What is Family Strengthening?
- Families Matter: Families must acquire the confidence, capacity, and opportunities they need to achieve their aspirations for themselves and their children.
- Place Matters: The circumstances and conditions in which families live must include accessible and appropriate opportunities, supports, and services.
- Connections Count: Families must connect to economic opportunities; social networks of kins and neighborhood groups; and effective services and support.
A Catholic Charities program that embodies core family strengthening values is:
- Family focused
- Neighborhood based
- Collaborative with the community and church
- Preventive
- Innovative
- Flexible and responsive
- Comprehensive
- Outcome driven
- Empowering for personal and community growth
Two prespectives from the foundation that defines family strengthening:
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