What is FCCLA?

What is FCCLA?

FCCLA… the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America… the Ultimate Leadership Experience!

FCCLA is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences Education! FCCLA has over 220,000 members and nearly 7,000 chapters from 50 state associations and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than ten million youth since its founding in 1945, formerly known as Future Homemakers of America (FHA), the name changed July 7, 1999 to better represent what FCCLA members accomplish. FCCLA is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the only career and technical in-school student organization with the family as its central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities help members become strong leaders in their families, careers, and communities.

FCCLA Creed

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values.

For we are the builders of homes,

Homes for America’s future,

Homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair,

Homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.

We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

FCCLA Mission

The FCCLA mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for life through: character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communications, practical knowledge, and career preparation.

FCCLA Purposes

To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.

To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society.

To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.

To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony.

To promote greater understanding between youth and adults.

To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.

To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today’s society.

To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations.

FCCLA Motto: “Toward New Horizons”

FCCLA Tagline: “The Ultimate Leadership Experience”

FCCLA Flower: Red Rose: symbolizes a desire for joy in everyday living.

FCCLA Emblem

The emblem shows that FCCLA is a dynamic, active organization bound for the future. The dominant collegiate lettering articulates a focus on education and student leadership. The swooping arch embodies an active organization that moves toward new arenas.

FCCLA Colors

Red and White: Red suggests strength, courage and determination and white symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action.

FCCLA Planning Process

The steps of the FCCLA Planning Process are: identify concerns; set a goal; form a plan; act; and follow up.

FCCLA Official Magazine

Teen Times is published quarterly during the year for affiliated members.

Brand FCCLA

Brand FCCLA is the national image and awareness campaign to gain recognition on a local, state, and national level.

National FCCLA History

The organization was founded in Chicago on June 11, 1945. STAR Events began in July 1983. The organization’s first male national president was elected in July 1986. FHA/HERO was changed to FCCLA in 1999 in Boston, MA. FCCLA is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.