Thriving Families & Community

Empowering Kids to Thrive - One Family at a time.

Thriving Families & Community

Our team believes the essential ingredients of thriving include both a close-knit and caring community in addition to daily self-regulation practices that enable families to grow and flourish in the midst of the big and small challenges of life. We provide world-class before and after mentorship in Montgomery County, Maryland. As a not-for-profit organization, we are able to fully invest in you and your kids to THRIVE academically, emotionally and physically during the many challenges of life!

ABOUT US

3 simple, yet powerful ways the ThrivingFC team is different.

Individualized Care

Your child gets individualized care and attention with one of the lowest mentor-to-kid ratios in Maryland of 1 mentor for every 5 kids.

Closely Partner with Parents & Caregivers

Our goal is for you to THRIVE as a parent or caregiver. When you are a part of the Thriving Family, you will have a team to work side-by-side with you to understand the daily challenges you and your kid are facing, then provide real-world best practices and techniques to help you and your child THRIVE. This in mind, we offer (at ZERO additional cost) "1-on-1 Mentor and Parenting Brainstorming Sessions" on a weekly basis, in addition to monthly "caregiver coffees" to provide both a trusted community of support and real-world childcentered training.

World Class Staff

We invest in our mentors so they can invest in you and your kids! Our aim is for you and your kid to have the same dedicated mentor your entire time at TF&C - whether that's months or years! We provide top-notch and continual training for our counselors on cutting-edge childcare, parenting and trauma-informed care. Finally, we are one of Maryland's most competitive before and after care organizations in both pay and benefits for our full-time childcare professionals.

What's Happening at ThrivingFC

7:00am-9:15am

Example Morning Session

7:00am

Parent/Caregiver checks in their kid and has the opportunity to share any behavioral challenges that our TF&C team can be helpful with during the week.
7:00 - 8:30am

Two options to choose: Outdoor play focused on a nature mini-hike OR Indoor play team LEGO or Painting Time!
8:30 - 8:50am

Small group time with their individual mentor and snack time. Mentor sees how their weekend went, anything the child is worried about this week, and 1 goal they'd like help with during the week.
8:50 - 9:00am

Group Learning “Introduction to Breathwork”.
9:00-9:10am

All kids and mentors together do “breathwork and calm down time”.
9:10-9:15am

Mentor walks their small teams to school and/or class.

3:45pm-6:30pm

Example Afternoon Session

3:45-4:15pm

Small group time with their individual mentor to share a snack together, review their day, and homework help.
4:15-4:45pm

Two options for kids to choose: Outdoor play focused on cooperative team-work via "Sharks and Minnows game" or indoor fun focused on confidence building via "Dance Party",
4:45-6:00pm

Combination of self-regulation practice of the kid’s/caregiver’s preference (breathwork, movement, journaling) or indoor/ outdoor sensory activity. Then, mentor-supervised play to put this self-regulation training into practice with other kids.
6:00-7:30pm

Open virtual or in-person time for parents & caregivers to schedule 1-on-1 sessions with their kid’s mentor to go over current challenges, social/emotional/academic goals, and regulation practices that are most helpful.