Welcome to the National Collaboration for Families!
The Collaboration aims to make family strengthening a priority by mainstreaming
neighborhood-based, family-centered practices, programs and policy. By
leveraging the National
Human Services Assembly's network of 80 health and human service
member organizations, the Collaboration's objective is to promote family policy
that contributes to family economic and social empowerment.
Learn more about the Collaboration ».
Recent News
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Happy Parents mean Happy (and Successful!) Kids and Families
5/20/2011
- Across the board, parents’ relationship quality – regardless of marital status, racial or ethnic background or income level – is positively associated with a range of child and family outcomes such as behavior problems, social competence, school engagement, and parent-child communication.
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Sharing Data with Parents Helps Improve their Engagement
5/20/2011
- Investment in student data systems can serve as a catalyst for home–school communication by providing parents with information about key indicators on which they can have an impact, like student attendance, growth in learning, and achievement.
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America Speaks Out: Don’t Cut Funding for Kids
5/20/2011
- Last month First Focus conducted a national survey analyzing public support for protecting federal investments that benefit children, which are currently threatened by budget cuts, and found that voters are more likely to hold harmless programs affecting kids than any other programs on the chopping block.
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The Ins and Outs of Academic Success – Evidence Shows Children Need to Succeed Out of School to Succeed In School
5/20/2011
- The National Collaboration for Youth, a 40+ year coalition comprised of 50+ of the National Human Service Assembly’s leading national nonprofit youth development member agencies, recently released a brief on the impact of youth development programs on student academic success.
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9INE, A Dramatic New Series on Teen Pregnancy
5/20/2011
- There’s a new way to spark conversation on teen pregnancy. Watch 9INE, One Economy’s dramatic web series about an expectant teen couple and access the series’ online PSAs and resources featuring NHSA member organizations.
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Reach out and Read to Children with Developmental Disabilities!
5/20/2011
- Reach Out and Read has developed a user friendly guide that shows how to effectively help young children with developmental disabilities learn to read.
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A Proud Partner of the Annie E. Casey Foundation
The National Collaboration for Families was created with generous support from the
Annie E. Casey Foundation as part
of the Foundation's Neighborhood Transformation/Family Development and Making
Connections initiatives. Learn more
about Making Connections and how communities across the country are putting
family strengthening principles into action.