County of Oswego Council on Alcoholism & Addictions, Inc

• FAST: Families and Schools Together

FAST is a research based, multi-family group approach that supports parents to be the primary prevention agents for their children. The three components that include outreach, multi-family group sessions and ongoing monthly reunions, incorporate activities designed to build support for parents,  bonds among family members and between families and the school.

FAST Program Goals:

• Enhance family functioning by strengthening parent-child relationships, while empowering the parents to become the primary prevention agents for their children.
• Prevent the child from experiencing school failure by improving the child's behavior and performance in school, empowering parents in their role as partners in the education process, and to increase both the child's and family's feelings of affiliation toward their school.
• Prevent substance abuse by the family by increasing the family's knowledge and awareness of substance abuse and the impact of abuse on child development.
• Reduce the stress that parents and children experience from daily life situations by building self-esteem, offering social support and community resources as needed.