Family Strengthening Core Areas
The Center's work is organized around three core areas:
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Family Economic Success: Supporting and facilitating family self-sufficiency,
including a living wage with necessary benefits, receipt of public benefits for which they are
eligible, and accumulation of assets such as homeownership and savings.
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Family Support Systems: Building appropriate, stimulating and adequate systems
of support for healthy family development that encompass general health, child care, education, and
other essential components for family success.
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Thriving and Nurturing Communities: Place Matters! Building a nurturing
and supportive environment in which healthy families can pursue long term goals is critical for family
success over time. Essential components for family success include access to affordable
housing, strong neighborhood institutions, safe streets, supportive social networks, and an environment
that promotes community and strengthens bonds between families.
The following chart lists examples of the topical areas the Center will explore in each of the core areas
| Family Economic Success |
Family Support Systems |
Thriving and Nurturing Communities |
- Families and Work
- Employment practices
- Maximizing Benefits for Families: EITC and CCTC Outreach
- Jobs in Families for People with Disabilities
- Financial Literacy
- Homeownership Counseling
- Affordable Housing
- Workforce Development
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- Family Violence Prevention and Child Protection
- Connecting Families, Communities and Schools
- Dependent Care
- Re-entry of ex-offenders
- Mentoring
- Building / Rebuilding Families
- Family and ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs) Prevention
- Serving Young Families
- School Readiness
- Health Care
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- Family Centered Community Building
- Families and Community Youth Development
- Volunteerism and Civic Engagement as Family Strengthening
- Public Safety in Neighborhood Environments
- Community Violence Prevention
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