PACT Parents as Teachers

PACT Parents as Teachers Parents as Teachers is a First Teacher home-visiting program serving families in Morgan County. Being a parent is hard work!

In the first few years, children learn more and at a faster pace than at any other time in life. You help shape your child’s future through the kinds of experiences you provide. Your baby was born to learn, and as a parent you are your child’s first teacher. Parents as Teachers is open to ALL families in Morgan County with children prenatal to five years old. The program is designed for caregivers

to participate in learning about how their baby is developing and how they can best support that growth. There are no income eligibility guidelines. As a PAT family, you receive:

• Personal Visits - Personal visits support parents in their parenting role in order to promote optimal child development and positive parent-child interaction. Personal visits with Certified Parent Educators are scheduled and are about an hour in length.

• Group Connections - Group connections provide opportunities for parents to acquire information about child development, parenting and positive parent-child interaction, while gaining support from each other.

• Screenings - Screenings provide regular information about each child's health and developmental progress, increases parents' understanding of their child's development, and identifies strengths and abilities, as well as areas of concern. PACT Parents as Teachers offers annual screenings to children enrolled in our program.

• Resource Network - The program connects families to needed resources and takes an active role in the community, establishing ongoing relationships with other organizations that serve families. Benefits of participating in the Parents as Teachers program:
• Increases parent knowledge of early childhood development while improving parenting practices.
• Provides early detection of developmental delays and health issues.
• Prevents child abuse and neglect.
• Increases children’s school readiness and success. You and your baby deserve the support Parents as Teachers offers. Give your child the best start in life because your baby was born to learn!

06/09/2026
05/27/2026

**CLARIFICATION: Students participating in summer school will be served first. Meals will be offered to the community as long as supplies are still available.**

FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS AND TEENS: Decatur City Schools is proud to host the Summer Meal Program! Free healthy meals are available to any child 18 years old and younger living in Decatur and Morgan County. No registration or sign-ups are required.

Please review the program dates, service times, and participating school locations below:

📅 Dates: June 1 – June 25, 2026
📅 Days: Monday through Thursday

⏰ Daily Meal Times:
Breakfast: 7:40 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

📍 Participating Meal Sites:
Meals are available at the following school locations:
Austin Junior High School - Decatur City Schools
Austinville Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Chestnut Grove Elementary-Decatur, Al
Decatur High School- Decatur, Al
Frances Nungester Elementary School - Decatur, AL.
Leon Sheffield Magnet School- Decatur, Alabama
Banks-Caddell Elementary School - Decatur, Alabama
Oak Park Elementary School-Decatur, Alabama
Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Al
West Decatur Elementary School-Decatur, Al
Benjamin Davis Elementary-Decatur, Al
Woodmeade Elementary - Decatur, Alabama

Important Program Guidelines:
Dine-In Only: All meals must be eaten on-site.
Child Presence: The child must be physically present at the site to receive a meal.

Help us spread the word to families in our community so that every child has access to nutritious meals this summer!

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05/25/2026

Fourth Thursday Beans and Rice distribution this week!

05/12/2026
04/21/2026
Celebrate a home visitor in your life during ! Home visitors play an important role in the lives of families across the...
04/21/2026

Celebrate a home visitor in your life during ! Home visitors play an important role in the lives of families across the country. PACT - Parents and Children Together is proud to support home visitors in Morgan County, Alabama, this week and every week. Institute FSP

04/15/2026

"Why does prevention matter? Why should we care? It doesn't happen here. "

-47 of the children tragically lost their lives at the hands of their abuse and neglect in Alabama in 2023
-Intervention cost in Alabama = more than $8 BILLION in 2023
-For a single, first-time case of maltreatment? About $870k in Alabama
-In Morgan County, our CAC served 364 unduplicated children in the 24-25 fiscal year (CAC serves families who have experienced abuse/trauma)

Children who experience a childhood trauma, like abuse, can have lifelong scars. Brain development is derailed. Higher risk of lifelong mental and physical health conditions. Increased socioeconomic hardships.

Prevention starts with me. Prevention starts with you. Prevention starts with us.

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04/10/2026

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Our county is standing together! From schools to businesses, we are wearing blue!

Step One of prevention is awareness, so rock on Morgan County and keep showing up for our kids!

Address

245 Jackson Street SE
Decatur, AL
35601

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+12563557252

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