A new school year is the perfect time to start or strengthen consistent family engagement in school.
At TNTP, we know that family engagement is one of the most powerful drivers of student success. But too often, the pathways for connecting with families are expensive, complex, and hard to sustain.
That’s why we developed two low-cost, high-impact solutions that help schools and districts deepen relationships with families without draining time or budgets: Inform and Our Block. These tools are designed to start working for you right now, so you can make the most of this school year.
Inform: Turning Attendance Data into Action
Chronic absenteeism can quickly derail a student’s progress—but it’s preventable with the right outreach. Inform helps schools connect with families at just the right moment, offering hyper-personalized updates on attendance and concrete steps to improve it. The result? More students in class, learning, and thriving.
Why Inform Works:
- Fast setup: Schools can start using Inform in days, not months and start seeing the impact immediately.
- Data made clear: Easy-to-read communications helps put the right information in families’ hands, at the right time..
- Proven impact: Inform is proven to help schools reduce chronic absenteeism. On average, schools that use Inform experience a 3-point gain in their average daily attendance.
Our Block: Connecting Families to Trusted Local Resources
When families struggle to meet basic needs, it’s significantly harder for them to engage fully with their student’s school. Our Block is TNTP’s community asset-mapping tool, designed to help staff connect families to local, trusted resources quickly and easily. Whether it’s food assistance, afterschool programs, health services, or housing support, Our Block puts helpful resources at your fingertips when they’re needed most.
Why Our Block Works:
- Community first: Our Block’s resources are built by the community itself—crowd-sourced from people who know and trust them best.
- Easy sharing: Simple-to-use features allow Our Block’s users (social workers, guidance counselors, resource coordinators, and more) to quickly share collections of resources with families.
- Low-cost and light touch: Whether for one school, a whole district, or a community partnership, Our Block delivers with affordability and efficiency at its core.
Efficient, Affordable, and Impact-Driven
Both Inform and Our Block were built with one goal in mind: helping schools and families work together for the student’s success, without adding unnecessary costs or additional administrative burdens. By combining the efficiency of real-time data with the reliability of trusted connections, Inform and Our Block make it easier to engage families in the ways that matter most.
If you’re aiming to strengthen family engagement in your school or district this year, TNTP can help you get started quickly and affordably.
