LearnOutside CaregiverInside Parent
Talking With Your Child's School
How caregivers and parents can open a clear, low-conflict line of communication with teachers and counselors.
About 4 min read
The #FKLM Family Blueprint
Module 1
Educational & Scholarship Pathways
Explore education, scholarship, career, and workforce opportunities that can help children and young adults prepare for what comes next.
Topics in this module
School Success
Supporting academic progress, school communication, attendance, accommodations, and important school conversations.
College Planning
College preparation by grade level, admissions basics, community college and university pathways, financial aid, and application preparation.
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Scholarship opportunities, justice-impacted youth opportunities, application deadlines, essays, recommendation letters, and financial-aid resources.
Career & Workforce Pathways
Apprenticeships, skilled trades, credential programs, workforce programs, internships, resume preparation, and career exploration.
Transition-Age Youth
Resources for approximately ages 16–24 related to education, employment, housing, financial literacy, mentorship, identification documents, and independent living.
Resources
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Understanding School Supports and Accommodations
Plain-language overview of the support plans schools use and how families can ask about them.
About 5 min read
- PlanYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver
College Planning, Grade by Grade
What to focus on in each year of high school so college applications do not become a last-minute scramble.
About 6 min read
- PlanYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver
Financial Aid: The First Three Steps
The core financial-aid actions every family can take, even with a complicated household situation.
About 5 min read
- Find HelpYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver
Breaking Barriers Scholarship Spotlight
An MFGP-featured scholarship opportunity for justice-impacted students, with eligibility details and deadlines.
About 3 min read
- PlanYouth / Young Adult
Asking for a Recommendation Letter
How a student can ask well, and what to hand the person writing it.
About 3 min read
- LearnYouth / Young AdultInside Parent
Apprenticeships and Skilled Trades
Paid training pathways that lead to a credential without a four-year degree.
About 5 min read
- PlanYouth / Young Adult
Building a First Resume
What to include when a young person has school, volunteering, and family responsibility but little formal work history.
About 4 min read
- PlanYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver
Transition-Age Youth: Independent Living Basics
Identification documents, banking, housing, and the practical adult tasks that arrive around ages 16–24.
About 6 min read
- Find HelpYouth / Young AdultOutside Caregiver
Finding a Mentor Who Sticks
Where mentoring relationships actually form, and how to keep one going.
About 4 min read
Table Talk
Choose one opportunity to discuss during your next family conversation. Choose a prompt to add to your Blueprint so it’s ready for your next call, visit, or letter.
The High, Low & Hope
“Tell me one good thing that happened this week, one thing that was hard, and one thing you're hoping happens next.”
Teach Me Something
“What's something you learned, discovered, or got better at recently that you could teach me?”
Future Us
“If we could plan one ordinary day together in the future, what would we do from breakfast until bedtime?”
Identify one next step the parent, caregiver, or young person can take.
Your action space
My Family Blueprint
Write down five short things and they stay on this device. No account is needed, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. Please leave out legal, medical, and personal details.
A topic to come back to.
A conversation topic for your next call or visit.
A scholarship, program, or future goal.
Something to research or ask a professional later.
One practical family action.
Saved resources
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Prototype note: notes are stored only in this browser. A future version could sync them to a secure MFGP account so families can pick up where they left off across devices.