• English version of SFWA Poster (PDF)
• Spanish version of SFWA Poster (PDF)

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What is Strengthening Families?

Web Resource:

Your Portal to National Strengthening Families Efforts

www.strengtheningfamilies.net

This is your portal to the national Strengthening Families initiative and to a world of tools, connections, and strategies for keeping families strong.

PowerPoint Presentation:

Introduction to Strengthening Families

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What is Strengthening Families? In 2001, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation approached the Center for the Study of Social Policy, wanting to fund a new and effective approach to child abuse and neglect prevention that would reach more children and families than ever.  CSSP was charged with developing that approach. Doris Duke was an orphan with no heirs, and when she died, she left her fortune to the Foundation and stipulated that one of its goals be to “prevent cruelty to children.” Strengthening Families grew out of this relationship between DDCF and CSSP.

Just the Basics PDF:

What is Strengthening Families?

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Strengthening Families through Early Care and Education is a cost-effective, easily adopted strategy to reduce child abuse and neglect. It uses early childhood programs’ everyday activities to build Protective Factors around children and families.

Family Support Principles

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Washington State Early Learning Plan Materials

The following is a list of materials provided for Washington State's Early Learning Plan.

Community Café’s Complete a Theory of Change

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In February 2009, Council for Children and Families contracted with Organizational Research Services (ORS) to facilitate the development of a Theory of Change for the Community Café Collaborative. The project involved a participatory process that included Collaborative leadership team members, café hosts and participants, as well as other partners.  The process resulted in a visual depiction of what the practice is and how it supports change among participants, communities and systems. The primary intent of this effort was to develop a foundation for ongoing development and future evaluation efforts of the model, but it will hopefully have additional benefits as well, such as supporting the development of tools to help the Collaborative share their work and secure resources.

Strengthening Families WA Theory of Change:

A Roadmap to Mobilizing Resources in Washington

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Strengthening Families Washington is guided by the principal that small but significant changes in everyday work have the power to mobilize extraordinary resources to strengthen families.

Theories of change are an integral part of any planning and implementation process.  They provide a roadmap of the belief system and strategies for making positive change in the lives of individuals, organizations and the community.