About Family and Community Engagement (FACE)

  • FACE

    The Denver Public Schools Family and Community Engagement (FACE) department works to create a school community where everyone is involved and supported, ensuring that every student thrives. FACE offers resources, information, education, and support to over 90,000 students, their families, and more than 10,000 staff members in the Denver Public Schools system, at any stage of their journey.

     

    Our Programs and Services

    • Family Constituency Services: We offer high-quality services using culturally sensitive practices. Our support helps families, schools, and community members access school and district resources, address concerns, and build skills to be active partners in their students' education. We have Spanish-speaking staff and provide access to multilingual interpretation services. Visit our Family Constituency Services Internal page for more information.

     

    • Community Hubs: Our six locations help support students' learning by offering programs and services that address families' social, emotional, physical, academic, and basic needs. We work with the community to provide services that are tailored to their specific needs. Visit our Community Hubs External Page for more information. 

     

    • The Family and Community Engagement University (FACE U): Is a Title 1 Family engagement program that provides resources like tips, webinars, and training to help families support and stay involved with their students-all just a click away! Visit our FACE U External Page for more information.  

     

    • Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV): Is a program provided by the Family, School, Community Partnership team. This program is a high-impact family engagement strategy designed to build trusting home-school partnerships centered on shared hopes and dreams. PTHV internal Page

     

    • Volunteer Services: provides resources to the Denver Public School Community that support the engagement of volunteers in ensuring that every learner thrives. As of February 2025 Denver Public Schools has 12,700 volunteers. Volunteer Services Internal Page

     

    • The Empowerment and Engagement Team: works with Denver Public Schools parents and staff to support student success. We offer professional development, parent leadership training, volunteer opportunities, district-wide engagement initiatives, and more. The Empowerment and Engagement team has three subteams:
      • Comunity Engagement Team (CET)
      • Family, School, Commuity, Partenerships (FSCP)
      • Volunteer Services 
    •  Visit our Empowerment and Engagement Team External page for more information.

     


    FACE staff at resource table  

    FACE Would like to support your event! Please fill out the FACE Resource Table Request to help us understand your needs. Completing our form doesn't guarantee our attendance, but we will do our best to support you within our capacity. One form per event. We appreciate your efforts and look forward to working together!

CONTACT


  • Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE)
    Emily Griffith Campus
    1860 Lincoln Street, 12th Floor
    Denver, CO 80203

    FACE Helpline: 
    FACE@dpsk12.org
    720-423-3054

    FACE webpage

    Executive Director of FACE, Adella Arredondo
    Adella Arredondo
    Executive Director of Family and Community Engagement