Parent Café Community Coordinator

Family Futures’ mission is to shape a community in which all children are supported to reach their full potential. Our geographic focus is primarily Kent County with some services extending into other communities. We help children ages 0 through 5 by supporting parents, providing connections to resources and programs, and offering ways to monitor and enhance early childhood development. We believe in supporting our employees to be successful as well.

Family Futures offers a strength-based, learning-driven, quality improvement-based culture that celebrates equity and diversity and an opportunity to grow while making an impact in your community. Family Futures values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages individuals with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

The Parent Café Community Coordinator will deepen the impact and sustainability of the Be Strong Families Parent Café model within Northern Kent County, with a particular focus on families living and learning in the area. Working closely with staff and community partners, the Coordinator will plan, facilitate, and evaluate monthly Parent Cafés for FY 2027, support coalition-building efforts, and gather data to demonstrate program reach and impact.

This position will also be the grant lead, ensuring that the workplan is created and followed, grant reporting is submitted, data is collected, and all aspects of the grant are being implemented. This position will also oversee the Parent Café Coalition, which brings partners in the parent café work together to align efforts and better serve families in our community.

Adaptability is important for this position, as is taking initiative with daily tasks. Because you’ll be active in the community, there may be times when the use of a personal vehicle and lifting of boxes (roughly 25 lbs.) may be required, as well as attendance of community events and meetings outside of regular work hours. Lastly, use of personal cell phone and access to Internet service may be a requirement of this position.

• Plan and coordinate monthly Parent Cafés
• Collaborate through the parent café collation and Family Futures staff to determine café dates, locations, and logistics through the end of the grant year
• Support facilitation, materials preparation, and participant engagement for all cafés

• Support strategic planning for ongoing parent cafes, including:
  • Theme and protective factors
  • One-on-one questions
  • Commitment cards and engagement activities
• Conduct outreach to community organizations to secure buy-in and partnership
• Hold at least one coalition meeting each quarter

• Work with Family Futures staff and the Parent Café Coalition to develop a clear timeline, scope of work, and expectations, including meetings, assignments, systems, and processes
• Support communication and coordination among schools, community partners, and coalition members

• Gather and share data from all Parent Cafés to demonstrate program growth, participation, and demographic reach
• Collaborate with staff to ensure data aligns with reporting and program evaluation needs

• Attend necessary meetings through the Ready by Five Early Childhood Millage
• Complete quarterly grant reporting
• Ensure workplan creation and completion

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood, Social Work, Psychology or a related field with a minimum 2 years working with families or some combination of formal and informal education and experience sufficient to demonstrate proficiency. The ideal candidate will also…