Abstract

Family empowerment is very important, as through empowerment programs the information and knowledge which are key determinants of progress of a society, may be passed on to the next generation. Community education, especially community empowerment which is considered a national investment, is expected to increase human skills, and knowledge of the society. It means that the entire population of Indonesia, regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds, is encouraged to learn and make productive use of knowledge all the time. The successful implementation of family empowerment would thus require intensive research and information gathering. A study on “the model of family empowerment program for community development” was designed by Bogor Agricultural University to response such needs. The objectives of the study were to evaluate models of the community development program which was implemented through systematic steps. The location of this research is all family empowerment programs of Bogor Agricultural University in Bogor, Cianjur, Sukabumi Regencies and Bogor City. Based on performance analysis and identification of problems in the management of family empowerment programs, various action plans for family empowerment can be arranged as follows: (1) training courses to improve the quality of management of the family empowerment program; (2) resocialization vertically and horizontally to all parties; (3) the establishment of prospective business networks to trigger the economic development of target communities; (4) comparative studies and bench marking for board members and personnel of family empowerment programs to stimulate the learning environment; (5) the establishment of co-operative (economic enterprises) as the platform for the economic development of the community.

Key words: Family empowerment, development program, community development, poverty alleviation.