About Us

NHFC is a CFCE funded by the Massachusetts EEC, and given support by the Northampton Public Schools District.

• NHFC (Northampton/Hadley Family Connection)
• CFCE (Coordinated Family and Community Engagement)
• MA EEC (Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care)

Our purpose is to bring local families with young children together in playgroups, events, workshops, and groups to play, to learn, to experience, and to support. 

Located in the Northampton Public Schools' Early Childhood Center at Jackson Street School, we reach out during the school year with varied opportunities to join families and communities together.  Our vision is to make it easier for every family to be part of learning and growing our community’s children healthfully, with other families and our community. 

Northampton has been awarded the CFCE/CPC grant from the MA EEC for over four decades.

For more information, email our CFCE Program Specialist Ashley Miller at asmiller@northampton-k12.us.
 

What We Do

• PLAY - two weekly playgroups: Northampton Parents Center (Monday-Thursday mornings in Northampton) and the Hadley Public Library on Tuesday mornings
• LEARN - Parent information workshops on topics like sleep, child development, nutrition, behavior; insights into your child’s developmental stages via the ASQ; connection to local events & support groups like Northampton Parents Center’s First Aid for Young Children, Northampton Area Pediatrics’ monthly discussion topics, baby groups offered at Cooley Dickinson Hospital 
• EXPERIENCE - Fun! Playdates at the Smith Art Museum, Family Game Time at Forbes Library, walks in Hadley and Northampton with Kestrel Land Trust
• SUPPORT - Monthly Parent Cafes; ParentChild+ (parent/child home visiting program); 2 monthly newsletters, Parenting Seeds (tips & activities), and Local Family Fun (cool things to do)
• REFERRALS - Call us with your questions about your young child!  We can listen and make suggestions having to do with local childcare programs, developmental concerns, special education and other services, about kindergarten, preschool, early intervention, parenting strategies