Mentoring Program

Mission Amarillo's

ParentChild+

Mission Amarillo is part of a nationwide network of ParentChild+ sites stepping in with early intervention to ensure under-resourced families can prepare their children to start school on equal footing with more privelaged families.

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Loving & Equipping

Mission Amarillo is part of nationwide network of ParentChild+ sites working with underprivileged and under-resourced families to help love our neighbor and equip them for life.

We step in with early intervention to ensure these families can prepare their children to start school on equal footing with other children, opening the door wide to equal possibilities from the start.

Families in ParentChild+

Have at least one child who is 18 months-4 years
Receive twice weekly visits in their own homes
Receive 92 visits over the two-year program
Receive at least 24 books and 22 educational toys or activities to keep using with all the children in the home.

Our consistent presence in the children’s homes is another way we live out our theme verse, “Let us not love in word or thought, but in actions and in truth,” 1 John 3:18. We become actively involved in the lives of the parents, helping our refugee neighbors navigate the difficulty of adapting to a new culture, giving them a consistent presence they can rely on.

Children who participate have:

30% higher graduation rates than their socioeconomic peers who did not have the program.
50% less likely of a need for Special Education services.
Better performance on assessments and standardized tests than their peers without the program.
Increased lifetime earning potential by up to 1 million dollars due to starting out on the pathway to success.

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Title/Position

“...On cold, snowy days when children do not have proper shoes we always know there is someone to help those in need...”

Heather Bilbrey

Travis 6th Grade Campus Assistant Principal

“...On cold, snowy days when children do not have proper shoes we always know there is someone to help those in need...”

Heather Bilbrey

Travis 6th Grade Campus Assistant Principal

“...On cold, snowy days when children do not have proper shoes we always know there is someone to help those in need...”

Heather Bilbrey

Travis 6th Grade Campus Assistant Principal

“I think it’s awesome because before this my 2-year-old wasn’t even talking. Until the teacher came out here. She started opening up so I love it! I learned that it’s okay to have fun and play while your child is learning and being a part of her learning.”

Cadesha

Parent

“I love it, it improved my child’s learning and her English language. She learned different kinds of shapes, more numbers, and how to read a book and figure out what’s going on. I learned how to become a teacher to my child.”

Marian

Parent

“The part of the program I like most is reading a book because my son can learn the word and know what the picture shows. Sometimes at night he would get the book and ask me to read with him. He would show me how it goes!”

Amen

Parent

“My son is not so shy now. He like to see his teacher. He’s learning his colors and numbers. I think he will be ready for school and not afraid.”

Parent

“My children learned reading, writing, drawing, and how to respect each other. I learned how to teach the children in the future.”

Naw

Parent

Christy Jalbert

ParentChild+ Coordinator

Christy Jalbert has been the coordinator of Mission Amarillo’s ParentChild+ since 2015. Christy received her degree in Education from Texas A&M University and taught in the public school system for many years. After working with children in poverty and seeing the struggles they had in school, she decided to partner with Mission Amarillo to bring ParentChild+ to Amarillo.

Now she is helping low income parents ensure their children are getting the critical language development they need before starting school. ParentChild+ graduates are starting school ready and are 30% more like to go on to graduate from high school. Christy has been married to her wonderfully supportive husband, Luke, for 25 years and they have two sons in college. Their family is involved in their church and likes to spend time outdoors together.

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Meet our team

The ParentChild+ Team

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We serve families that face significant challenges to success including poverty, language barriers, teen parents, single parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, and more.

If you are interested in this program or know of a family who could benefit from it, please fill out the Referral Form below.

Join Our Team.

We hire and train our own Early Learning Specialists from our community. We love to hire parents that have completed the program, as well as people who speak the languages of our program families.

If you are interested in part-time employment as an Early Learning Specialist, please fill out the ELS Employment Interest Form.

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Love & Equip with us.

Mission Amarillo is dependent on our generous donors that make all we do possible. If you would like to contribute financially, become a mentor, or support our events, we’d love to collaborate together to love and equip in Amarillo, Tx.

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