You work in a school-age program. In the past few weeks, your program has gained six new families. Your supervisor has asked you and the other school-age staff members to think of a few methods of helping these families feel welcome in the program, meet other families and learn about the program. Your first brainstorming meeting with other school-age staff members is coming up. Use the questions below to think about ways of completing the tasks.

1. What are some general ways to make families feel welcome?
2. How could your program create opportunities for families to meet other families?
3. What are some methods of sharing information about your program with new families?