Welcome to FamilyCentered Community Building

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Welcome to Family-Centered Community Building
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What is Family-Centered Community Building?

• A New Approach
• Interdisciplinary
• Holistic
• Relationships, Systems and Connections

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Why Is A New Approach Needed?

• Old approach doesnt work well
• Compartmentalization of knowledge into separate
  categories means connections are often ignored

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SILOS AND HOLONS
JOBS
CHILD CARE
SENIOR CARE
EDUCATION
HEALTH CARE
ENVIRONMENT
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HOLONS
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Old Approach

• The individual in isolation
• Slice through the membrane of family and
  community

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Old Approach
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Old Approach
Juvenile Justice
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Old Approach
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
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Old Approach
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
Public Housing
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Old Approach
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
Public Housing
Teen Pregnancy
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Old Approach
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
Public Housing
Substance Abuse
Teen Pregnancy
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Old Approach
Drop-out Prevention
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
Public Housing
Substance Abuse
Teen Pregnancy
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Old Approach
Health and Mental Health Care
Drop-out Prevention
Juvenile Justice
Job Training
Public Housing
Substance Abuse
Teen Pregnancy
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New Approach

• Takes families and communities into account and
  recognizes interconnectedness
• Strengthens the communitys ability to empower
  the family
• Strengthens the familys ability to empower the
  individual
• Many pioneers
• History of this course

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Both Families and Communities are Facing an
Accelerated Pace of Change

• More work and less family time
• More TV and less communication
• Longer commutes and less sense of community
• Shorter childhood and longer old-age
• More broken homes
• More childhood poverty
• More personal debt/less personal savings

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Change and Open Systems
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Change and Open Systems
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Change and Open Systems
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Old Pattern Breaks Down

• Spontaneous re-organization at a higher level of
  complexity.
• Examples
• Children in day care spending time with lonely
  seniors in nursing homes
• Community-sponsored respite care to help family
  caregivers

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Old Pattern Breaks Down (continued)

• Jobs and workplace environments that respect the
  needs of family members
• Schools that can serve as life-long learning
  centers in the community
• Community infrastructure to support livable
  communities
• Community assessment of developmental assets to
  develop strategies for community building

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Foundation

• Session 1 Overview and History of Family-
  Centered Community Building
• Session 2 What is Community? What is Family?
  Definitions, Concepts, and Assumptions about
  Families and Communities as Complex Systems
• Session 3 Family Formation and Community
  Connections

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Session One
Overview and History of Family- Centered
Community Building
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Session Two
What is Community? What is Family? Definitions,
Concepts and Assumptions about Families and
Communities as Complex Systems
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Session Three
Family Formation and Community Connections
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Families Raising Children in Communities

• Session 4 Early Childhood Development
• Session 5 Education and Learning Expanding
  Current Policy and Practice to Strengthen
  Schools, Students, Families and Communities
• Session 6 Youth Development

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Session Four
Early Childhood Development
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Session Five
Education and Learning Expanding Current Policy
and Practice to Strengthen Schools, Students,
Families and Communities
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Session Six
Youth Development
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Bobbing and Weaving Adult Responsibilities and
Relationships

• Session 7 Balancing Work and Families What Role
  Does the Community Play?
• Session 8 Adult, Social, Civic and Faith-Based
  Networks

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Session Seven
Balancing Work and FamiliesWhat Role Does the
Community Play?
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Session Eight
Adult, Social, Civic and Faith-Based Networks
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Blessings with Burdens How Can Communities and
Families Cooperate in Caregiving?

• Session 9 Families and Seniors Across the
  Generations
• Session 10 Health and Wellness
• Session 11 Behavioral and Mental Health

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Session Nine
Families and Seniors Across the Generations
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Session Ten
Health and Wellness
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Session Eleven
Behavioral and Mental Health
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Safe Streets and Livable Communities Making
Sure Theres a There There and Getting There
from Here.

• Session 12 Public Safety and Family-Centered
  Community Building
• Session 13 Livable Communities The Natural
  Environment and the Built Environment
• Session 14 Housing and Transportation

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Session Twelve
Public Safety and Family-Centered Community
Building
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Session Thirteen
Livable Communities The Natural Environment and
the Built Environment
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Session Fourteen
Housing and Transportation
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Show Me the Money and Strike Up the Band

• Session 15 Family and Community Finances
• Session 16 Art, Music and Culture

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Session Fifteen
Family and Community Finances
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Session Sixteen
Art, Music and Culture
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More Seats at the Table All Shoulders to the
Wheel

• Session 17 Equality, Justice and Power
• Session 18 Responsibility for Progress,
  Allocating Roles and Creating Partnerships
  Public, Private, Business and Faith-Based

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Session Seventeen
Equity, Justice and Power
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Session Eighteen
Responsibility for Progress, Allocating Roles and
Creating Partnerships Public, Private, Business
and Faith-Based
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Saying What We Mean and Meaning What We
SayPlanning the Work and Working the Plan

• Session 19 Strategic Communications, the Media
  and Public Will
• Session 20 Accountability for Results Mapping
  Information for the Design, Management and
  Measurement of Change

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Session Nineteen
Strategic Communications, the Media and Public
Will
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Session Twenty
Accountability for Results Mapping Information
for the Design, Management and Measurement of
Change
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Learning by Doing

• From Theory to Practice Working with real
  families in real communities
• Their goals Their Priorities Bottom up, not
  top down

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Ground Rules

• Do the reading for each session.
• Think about your own family and your own
  community and find examples relevant to each
  session.
• Ask Questions! Every session will include ample
  time for Q and A. During the presentations,
  think of the best questions you can ask.
• Make a commitment in your own life to help build
  Family Centered Communities.