA, Colorado Preschool Project
• Adams State College Colorado Preschool Program, Child Care Center, and Teacher Preserves Education
• Alamosa, Centennial, and Monte Vista Public Schools
• Alamosa Open High School
• Alamosa, Centennial, and Monte Vista Headstart Programs
• Bueno HEP
• School-to-Work
• HIPPY
• La Gente
• PAT = Parents as Teachers
• SLV Area Social Services
• SLV BOCES ChildFind and Migrant Education
• SLV Kids
• Public Health Agencies
• The Delta Center