The purpose of the Even Start Family Literacy Program is to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving the educational opportunities for families. This is accomplished by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy and adult basic education, and parenting education into a unified literacy program. Even Start is implemented nationally through cooperative projects that build on existing community resources, creating a new range of services for children families and adults.

Even Start is for children ages 0-5 and their parents. These families are determined to be most in need, in terms of high poverty and low literacy levels, within our given service area. The four-year grant will support children and their parents in the Fulton, Oswego and Hannibal school districts in patnership with Oswego County Oppportunities.