This document contains information from and about the Family Numeracy program, a 1-year pilot program conducted in 14 local education authorities throughout the United Kingdom to identify the most effective methods of achieving the following goals: raise the level of home support for numeracy; improve the numeracy skills of 3- to 5-year-old children at risk of underattainment; and help parents improve their own and their children's numeracy skills. The following topics are discussed in sections 1-5: the Family Numeracy program's objectives and components; impact of poor numeracy; findings of the pilot evaluation; program participants; and pilot program outcomes. Section 6 presents a model of effective family numeracy provision featuring three strands of provision with joint and separate sessions for adults and children, a firmly structured numeracy curriculum, and "bridging activities" to help parents develop their children's numeracy skills at home. Section 7 explains how to adapt the model to different local circumstances, and Section 8 illustrates successful strategies through case studies. Twenty-seven tables/figures are included. Appended are the following: "NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research) Report on the Family Numeracy Evaluation" (Greg Brooks, Dougal Hutchinson), evaluation framework, and list of participating sites. (MN)