Read with Me/Lea Conmigo is a family involvement program designed to improve the early literacy skills of infants and toddlers, preschool children, and students in kindergarten through 1st grade.  The program engages families in early reading activities by providing a weekly supply of award-wining children’s books into the home. 

There are many roads to the world of literacy. Sometimes the path is reading and sometimes its writing.  Speaking and listening are also avenues that lead literacy development.  This curriculum serves as a map to help guide families on their literacy journey. Reading Roads/Caminos para Leer is a family literacy academy for parents of Kindergarten through 5th grade students. Each lesson has activities for parents to do at home with Kindergarten – 1st Grade children, 2nd – 3rd Grade children, and 4th-5th Grade children.  Based in socio-contextual learning, this curriculum has a total 5 lessons which connect to various themes families hold close to their hearts:  These themes include family, culture, community, opportunity, and celebration.

Blueprints for Parents is a 12-hour program that encourages parents to explore key family values that help their children become resilient to negative influences which often serve as barriers to academic achievement and social and emotional development. 

Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors(AP) is the nation’s first evidence-based parent leadership training  program for Latino parents with children 0-5 years of age. This curriculum, delivered in ten interactive sessions, is based on popular education and draws on the real life experiences and cultural strengths of its participants.

Ready for Kinder helps parents understand how they can actively support their children’s transition from home to kindergarten.  The curriculum focuses on how student academic and social development can be ensured through the active participation of parents in the education of their children. 

  The Million Word Challenge is a community-wide literacy campaign promoting a culture of literacy at home and academic achievement at school. This initiative challenges students, preschool through 12 th grade, to read MILLIONS of WORDS outside of the classroom, while helping to connect families and schools together around the joy of reading beyond the bell. The campaign was created by the LAUSD-Local District 5 in 2003 and is currently carried out in schools throughout Los Angeles County. The 2009-2010 Million Word Challenge is an initiative of Families In Schools in partnership with the City of Los Angeles,  La Opinion, the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Target. Also, the Million Word Challenge has enlisted the support of civic officials, education leaders, and celebrities across the county.

The ground-breaking campaign launches in November 2009 with a dynamic event that brings public attention to the literacy challenge. Schools throughout Los Angeles County are invited to register for the initiative at www.millionwordchallenge.org from November 1 – December 15, 2009.  After registering, school staff have access to an on-line campaign handbook containing activities and handouts that support creative literacy events at their sites.  In May 2010, as the contest at each school draws to the end, one student is selected as the winner of their school's Million Word Challenge.  In addition to being honored on their campus by their school, each student winner receives a $50 gift certificate to purchase books at the Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair, which takes place on June 5, 2010 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall.

The 7th annual Feria del Libro: A Family Book Fair is a community-wide event promoting a culture of literacy at home and academic achievement at school, where quality culturally-relevant books are available to children of all ages.