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ERIC ED535521: What Works and Why We Don't Have Enough of It: Voice... |
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The purpose of this report is to listen to families about |
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"what" mattered most to them and "how" family support has |
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impacted their lives. The findings of this report |
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represent a synthesis of families' voices from 8 focus |
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groups and 35 individual interviews, conducted at |
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centers, office meetings, and homes--with over 100 family |
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members across 13 family support centers in Allegheny |
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County. Findings revealed that families need a "hub" that |
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both link them to basic necessities and services and |
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provide a safe and caring place for children to grow and |
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for families to be with each other. These needs are |
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continuous and not bound by age limits. "When it works," |
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Family Support plays an enormously important and positive |
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role in the lives of the families. Its comprehensive |
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goals and flexible execution enables continuous and |
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responsive support for the needs of the whole family. The |
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resourceful and persevering staff can support families to |
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grow, give back, and lay solid foundations for caring |
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relationships to develop in the larger community. But |
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family support "can not do and be everything." Over time, |
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its mission has been increasingly crowded without added |
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financial resources or expanded human capacity. There are |
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mismatches between what mattered most to families and |
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what is prioritized and "counted" by the system. The |
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authors hope the voices of families can spur a pragmatic |
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examination of system-wide and site level policies and |
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help refocus the family support mission and service |
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delivery to intersect "the most universally achievable |
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outcomes with the most unmet needs." |
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Date Published: 2016-03-08 17:44:52 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED535521 |
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Item Size: 5577753 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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