Family Education and Support Services is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit agency dedicated to inspire healthy child development through the provision of Family Strengthening Services. Our strategies include targeting adults who have the greatest influence over the health and well-being of children. Last year we served over 8,500 individuals through our prevention, intervention, and community enrichment services. We serve individuals, Families and Communities through evidence based training, support case management, concrete supports, home visitation services and more. Parenting classes cover such topics as Discipline and Guidance, Domestic Violence, Divorce and Separation, Kinship Care, Parenting and Fathering. We collaborate with schools to provide mainstream parenting classes such as "Winning At Parenting." We are contracted providers for such programs as "MRT Parenting and Family Values," "Impact of Domestic Violence on Children," "Consider the Children," "Kinship," "Parent Child Assistance Program," and "Dynamic Dads" programs. We coordinate a financial assistance program for Kinship or relative caregivers called "Kinship Caregiver Support Program" and a weekly support group for caregivers in Thurston, and monthly groups in Mason and Lewis counties. We also collaborate with the Hands on Children's Museum to provide a support group for foster parents called "Lifeline." and for Kinship Caregivers every Tuesday evening. In addition we offer a variety of continuing education programs for pre-school teachers, parents, foster parents, Kinship families and other early childhood professionals who work with children.