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Title: Family Resource CentersFamily Support Presentation
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Family Resource Centers/Family Support
Presentation
- Leticia Alejandrez
- Foundation Consortium for CAs Children Youth
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CA FAMILY RESOURCE ASSN.
- Mission to Influence policy and advocate for
the resources and programs needed for families
and communities to thrive and succeed. - CFRA represents the interest and needs of CA FRCs
and CBO that help families and children achieve
safety, stability and self-sufficiency.
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OVERVIEW
- Background/History
- What constitutes an FRC
- FRC Goals and Characteristics
- FRC Model San Joaquin CPF
- Other considerations
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BACKGROUND/HISTORY
- Settlement Houses late 1800s
- Provided support to Immigrants
- Acculturation
- Skill Building
- Social Advocacy Adapt to American Culture
- Workers lived in community
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TODAYS FRC
- Similar SH Values/Practices
- Designed around Self-help, Parent Involvement,
Family Support - Family Support defined Teaching to fish v.
Giving a fish - Families/Communities have assets
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FAMILY SUPPORT PRINCIPLES
- Staff enhance families capacity to support the
growth and development of all family members. - Practitioners work with families to mobilize
formal and informal resources to support family
development. - Programs affirm and strengthen families
cultural, racial and linguistic identities and
enhance their ability to function in a
multicultural society.
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(Contd)
- Families are resources to their own members, to
other families, to programs, and to communities. - Programs are embedded in their communities and
contribute to the community-building process. - Principles of family support are modeled in all
program activities, including planning,
governance, and administration.
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(Contd)
- 7. Families are resources to their own
members, to other families, to programs, and to
communities. - Programs are embedded in their communities and
contribute to the community-building process. - Principles of family support are modeled in all
program activities, including planning,
governance, and administration.
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SHORT-HAND FRC
- Support comprehensive services for families
- Beacon of service move government services to
neighborhoods and respond to community priorities
and needs - Community Engagement/Building Component space
to use, staff support, work with/in community
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FRC
- Key prevention strategy
- Goal Healthy Families/Communities
- Improve outcomes
- Bring together services/activities that educate,
develop skills and promote healthy families
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FRC ADDRESS ISSUES
- Ø Family and Community Health
- Ø  Educational Outcomes
- Ø  Child Abuse Neglect
- Ø  Substance Abuse
- Ø  Family Violence
- Ø  Family Instability
- Ø  Juvenile Violence and Crime
- Ø  Welfare to Work/Employment
- Ø  Community Unity
- Ø  Family Isolation
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FRC CHARACTERISTICS
- Center Environment (place)
- Approach to Services Supports (program)
- Community Involvement Shared Responsibility
(philosophy) - Family Integrity and Functioning (philosophy)
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CENTER ENVIRONMENT
- Welcoming
- Comfortable
- Belonging
- Ideas opinions matter
- Safe environment
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APPROACH TO SERVICES/SUPPORTS
- Hub of community services
- Collaboration
- Blend of services, supports opportunities
- Staff/Families are partners
- Engage whole family
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/SHARED RESPONSIBLITY
- In community
- Of the community
- By and for community
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FAMILY FUNCTIONING
- Encourage safe, stable, healthy relationships
among family - Parenting education support
- Programs respect culture, customs, beliefs
- Families receive support/connections needed
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FRC MODELS
- Robina Ashgar, Community Partnership for Families
of San Joaquin
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CONSIDERATIONS
- CFRA as a partner
- Build off existing efforts CWS Reforms, Mental
Health, Family Economic Success - First 5 partners
- Focus on outcomes program improvements/outcomes
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