Success Through Collaboration

Strengthening Access and Opportunities in Family Engagement

Washington Statewide Family Engagement Center

Education Northwest and our partners are no longer receiving federal funding for the Washington Statewide Family Engagement Center, effective October 1, 2025. While funding has ended, our commitment to advancing meaningful family and community engagement remains strong. This website will remain accessible while we explore new opportunities to sustain and grow this important work.

If you are interested in receiving technical assistance or support with your family engagement efforts, please reach out.

WASFEC collaborates with partners to enhance family engagement efforts statewide through a five‑year federal grant. We foster a culture of family engagement that prioritizes all families’ voices and experiences and promotes collaboration and shared leadership. Our programs empower families, educators, and community leaders to provide the layered support that youth need to thrive.



Leading Together: A New District Tool for Family Engagement

District teams can use our new tool to assess family engagement at a systems level, using a collaborative process that engages families and is rooted in the Washington context. Learn about the new self-assessment and how to use it.

Building Systemic Family Engagement Practice

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The Building Systemic Family Engagement Practice course is an eight-module learning series designed to help educators, school leaders, and all families build equitable, socially responsive, and sustainable family engagement practices.

Jennifer Karls

Family and community engagement in school centers the creation of equitable partnerships and a collective commitment to promoting an environment of belonging that allows every child to reach their full human potential.

Jennifer Karls Director, Roots of Inclusion