The Family and Parenting Center provides programming and opportunities for networking for Jewish, interfaith and unaffiliated families who have children from newborn to age five. Programs are created around Jewish themes and are developed to encourage families to bring Judaism into their lives in a variety of ways. The Center works in collaboration with Jewish pre-schools, synagogues, and community agencies to keep families informed regarding Jewish family education.

The mission statement of the Family and Parenting Center is to strengthen, educate, and support the diverse families in our Jewish community by providing Jewish family education programs, resources, and relationship building activities.

The Family and Parenting Center is a program of Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis and is funded by the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and the Toodie and Frank Trestman Special Needs and Collaborative Education Endowment Fund of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.

Family and Parenting Center programs are accessible for individuals with disabilities. No one will be turned away from the Family and Parenting Center due to inability to pay. For requests for special accommodations, a confidential fee adjustment, more information or to make a reservation, please call Supervisor, Barb Goldman at 417-2139 or bgoldman@jfcsmpls.org.