Overview
The Parent Trust Fund is a Connecticut family civics initiative established in 2001. The purpose of the Parent Trust Fund is to support programs aimed at improving the health, safety, and education of children by training parents1 in civic leadership skills and supporting increased, sustained, and quality parental engagement in community affairs.
The goals of the Parent Trust Fund are to:
- use culturally responsive practices to promote diverse leadership that is representative of the population in communities throughout Connecticut;
- increase awareness of the issues that matter to families and the vital role families can play as advocates and change agents;
- encourage communities to expand the range of parent leadership training opportunities in their continuum of services;
- expand the number of communities offering parent leadership training; and
- enhance collaboration and linkages among parent leadership training sponsors to create an integrated system of sustainable civic involvement within communities and across the state.
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Grants are provided to eligible applicants to provide leadership training to parents using evidence-based curricula. When a Request for Proposals (RFP) is available, it is posted on the CSDE Request for Proposals page. Those interested in receiving a notice when a new RFP is issued can subscribe to receive an e-Alert.
1 The term parent/s is used to represent any adult caretakers who have responsibility for the well-being of a child or children. This includes, for example, biological parents, foster care providers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings, and other guardians (from Full, Equal and Equitable Partnerships with Families: Connecticut’s Definition and Framework for Family Engagement).