Teens often go the Club to hang out with their friends and to get away from home. But what if you brought your family to the Club?

Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving) strives to get families more involved with Clubs.

There are five components of Family PLUS:

• Kinship Care – Kinship care includes providing knowledge and resources to extended family members (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, foster parents, etc.) who may be the primary caregiver.
• Father Involvement – Clubs provide support and promotion through programs, activities, training and services to help increase the positive involvement of fathers in the lives of their children.
• Economic Opportunity – Focusing on empowering families, the economic opportunity component helps families find and keep jobs, increase earnings, build savings and establish credit.
• Outreach Strategies – This component builds the capacity of Clubs to effectively recruit and retain the involvement of new populations of diverse parents and caregivers who are often underserved in Clubs.
• Family Advocacy Network (FAN) Club – This is a scientifically proven program of support for parents and caregivers of Boys & Girls Club members who are participating in SMART Moves.

Find out more about bringing two great things together -- the Club and your family. Talk to your advisor today about Family Plus!

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talking about the value of family time.