The New Jersey Parent and Information Resource Center (NJPIRC)

NJPIRC is a program of Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey (PCA-NJ), a statewide, non-profit organization founded in 1979. In 2006, the US Department of Education awarded a five year grant that will allow PCA-NJ to provide leadership and technical assistance to non-profit organizations and local educational agencies to help those organizations put successful parental involvement programs in place. The policies and activities of NJPIRC are designed to improve student academic achievement and to help ensure that students in New Jersey, particularly those in low-performing districts, achieve high academic performance.

Goals of NJPIRC

• To strengthen parents' skill and understanding of how to support their child's education in the home by increasing the availability of information on this topic for parents throughout NJ, and by increasing the availability of parent training, information and support programs in NJ, particularly in the Abbott or other high-needs districts.

• To improve student achievement in NJ Abbott or other high needs school district throughout the state by providing training & technical assistance to strengthen and/or develop parental involvement policies, programs & activities.

• To increase parents' skill and understanding of how to support the development of their child's literacy skills by providing literacy training programs, particularly in disadvantaged areas in NJ.

• To improve parents' understanding of the NJ accountability system and opportunities for supplemental services and public school choice under Section 1116 ESEA.

• To further the developmental progress of disadvantaged/special needs children in NJ.

• To coordinate PIRC activities with existing federal, state and local programs and services.
  

To learn more about all 62 PIRC programs, visit www.nationalpirc.org/pircs/