Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Family Enrichment Through Computing and Hope Program, Inc. (F.E.T.C.H.) changes its name to the Family Enrichment Community Learning Center, Inc.
New name reflect broadened focus Says Andrew Barrett (Executive Director)

Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.A. – February 05, 2010 – The Family Enrichment Through Computing and Hope Program, Inc. (F.E.T.C.H.) announced today that the organization's board of directors approved a name change to the Family Enrichment Community Learning Center, Inc.

This new development essentially serves to highlight the broadened horizon of services, resources and expertise which the organization is able to offer to local communities, added Andrew Barrett Sr., Executive Director of the new Family Enrichment Community Learning Center, Inc.

With less emphasis on the term computing (and it’s limiting implications) and a more meaningful application of the organization’s goals and core values, the Family Enrichment Community Learning Center, Inc.'s mission is to provide a broader array of enrichment opportunities for at-risk youth, whether they are drop-outs or presently attending high-poverty and low-performing schools. These opportunities represents an extension of services offered by this organization, which includes life skills training, math, literacy and other educational services to adults in the families of youths receiving services from the Family Enrichment Community Learning Center.

By employing a supportive and holistic approach, the Family Enrichment Community Learning Center will make it possible for all of its participants to realize their fullest potential at home, at school, in the workplace, and in the community. The programs they develop will help students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, such as reading, math and science, as well as help them prepare for entering college or the work-force equipped with the appropriate skill-set and experience.

Family Enrichment Community Learning Center will provide the following services for our participants and their families

  1. Remedial education and academic enrichment
  2. Literacy/reading programs plus expanded‐learning opportunities for youth and families
  3. Parenting education and parent leadership
  4. Community services and service learning opportunities
  5. Mentoring and other youth development programs
  6. Programs for truant, suspended, or expelled students
  7. Adult education
  8. Job training and career counseling services
  9. Re-Entry Programs for the formerly incarcerated in the "F.E.C.L.C. Re-entry Program"
  10. Life-Skills, Information Technology Training, and much more for the students and family members of the homeless and formerly homeless population in the "F.E.C.L.C. Restore Program"
  11. Entrepreneurship Education
  12. Small Business Incubation
  13. Information Technology Training and voluntary work-experience opportunities
  14. Paid internship opportunities for program participants

For Further Details Contact:
Andrew Barrett
Executive Director – Family Enrichment Community Learning Center, Inc.
Phone: (786)286-1218 Email: abar43@gmail.com
Website: http://www.fetchfl.org and http://www.feclc.org
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