A free family literacy program created to give families opportunities to be actively involved in learning together. The major components of the program are:

Adult Education , Early Childhood Education , Parenting Education & Support ,
Parent & Child Together Time (P.A.C.T.) , Home Visits .

A Unique feature of our program is that when you enter the center, you are your child's teacher, caregiver, and playmate. We shift our focus to being a support to you as you and your child take time together to eat, read, play, and interact. We require parents to participate in 10 hours per month of Parent and Child Together Time activities.

Parents and children participate during this special time playing and interacting together.

Pictured at left, Rebecca Chocron peaked out in her E.S.O.L. class , having gone as far as she could go with it. Johnson City Even Start has hired her into the
Even Start & 21st CCLC as an ESOL liaison and interpreter.

Below is another family from Even Start that illustrates the intergenerational component of Johnson City Even Start ; a grandmother and child.

Pictured left is the playroom for Even Start children; lots of educational toys and games to play with...