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Kids Count 2007 Data Book Released

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its 18th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book. The data book is a national and state-by-state report that includes information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year's essay, Lifelong Family Connections: Supporting Permanence for Children in Foster Care, focuses on the more than 700,000 children who spend time in foster care each year, and what can be done to strengthen the family relationships that these young people need.

To access the data book and other KIDS COUNT 2007 resources, click here.
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Welcome to the Family Strengthening Policy Center!

The Center 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 70 health and human service member organizations, the Center's objective is to promote family policy that contributes to family economic and social empowerment.  Learn more about the Center here.

What's New

Learn about the Family Strengthening Policy Center's new Initiative!

Caring Workplaces, Committed Employees

The premise of our Caring Workplaces, Committed Employees initiative is straightforward: when human services employees and volunteers experience organizational support for their family responsibilities, they are more effective in their work and committed to our organizations.  Caring Workplaces, Committed Employees is a year-long initiative by the National Human Services Assembly’s Family Strengthening Policy Center (FSPC), with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  Click on the link above to learn more.

Just Released: Caring Workplaces Resource List

Interested in learning more about ways human sector organizations can promote work-family/life balance for employees and volunteers?  Our new resources list can help you find useful assessment tools, case studies, research summaries, and organizations.

Family Strengthening Writ Large:  On Becoming a Nation that Promotes Strong Families and Successful Youth

This new brief from the Family Strengthening Policy Center suggests “macro” strategies for changing the culture, from one that may “value” family but which has practices and policies that do not reflect that value.  Family Strengthening Writ Large is intended as a high-level synthesis of what we have learned through researching a variety of specific topics.  Further, it is intended to spark discussion and from that to move us to focusing on how we can, individually and collectively, and in partnership with low-income families, help make the family fundamentals a strong reality for the vast majority of families.

 

 

A Proud Partner of the Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Family Strengthening Policy Center 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 here.

 
The Family Strengthening Policy Center was developed
with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

 

Children do better when their families are strong, and families do better when they live in communities that help them to succeed .                    - Annie E. Casey Foundation