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…
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
Cross-Sector Partners: Connecting and Collaborating This toolkit provides an in-depth exploration of the importance of cross-sector partners in building community resilience. The tools will guide organizations in engaging, expanding, and strengthening cross-sector partnerships. Access the BCR, Volume 3 Toolkit here: https://sdsusocialpolicyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/SDSU_SPI_TOOLKIT_3_FINAL.pdf
State of Readiness: System and Provider Abilities to Respond This second volume describes the organizational capacity needed for a shared approach to building community resilience within an organization or network. The tools in this volume will assist organizations in: (1) building a logic model to focus the work; (2) assessing their level of readiness to implement BCR efforts; and (3)…
Shared Understanding: Working Together to Build Community Resilience This toolkit provides a succinct description of the core concepts of the BCR Model as well as tools to: (1) assess understanding of organizational and community factors related to building community resilience; and (2) to build a shared understanding of these factors through collaborative learning, both within the family and community strengthening…
“SPI has a track record of collaborating across systems to maximize well-being in communities. One example is our work with AAP-CA3 and other San Diego-based organizations on ACEs Aware. We strongly believe that together we can raise awareness, promote ACEs screening, treat and heal from the negative consequences of trauma to promote the importance of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and…
Strategies 2.0 was established in 2016 as a partnership between The Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Center, Children’s Bureau of Southern California, and the San Diego State University Social Policy Institute (SDSU SPI). Driven by a clear vision and mission, and in support of the strategic plan of the California Department of Social Services Office of Child Abuse Prevention (CDSS OCAP),…