This report describes the initial plan, participants, and evaluation of Saint Paul (Minnesota) Children's Initiative (SPCI) during 1993. The SPCI is a family-community program to improve child health, child development, school performance, and to enhance family functioning through formal and informal support systems in Saint Paul/Ramsey county. At 118 meetings, participating parents were asked to identify possible challenges and solutions to improved service delivery. The results indicated several challenges, including poor communication; financial and economic concerns for families; barriers to receiving service caused by the lack of child care and transportation; and difficulty with system access. The suggested priority solutions to the problems included locating family centers and services in neighborhoods; improving communication and information; and coordinating or integrating services. The report contains seven attachments, including a voluntary parent information form, meeting hand-outs and training materials, an SPCI parent meeting response form and problem summary sheet, and an SPCI parent solution summary sheet. (AP)