Initiating and achieving a sustainable mindset and lifestyle of self-care, empathy, and self-compassion is an important commitment for all family strengthening practitioners. It is not only the responsibility of an individual employee, but also of the supervisors and administrators that support an organization. Self – care is an important set of intentions necessary to mitigate possible stress and challenges in…
Fathers who are engaged and present make a real difference in their children’s lives. Children who are raised by involved fathers are “60% less likely to be suspended or expelled from school, 2x as likely to go to college and find stable employment after high school, 75% less likely to have a teen birth, and 80% less likely to spend…
Prevention Science addresses individual and societal problems before they develop and encourages a wellness approach to child, family and community outcomes. The National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC) was formed to promote the application of validated, science-based findings to wide-scale, effective implementation of prevention practices and policies. Guided by science, The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives envisions a society…
The California Department of Social Services is supporting Parents Anonymous in the launch of the California Parent & Youth Helpline to provide support and resource referrals to parents and youth during this pandemic. Parents Anonymous is a family strengthening organization that developed the first and only evidence – based weekly support groups for parents, children and youth. The Helpline is…
The National Family Support Network conducts a National Forum each May in Washington, DC to focus attention on the value of Family Resource Centers and Family Support and Strengthening Networks, to highlight progress towards and opportunities for implementing the Advancing the Family Support and Strengthening Field Strategic Recommendations, and to provide participants with a unique opportunity to connect with Family…
During Child Abuse Prevention Month, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that $3 million in funding was allocated to help Family Resource Centers in California extend emergency relief to families. The funding was intended to provide direct support and services to at-risk and foster families, including material items, assistance with isolation needs, parenting resources, and staff time to help link families to…
Zero To Three has published their State of Babies Yearbook for 2020 and the data continues to show significant disparities in opportunity for our youngest children throughout the country. Babies of color, babies in families of low-income, and those living in urban and rural areas face inequities that challenge the foundational brain development of the earliest years. The Yearbook also…
Sustaining Community Resilience The final toolkit in the series offers a pathway towards sustaining community resilience with tools to support information and communication, community competence, social capital, economic development, and resident leadership training. Access the BCR, Volume 4 Toolkit here: https://sdsusocialpolicyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SDSU_SPI_TOOLKIT_4_FINAL.pdf