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A STATEMENT ABOUT THE PARENT AND CHILD CENTER PARENT AND CHILD CENTERS (FCC) are establishe d to pro v ide services for disadv antaged families who hav e one or mor e children under the a ge of thr~e. Many of the families will also have seve ral older children, or will be planning or e x pecting to have a bab y . In many cases, a FCC will be linked with a comprehensive Neighborhood Service Center, an organization which offers the residents of a spe t i i ied geographic area access to a wide range of services and processes de s igned . to help them out of povert y . In others, a FCC may cooperate with a center which may be or ganized around one certain function, s uch as a Neighborhood Health Center. Such centers ne ed not necessaril y be f und e d by OEO . Affiliation with a Neighborhood Center facilitates one of the basic objectives of the FCC, that of bringing the whole famil y into contact with a broad range of services. The PCCs are funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity in cooperation with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare , the Department of Labor, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Objectives In general, the PCCs are established to help families to function independentl y and e ffectively and f or their children to develop to their full potential. In more specific terms, the programs developed by the plannin~ groups should have the objectives of: 1. Overcoming deficits in health, intellectual, social, and emotional development and max imizing the child's inherent talents and potentialities; 2. Improving the skills, confidenc e , attitudes, and motiv&tions of the pare nts as citi ze ns, parent s , and indiv iduals; 3. Str e ng thenin g famil y org ani zation and functioning by involving the youngest childre n, the pare nts, older childr e n in the famil y, and r e lativ es ; 4. Encouraging a gr e ater sense of c ormnunit y and neighborliness amon g the families s e r ve d by th e center ; 5. Prov iding training and e x perie nc e f o r both pro fe s s ional s and non - profe s sional s who may the n be employ e d in wo r k with par ents and ch ildren; 6. Serv ing as a lo cus f or r esear ch and eva lu at i on of pr og re s s t oward the obj ec t ives st ated above . The Atl ant a Parent and Ch i l d Center is bei ng p l anned in th e Edgewood Cormnu n i ty. �