Building Futures for Family Success

Building Futures for Family Success (BFFS) Programs are the Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) programs housed at the DeKalb County Regional Office of Education.
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Building Futures for Family Success Mission

To partner with families as their child’s first teacher, nurture healthy caregiver-child relationships, and positively impact child development and life success.

BFFS offer FREE home visiting for families with children under the age of 3 living in DeKalb County. Family Success Coaches work one-on-one with families to set goals around child development, family-child interactions, and family wellness. Visits take place in the family’s home or another convenient location. If interested in more information, complete the interest form.

Interest Form
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Additionally BFFS Prevention Initiative Center-based and Preschool for All programs are delivered by qualified traveling teachers in licensed family child care homes and center-based sites across DeKalb County. These programs offer FREE, high-quality early learning opportunities for children age 5 and under that are not yet enrolled in kindergarten. If interested in more information, complete the interest form.

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The overall goals of the ECBG are to:

  • Increase the percentage of children who begin kindergarten safe, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed.
  • Decrease disparities (racial, economic, geographic, etc.) in “readiness” at kindergarten entry and in achievement by third grade.”

All BFFS programs:

  • Recognize families as their child(ren)’s first teacher
  • Use a “coming alongside” philosophy in which families are the experts about their children and are decision-makers about their goals
  • Use asset-based, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed practices
  • Engage in reflective supervision to reduce the negative impacts of implicit bias and mitigate vicarious trauma
  • Are FREE of charge to participating families - at no time will a family be charged fees for childcare, transportation, field trips, registrations, supplies, or materials.

The overall goals of the Early Childhood Block Grant programs are to increase the percentage of children who begin kindergarten safe, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed.