This guide provides the administrator of a Texas Even Start Family Literacy program with the information and materials necessary to implement and conduct the program. It begins with these introductory materials: vision statement; overview of the Even Start Program; text of enabling legislation; and information on program applications, fiscal accountability, and reporting systems. The next section of the manual contains the early childhood indicators of program quality, detailed explanations of these measures, and information on the instruments used to capture progress. The following section discusses the adult education standardized curriculum framework and the indicators of program quality applicable to all adult education provision in Texas. Two brief sections discuss the Parenting Education component and the Parent and Child Together component. A glossary of terms and an appendix of selected fiscal regulations conclude the guide. (YLB)