Offers parenting support and education services including playgroups, training sessions, resources information, and referrals.

Community-based, professionally facilitated open play times are offered to children and their grown-ups.

Provides weekly playgroups, parenting support, free clothing and book swaps, and family events.

Provides activity groups that offer education, support, and opportunity for socialization.

Offers support groups for parents and caregivers on a variety of topics. Some groups are open to all, while others focus on people with particular needs (mothers, fathers, foster parents, people raising toddlers, people raising teens).

Provides opportunities for parents to participate in a wide variety of recreational activities with their children.

Provides parent-child playgroups connecting families with other families and with services in a social setting that includes arts and crafts activities, storytime, free play and a snack. West Fairlee playgroup not held when school is not in session. Bradford playgroup not held during the summer when school is not in session.

Provides weekly playgroups for families with young children. Snacks are provided. Playgroups are held in Brandon, Castleton, Mount Holly, and Rutland.

Provides play opportunities for parents and children to enable parents with young children to get together. A play group facilitator sets up play space with developmentally stimulating activities and acts as a resource for parents by providing advice, information about available resources, and community events.

Provides parents, caregivers, and children with opportunities for socialization, peer support, parenting information, child socialization, and resource sharing in a developmentally appropriate setting with an early childhood facilitator. Also includes early developmental screening. Child/children must be accompanied by caregiver.

Provides drop-in parent-child interactive play programs with parent education and support, including Family Play Program with ESL classes for caregivers, projects to promote cross-cultural relationships, and a summer gardening/outdoor education component. Others include Early Months, for mothers and babies during the first few months after birth and Crawlers, Waddlers & Toddlers, for parents and early toddlers. Parenting classes are periodically offered. Additional workshops for adults also are available, including occasional computer literacy classes. Provides snacks and lunch. Workshops for adults include cooking, movement, and book group. Special activities for children include sing-a-longs, story time, nature play, sandbox, and movement. The Family Room also provides a preschool during the school year.

Offers playgroups designed specifically to allow fathers and masculine-identifying caregivers to connect with one another while engaging in healthy play with their children. Groups have met at local playgrounds, coffee shops, the Winooski Family Center, and Fletcher Free library. Playgroups are typically offered 5-6 times a month.

Provides advocacy for early childhood service delivery system improvements from local communities to both the Building Bright Futures Council and the legislature. Each council provides information about regularly scheduled opportunities for parents to participate in a wide variety of recreational activities. All councils serve as local hubs of information for early childhood and family resource networks. The Statewide BBF Council is comprised of 21 appointed members. Five members are state agency or department heads from the Agency of Human Services, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, the Agency of Education, the Department of Health and the Department for Children and Families. Other members include two to four legislators, two business representatives, and a variety of community, health and early childhood representatives.

Offers parents an opportunity to meet with other parents on a social basis, while children are given the opportunity to interact with peers. Playgroups are located in many communities and support and education is provided to parents who wish to start playgroups in their towns.