Habitot’s outreach and inclusion staff work in partnership with a wide range of social service agencies, city and county health, education, and family welfare departments, hospitals, family shelters, family resource networks, teen parent and special needs programs, low income and HeadStart preschools to welcome a socio- and economically diverse audience.
Habitot is a member of the national “Museums for All” program that gives discounted admission to those holding EBT cards.
Current Partners & Supporters
We’re grateful to these and many other agencies that introduce their families to Habitot through free admission, subsidized memberships, special events, and dedicated programs for individualized groups such as Rainbow Family Nights for LGBTQ parents and their children, Birthday Parties for Unsheltered Children, Special Times for Special Families Open Houses, and Foster and Adoptive Family Fun Days.
Thank you to to the generous donors, foundations, government and corporate funders who make our outreach and inclusion programs possible. It takes all of us!
Please inquire about your agency partnering with Habitot by contacting info@habitot.org
Amplifying Voices
Libraries and parenting organizations, make it possible to share excellent parenting articles, book recommendations tied to year-round seasonal and multicultural events, and other resources for families with young children through our website and our bi-weekly Totmail e-newsletter. The newsletter is free; sign up HERE.
Some areas of interest are our LGBTQ+ Resources page and our Early Childhood Safety Campaign page.
Current Programs
Habitot has been creating Play & Learning Kits and distributing them for free through our agency partners since the beginning of the pandemic.
Our goal is to make children’s museum experiences accessible to families who can’t currently afford them for their children.
BoxiTot Kits for Families
Thanks to a generous grant from Costco, the Vela Foundation, and individual donors, Habitot has been able to provide free BoxiTot Play & Learning kits to low income families and through social service agencies to client families. Distribution of over 230 Art and Early Literacy kids were supported by the Trio Foundation during the pandemic.
Programs for a Past & Future Museum
We’re excited for the time when Habitot reopens in our future museum, and family engagement Open House events can once again be organized for teen parents, children with disabilities and their families, families living in shelters or transitional housing, formerly incarcerated parents and their children, and families in the child welfare system including foster, adoptive, and kinship care families.