Parent & Family Engagement Workgroup & PEER Ambassador Program
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS can be found HERE :
The PEER Ambassador FACEBOOK PAGE can be found HERE.
The PEER Ambassador CALENDAR AND EVENTS sheet can be found HERE.
Parent and Family Engagement Workgroup MEETING NOTES AND AGENDAS can be found HERE.
The PEER Ambassador CONTACT LIST can be found HERE (access is limited).
The MONTHLY CHECK-IN FORM can be found HERE.
Co-Chair: Jenna Weld geishasunshine89@gmail.com 413- 522-9728
with baby Jazz
Staff Contact:
Leigh-Ellen Figueroa
lfigueroa@frcog.org
413-774-3167, ext. 107
About the Parent & Family Engagement Workgroup
Communities That Care Coalition’s Parent and Family Engagement Workgroup brings together parents/caregivers and those who serve parents/caregivers to help strengthen resources and opportunities to support the hard work of raising healthy, happy, well-adjusted children. To view the Parent & Family Engagement Workgroup’s Media Campaigns or Parent Guides please see the Archives.
About the Communities That Care Coalition’s PEER Ambassador Program
Communities That Care Coalition’s PEER (Parent Engagement, Enrichment, & Resources) Community Ambassador Program was started in 2020 by the Coalition’s Parent and Family Engagement Workgroup. It is a collaboration between the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ Partnership for Youth, Community Action Family Center, Valuing Our Children, the Recover Project, the Salasin Center, the Brick House, and more. The program was awarded a state Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services’ MassCall 3C grant for innovative and promising approaches (one of only two awardees in the state), but is now searching for a new funding source since this grant ended.
The goals of the PEER Ambassador Program are to (a) help connect parents to existing resources and tools, including parent education and support programs and basic needs services, (b) help spread parenting norms that promote healthy youth development, and (c) foster greater levels of participant leadership, engagement, and ownership in the Communities That Care Coalition and in the community.
PEER Ambassadors are selected by their Host Agency to provide outreach to other parents and give input into community programs. New PEER Ambassadors participate in a self-paced, online training program, and continue their learning through webinars, trainings, and classes on topics of particular interest. They receive a monthly stipend for their time.
We currently have amazing PEER Ambassadors from FOUR fabulous family-serving partner agencies.
For more information about the program, please contact Kat Allen at kallen@frcog.org.
PEER Ambassador Orientation and Training
ORIENTATION: Welcome to the PEER Ambassador Program! Before diving in, please complete the following steps:
Make sure you have the link and access to the PEER Ambassador Contact List and that all of your contact information is on the list and correct. Bookmark this contact list and know how to find it when you want to get in touch with people.
Read and fill out the PEER Ambassador Agreement & Profile Form. This will help you know what is expected of you and will give us lots of information about you and your skills and interests.
Arrange to come by the FRCOG office. We may be able to loan you a Chromebook to use during your time as a PEER Ambassador. If we have a Chromebook to loan you, we will ask you to fill out and sign a paper copy of our Tech Agreement. We will also give you some giveaways!
The PEER Ambassador Self-Paced Training Modules are below. Before starting the training modules, you must take the Pre-Post-Survey. You’ll be asked to take this survey again later. This is NOT a test! Your answers help us to improve the program.
The training modules have exercises built into them. You won’t be able to fill out the pages online, but you can ask for help getting a printed copy of the PEER Ambassador Training Workbook. Fill out this workbook with a paper and pen as you go through the training modules.
TRAINING: The PEER Ambassador Training Program is self-paced and split into seven different learning modules. These modules were designed by the first group of PEER Ambassadors and developed by EDC Prevention Solutions specifically for our program. If you have any feedback on how to improve the training program please let us know!