The HIPPY program is a prevention AND intervention family literacy strategy supported by four foundational programmatic pillars:

1. Parents teach children;
2. Role play is used as the method of teaching;
3. Educational activities center around a highly structured, lock step curriculum;
4. Parents teach parents.

When melded together these components combine to create a potent remedy to many of the conditions contributing to inter-generational poverty that are not addressed through short-term unstructured interventions.

It is a long-term commitment - HIPPY works with parents for 30 weeks a year over three years consistently and systematically.

The HIPPY program breaks the cycle of poverty and low-level literacy by providing employment and training to multi-barriered individuals, improves adult literacy, prepares children for school, reduces social isolation and increases parental involvement in school. The model has been tested and demonstrated effective in several countries around the world in a wide variety of settings over a long period of time. The HIPPY program produces results!


There is good value for the money.
An average size HIPPY program costs around $150,000.


One Year Benefits per Site

Employment:	1 full-time coordinator	1,540 hours
	5 part-time home visitors	3,500 hours
	Total	5,040 hours

Families Served:

5 home visitors

15 families (each)

75 families

Education & Training:	Home visitor	150 hours (each)	7,750 hours
	Parents	50 hours (each)	3,750 hours
	Children	50 hours (each)	3,750 hours
	Total		15,250 hours

Educational Materials Distributed:
Activity Packages	30 packs/family	2,250 packs
Story Books	9 books/family	675 books