The Family Engagement Navigators initiative uses the evidence-based Attendance Works model to advance student success and help close equity gaps by reducing chronic absence. The initiative is a partnership of Healthy Community Initiative, Growing Up Healthy, and Northfield Public Schools. Funding provided by the Rice County Family Services Collaborative and braided funding efforts by Northfield Public Schools, Faribault Public Schools, and the Community School Initiative.
Family Engagement Navigators help families
Access resources and strategies that promote school attendance and prevent absences:
- Support connection between parent/caregiver and teacher
- Teach parents/caregivers how to access and use school apps, and support technology needs for student learning
- Connect families to online attendance tools and resources
- Help families create a Student Attendance Success Plan
- Enroll families in activities such as sports, summer programming, and community school
Connect to local organizations and resources, including but not limited to:
- Food access
- Housing
- Transportation
- Health care
- Mental health services
Attendance Works has created resources for parents and caregivers to help them support their student(s) to build the habit of good school attendance. Click here for resources in multiple languages.
Minnesota Reading Corps has created resources for parents to support their child’s learning. Click here for educational videos to share with your child.
Growing Up Healthy 
