The Family Partnership

Early Childhood Education: TFP offers high-quality, culturally responsive early childhood education and care as a key element of our 2GEN approach to improving the well-being of children and families. Our classrooms increase access to early education, focusing on communities of color to address systemic disparities and create equitable communities where all families and children can thrive. In 2024, TFP's experienced early childhood educators delivered evidence-based curricula designed to expand children's literacy, language use, math and science knowledge, and executive functioning, which prepared children for kindergarten and future success. Family workers provided support and case management services to preschool families to engage parents and caregivers with their children's learning and promote whole family well-being. In 2024, we served 222 families across all early childhood programs, and 90% of the children in our preschools graduated kindergarten-ready. We maintained our NAEYC national accreditation as well as our 4-star rating from Parent Aware, Minnesota's resource for identifying high-quality early childhood care and education programs.

PRIDE Anti Sex Trafficking: TFP provides support services to sexually exploited and at-risk youth, adults, and their families through the PRIDE (Promoting Recovery, Independence, Dignity, and Equality) program. PRIDE was created in partnership with a trafficking survivor and their therapist in 1978 and was the first program for such survivors in Minnesota. The program employs a holistic approach to combat sexual exploitation, which includes disrupting demand, providing services to those impacted, and changing systemic factors that lead to exploitation and abuse. PRIDE continued to work with participants on achieving a life free of exploitation and abuse while moving toward self-sufficiency. This included providing evidence-based curricula, intensive cash management support groups, youth prevention groups, LGBTQ+ and male-specific services, a 24-hour crisis line, transitional housing, court advocacy services, street outreach, and mental health therapy. In 2024, we served 660 people; 78% of participants decreased their involvement in the commercial sex industry, and 85% maintained or improved their incomes.