Strong Families.Healthy Children. Connected Communities.
Mission
The Janet S. Munt Family Room is a place that builds healthy, connected communities by supporting families and young children.
Vision
Our vision is that every family is connected, healthy, and strong. The Janet S. Munt Family Room is a leader in fostering community and accompanying families as they realize their potential.
The Janet S. Munt Family Room is a unique parent child center providing programs that are accessible to all and flexible enough to meet the needs of our changing community.
We support connection for parents and families, provide education, promote physical, social, emotional, and linguistic development in children, and nurture a vibrant and diverse community.
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Winooski Working Communities Challenge RFP
The Family Room has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP).The contractor will work with a team to enhance and build cross-sectoral collaborations to enhance economic opportunity by advancing equity. This will include:
● Working with the community of Winooski to solicit ideas
● Assembling a list of residents for the team to consult
● Engaging the community in program creation and processes
● Recruiting new team members from the community
● Co-developing the team structure
● Setting priorities and creating “Action Teams” to meet those priorities
In all aspects, emphasis is to be placed on historically marginalized voices, especially New Americans.
We're Hiring!
We are seeking a Family Strengthening worker(FSW) to support our community-focused Family Room programs. The FSWs will support The Building Strong Families Clinic program designed to give parents and children of immigrant families a comfortable and secure place to be their authentic selves with health care providers.