What are we doing? Success By 6 offers the following programs in our community:

Parenting/HOME (Helping Our Mothers Excel) programs include parenting classes for the following:

- Pregnant teens in the Etowah County, Attalla City and Gadsden City school systems to show them games and activities that will help stimulate brain development in children birth to 3 years old;

- High School Consumer Science classes and Co-op programs;

- Even Start classes and Gadsden Regional Medical Center pre-birth classes;

- In-home visitations to new mothers provided through a contract with the Family Success Center using Parents As Teachers and Brain Train curriculums. Success By 6 is a children's initiative to discover ways to ensure all children are prepared and ready to succeed as they enter first grade.

Better Beginnings - Volunteers are recruited to read, rock, sing, and play with children in local daycares. We model behavior to emphasize early brain development in children spending 8-12 hours a day in a childcare center.

Book programs promoting literacy and school readiness:

- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - Children in Etowah County, ages birth to 5 years, enrolled in the program, receive one age-appropriate book each month until their fifth birthday.

- Freebie Reads - Books are given to children age birth to 6 years.

Contact us at: successby6@bellsouth.net