Baby face qualitative Evaluation

Planning and logistics
Five parent educators and two supervisors noted that some aspects of planning and the logistics 
of holding Family Circles were challenging. They either had difficulty finding a time or place to 
hold Family Circles, or finding presenters to come to Family Circles. A supervisor noted how 
time consuming it was for parent educators to plan and coordinate Family Circles.
Setting the date right. We haven’t always figured that out. And not being able to meet in the 
building, because there is a funeral or something, and then it is difficult to reschedule. 
Trying to find the presenter for that month. 
We can have a real hard time coming up with educational things to work into it. 

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Baby FACE 
Wilder Research, January 2015 
 
Qualitative Evaluation 
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We want consultants to come out to do presentations, but we have no way to pay them. The 
majority want to be paid. The majority of the time, we stick with like the IHS, because they are 
already on payroll. The consultants on traditional ways, we may look around to see if the school will 
help us to pay to do the presentation. That is always a challenge, to get the pay for them to provide 
their services. 
To overcome this, three parent educators noted that they scheduled their Family Circles around 
other activities.
When I started, we hardly got anybody, but then we got better attendance because of the location. 
We combined it with the school parent night. We started having it at the community center. The 
expense of gas was a big issue.
[We] incorporate our Family Circle into the parent/teacher conferences, so that there is only one 
meal to be fed. 
Piggybacking on other tribal things [was successful]. So many of our children are in ECLC, and 
they have things going on, and we know our families will be there.