Office of Student and Family Support (SFS)

The Office of Student and Family Support (SFS) works in partnership with educators, schools, students, families, and other agencies and organizations across the Commonwealth to advance the Department's mission. Our programs and initiatives aim to ensure access to high quality and student-centered pre-K-grade 12 education and strengths-based supports.

This work helps further the Department's strategic priorities , including but not limited to supporting social emotional learning, health, and safety .

Examples of SFS program strategies that cultivate student achievement and success include:

• making data-informed decisions to address achievement and proficiency gaps,
• infusing service-learning, multi-disciplinary, and/or meaningful project-based activities into curricula,
• providing professional development and technical assistance for continuous program improvement,
• engaging families/guardians in student learning,
• creating safe and supportive learning environments,
• fostering positive behavioral health,
• supporting smooth transitions between grades and schools, and
• promoting interagency and school/community collaboration.

Unit Programs and Related Initiatives:

• Additional Learning Opportunities
• Early Learning
• Educational Stability
• Family Engagement
• Promoting Adolescent Health through School-Based HIV/STD Prevention and Surveillance
• Safe & Healthy Learning Environments
• Additional Related Programs & Efforts

Last Updated: January 17, 2021