Family to Family Network’s goal is to help families discover possibilities in their children with disabilities, see potential when others see barriers, and teach them to advocate for what their children need to have a meaningful life after high school. Family to Family Network helps families with children with disabilites:

• create a positive vision for the future,
• understand and communicate that vision and their child’s needs,
• build a community of support for themselves and their children so they don’t feel alone, and
• make a connection with learning tools and resources across their child’s life span.  

When a family receives a disability diagnosis for their child, whether at birth or later in life, it can be devastating. Families often feel lost and alone. They are fearful because they don’t understand the disability, nor do they know what to do next. Every agency has their own rules and regulations that must be followed to gain services or support for their children. Add poverty, cultural diversity or limited English proficiency, and families have a more difficult time finding information and support. That is where Family to Family Network comes in. Family to Family helps families understand their rights & responsibilities, while also aiding them in understanding the right words to use, right place to look, right person to connect with when trying to find services & support for their children with disabilities.  Family to Family Network's vision is by 2031, to help 25,000 families see possibilities in their children with disabilities. All of F2FN's programs require your support to continue.

• $25,000 will help provide 390 hours of training, case management and support to 130 families that have children with autism & other developmental disabilities!
• $10,000 will help keep our office open so that we can meet with families, meet their children and provide hope.
• $5,000 provides a holiday or back to school event for 450 families & their children to network and enjoy an activity out of the house (prevent isolation).
• $1,000 supports an online learning portal where families can access on demand training on School & IEPs, Supplemental Security Income, Medicaid, Adult Services and more!
• $250 helps us update our website.

Please consider helping more children with disabilities this year get the services they need to be successful!