You know your community’s challenges better than anyone else.
The free Parent Leadership Training Institute gives you the skills you need to
​successfully create change.

PLTI is open to anyone who cares about the well-being of children. Over the course of 20 weeks, you'll learn to become an effective advocate for children and a change agent for your community. You'll also complete a community project of your design to put your new skills into action!

Examples of community projects completed by the 2024 Danbury PLTI Class include: 

• “Taller de Conocimientos Básicos de Costura" / "Basic Sewing Knowledge Workshop" - A workshop to teach basic sewing skills to the community.
• “Conectundo Mentes, un Caminio Hacia la Salud Mental Comunitaria” / "Connecting Minds, A Path to Community Mental Health" - Strengthening community mental health through health promotion, prevention strategies, and easy access to services for those who need them.
• “Conectando con la Naturaleza: Jardin Escolar en Ellsworth Avenue School" / " Connecting with Nature: School Garden at Ellsworth Avenue School” - Foster connection between parents and children through experiencing nature.

The Children’s Leadership Training Institute is offered to the children of PLTI participants and teaches the same civic skills in an age-appropriate way. The 2024 CLTI Group Project focused on improving the environment and resulted in participating in Clean City Danbury Day and picking up litter at Rogers Park.

We are proud of our 20 parent leaders who graduated from PLTI and the children who participated in CLTI this year!

PLTI teaches you how to identify problems affecting children - in schools, communities, and in local and state governments - and work toward solutions. 
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​PLTI allows you to explore your own passions, strengths, and ideas while developing your leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. By learning about government and the media, you'll understand how to engage with the political system to get your voice heard!

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​PLTI Course Schedule 

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​PLTI Info Flyer 

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​Contact 

Email us at danburyplti@fnwc.org

PLTI in Danbury is made possible through a grant from the State of Connecticut’s Parent Trust Fund,
and is also generously supported by the Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Bedoukian Research, Danbury Public Schools 21st Century Program, The Fairfield County Community Foundation, Connecticut Humanities, and private donations. We are so grateful for their ongoing support of parent leadership in Danbury.
To learn more about PLTI, please visit https://wp.cga.ct.gov/cwcseo/sub_commissions/parent-leadership-training-institute/​