Family Scholar House

Fsh works to end the cycle of poverty and transform our community by empowering families and youth to succeed in education and achieve life-long self-sufficiency. Fsh gives single parents and young adults formerly in foster care the support they need to obtain post-secondary education that leads to a livable wage. Fsh believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to realize their full potential and that access to education is a significant barrier for disadvantaged families. By providing academic advising, apprenticeship opportunities, housing, childcare, Family support services, and inter-generational learning opportunities for health, well-being and life skills, fsh helps to address all the barriers to success in education and life. Many of the participants come to fsh lacking some of the basic life skills necessary for them to be self-sufficient, including financial literacy, healthy lifestyles, stress management, and physical fitness. While the parent-scholar is at the center of many programs, fsh also supports the children in our program, who receie the support and resources they need to become successful students and aspire to proceed to higher education in their adult life. This includes programs like toddler book club, children for change, and career academy. Fsh creates a college-going culture for every participant in the program. Fsh campuses become communities of peer support, providing a network of people with similar backgrounds and experiences who strengthen and encourage one another through the challenges of higher education and parenting. Thus Family Scholar House, Inc. is an educational program with a housing component that utilizes internal resources and community collaborations to meet the needs of the families served.