FEC Spotlights
FEC Spotlights
FEC Spotlights
Description: The Partnership FEC/Eastern Los Angeles Family Resource Center (ELAFRC) is located in Alhambra, CA and in the heart of East Los Angeles. Our mission is to assist parents, caregivers and professionals in locating resources to make informed decisions to meet children’s developmental, educational, and healthcare needs. We provide resources, information, referrals, trainings, parent to parent emotional support, support groups that cater to different language and cultural backgrounds.
Additional Affiliations: Early Start Family Resource Center (0-3, 3-5), CNP (Entire Lifespan), and FEC (3-22)Family Empowerment Centers (FECs) provide training and information to families of children and young adults with disabilities, between the ages of 3 and 22 in California. These nonprofit organizations offer specialized training, peer-to-peer support, information and referral services. They assist parents to better understand their child’s educational and developmental needs, effectively communicate with service providers, serve as a resource for the IEP process, participate in school reform and improvement activities, promote alternative dispute resolution, and support positive relationships between parents and professionals. Services available through each FEC vary based on the needs of the community.