Family Strengthening Resource Page
Catholic Charities USA is establishing a Family Strengthening Resource page in an effort to assist agencies in their work with families. Family Strengthening is an orientation that supports place based, family centered services aimed at working collaboratively with families to function effectively
Resources will be posted periodically on the site. We invite you to bring publications, resources, web links, program models, etc. to our attention which you have found helpful that can be listed on the site for the network.
In the initial stages of the web site content will be organized under the following categories:
Again, we invite you to bring resources to our attention. They can be sent to jstenson@catholiccharitiesusa.org
We hope this site is helpful to you in your work.
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Document/Articles produced by Catholic Charities USA and its member agencies
Resources developed/supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
Other Family Strengthening related resources
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Asset-Based Community Development Institute:
“The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) was established in 1995 by the Community Development Program at Northwestern University's Institute for Policy Research, is built upon three decades of community development research by John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight. The ABCD Institute spreads its findings on capacity-building community development in two ways: (1) through extensive and substantial interactions with community builders, and (2) by producing practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.”
- The Administration for Children and Family Asset Development page
- Corporation for Enterprise Development, CFED is a nonprofit organization that works to expand economic opportunity: http://www.cfed.org
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Communities in Schools recently launched a web site, which provides resources for professionals who want to run high quality after school programs. The tool-kit contains information on math and reading programs, a check list of quality after-school program elements, resources and models of best practice.
Access the toolkit
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The Carsey Institute. Part of the University of New Hampshire, is a policy research center working to develop fresh thinking about the complex challenges confronting the rural communities and small cities of America. This link provides access to the first of their quarterly newsletters that will deal with issues on economics, demography, public health, sociology and other fields to build knowledge grounded in practice. This knowledge will help generate thoughtful responses to the challenges facing these rural communities.
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Rural Families Choose Home Based Child Care for Their Pre-School Aged Children – see PDF
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The Children’s Defense Fund’s The State of America’s Children 2005 examines poverty in America. The report includes an analyses of the current status of family income, child health, child care and early childhood development, education, child welfare and youth development as well as personal and policy success stories.
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The Consumer Federation of America has launched a website with information on the impact of PayDay Loans. In addition to a fact sheet and information on how to file a complaint it includes a calculator which would allow staff to demonstrate to a client the cost of borrowing money for payday loans organizations.
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The Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a guide for child welfare workers to assist caseworkers in effectively involving fathers in case planning and service provision to ensure fathers are having a positive impact on their children's lives.
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Work-Plus: Boosting the Bottom Line for Low-Wage Working Parents, a new policy brief from the National Assembly’s Family Strengthening Policy Center, presents a “work-plus” strategy of employment-focused services and work supports that help low-wage parents secure and keep good jobs and gain economic independence. Work-plus is a promising practice that can generate benefits such as:
- Good jobs that bring low-income families to self-sufficiency.
- Enhanced child well-being as parents receive services and supports through better jobs.
- Improved business competitiveness, an expanded tax base and reduced welfare recidivism.
The brief includes case studies, resources, and recommendations for policy makers, employers, and community-based family service agencies. The entire policy brief is available in PDF format at http://www.nassembly.org/fspc/practice/documents/Brief15.pdf.
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