HIPPY Goals
In a meeting of reprensentatives of HIPPY programs around the world, the goals of HIPPY were defined as follows:

HIPPY is dedicated to:

• Increasing the chances of positive early school experience among children who may be educationally at risk.



• Empowering parents to view themselves as primary educators of their children.



• Creating an educational environment in the home that encourages literacy.



• Fostering parental involvement in school and community life.
• Providing parents with the opportunity of becoming home visitors in their own community.



• Helping home visitors develop skills and work experience needed to compete successfully for other jobs in local labor markets.



• Stimulating the cognitive development of the child.



• Improving interaction between parents and their children.
• Teaching parents and children the joy of learning.



• Breaking through the social insolation of the parents.