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Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public and private school through grade 12. Everyone is part of a family, and FCCLA is the only national Career and Technical Student Organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education.
Today over 205,000 members in nearly 6,500 chapters are active in a network of associations in 50 states, including the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life -- planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication -- necessary in the home and workplace.
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MEMBERSHIP |
- During the 2010 - 2011 school year, Montana FCCLA had 75 chapters and 1,304 members. This is the second year in a row for increased membership across the state.
- Montana FCCLA is divided into 10 districts. To see a district map along with each district president, please click here.
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MISSION |
The mission
of the organization is to promote personal growth and leadership
development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on
multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader,
members develop skills for life through:
- character
development;
- creative and critical thinking;
- interpersonal
communication;
- practical knowledge; and
- career
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PURPOSES |
1. to provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life
2. to strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society
3. to encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
4. to encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony
5. to promote greater understanding between youth and adults
6. to provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
7. to prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society
8. to promote Family and Consumer Sciences and related occupations
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CREED |
| We are the
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future
with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of
seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes,
Homes for America's future, Homes where living will be the expression
of everything that is good and fair, Homes where truth and love and
security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We are the Family,
Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm
courage and high hope. |
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CONTACT US |
For more information regarding the Montana Association of FCCLA, please contact the Montana FCCLA Staff:
Megan A. Vincent, State Adviser
Office of Public Instruction
PO Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620
Phone: 406-444-3599
Email: mvincent2@mt.gov
Connie Dempster, Executive Secretary
PO Box 20996
Billings, MT 59104
Phone: 406-259-7300
Email: fccla@assoc-mgt.com
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