Parent Support

The Council for Children & Families (CCF) has adopted a new Protective Factor framework to guide our grant making and system change efforts. The changes reflect advances in research and the availability of new accountability tools.

New CCF Protective Factor Framework
• Nurturing and Attachment
• Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
• Parental Resilience
• Social Connections
• Concrete Support for Families
• Children’s Social Emotional Competence

The Council for Children & Families' Research Advisory Group identified three levels of evidence for child abuse prevention programs at the community level.

SEATTLE – July 2, 2009 –  In the most challenging budget year in Washington State history, the legislature stood up for child abuse prevention by preserving the Council for Children & Families, the nation’s first state agency devoted solely to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.  Due to the legislature’s strong support for cost-saving measures such as prevention, CCF w

Since 1978, the State Office of Parent Trust of Washington Children has provided the following to communities across the state: professional training and development, statewide network and consultation, ongoing support and technical assistance, community organizing and training curriculum including over 80 parent tip sheets.

PEPS is a non-profit organization that serves parents of children birth to age 3 in the King County area through weekly support groups. PEPS Groups are facilitated by trained parent volunteers and are held in neighborhood homes and in family centers.

Thrive by Five partners with parents, early learning professionals, communities, philanthropic organizations, businesses and government to develop a sustainable system for statewide early learning improvement