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Joe Davis
Bureau Chief
325 West Gaines Street, Room 544
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Bureau Chief
325 West Gaines Street, Room 544
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Phone: (850) 245-0847
Fax: (850) 245-0849
Fax: (850) 245-0849
Mission
The Bureau of Family & Community Outreach (BFCO) provides resources, training, recognition, and technical assistance for parents, volunteers, schools & communities to support families in making choices that will promote a high quality education for their children.Research provides overwhelming support that schools with a strong and comprehensive focus on parent-involvement efforts are more likely to produce higher-performing students than schools that do not undertake or support such efforts. In addition, research shows that schools developing strong community linkages while responding to the needs of their communities have higher levels of overall performance than schools that do not form such relationships with their communities. The purpose of the Bureau of Family and Community Outreach is to promote stronger and more positive outcomes for children and their families by enhancing these important connections within and between families, their communities, and the institutions that serve them.
Initiatives & Current Events
- Parental Involvement
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers After School Programs
- Dropout Prevention
- GED Exit Option Model
- Title IV, Part A- Safe & Drug-Free Schools programs
- Title V, Part A- Innovative Programs
- Family Day
- Mentoring/Student Assistance Initiative State Grants
- Florida Association of Partners in Education
- Parent Resource Guides
- Parent Response Center
- District Volunteer/Community Involvement Coordinators
- Kid Care Campaign
- Bullying Prevention
- Florida Afterschool Network
- Florida Parental Information Resource Center
- Zero Tolerance
- Gang Reduction Strategy