National Family Week

November 23-29, 2008

 
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NFW focuses on Civic Engagement: Positioned to bolster authentic voice National Family Week’s (NFW) top priority is to support the civic engagement work of the Alliance for Children and Families and its membership. Learn more

New Voices at the Civic Table
This Alliance program builds the capacity of nonprofit human service agencies to support the civic participation of clients. Learn more

Alliance launches NFW 2008
People throughout the United States will celebrate strong families and communities during National Family Week  Read complete news release

Grants Teleconference
May 15 1 p.m. Central
Alliance members can learn more about the Community Leadership, New Voices at the Civic Table, and the National Family Week grants during teleconferences that will provide an overview of the request for proposal; a Q. & A. period; and an opportunity to share ideas.

Facilitators: Linda Nguyen, director of Civic Engagement and Paula Purcell, director of National Family Week. To register, email your name, title, agency, and title of this event, to Carey Pucel.

Alliance members can access the grant RFP here.

Other Significant NFW News and Links
Magazine article features NFW civic engagement initiatives. Read article     Archive

President Bush proclamation           Member agency award         Local event photos

Agencies Serve as Role Models

Agencies link year-round work to National Family Week celebrations
Alliance member agencies lead National Family Week events in order to promote and bolster year-round family-strengthening work, which in turn supports and fosters long-term systemic change. These observances support civic engagement efforts, connect individuals to local resources, and honor those who work to strengthen families. More.  Click to view archive.

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National Family Week premise Children do better when their families are strong and families do better when they live in communities that help them succeed.

National Family Week is made possible through the efforts of the Alliance for Children and Families, with the generous support of The Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Alliance for Children and Families, a nonprofit membership association representing child- and family-serving organizations in the United States and Canada, has directed National Family Week efforts for more than 30 years.
 

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Annie E. Casey Foundation
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KIDS COUNT Data Center
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT  features child well-being measures for many U.S. cities, and contains more than 100 indicators, on education, employment and income, poverty, health, and youth risk factors.

Alliance for Children and Families Magazine, Winter 2008 Issue

The Washington Insider
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Families in Society, April - June Issue
National Human Services Assembly policy brief identifies National Family Week as a campaign that can influence systems change
 Throughout the year, the Alliance for Children and Families will promote programs, ideas, and activities sponsored by national organizations that support the core values inherent in National Family Week. These organizations reinforce the NFW objective to strengthen children and families, especially those who are vulnerable.

A new policy brief from the Family Strengthening Policy Center at the National Human Services Assembly 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.  In the brief, National Family Week is identified as a campaign that can help fuel change and improve outcomes for children and families. 

Family Strengthening Writ Large is intended as a high-level synthesis resulting from researching a variety of specific topics.  It is intended to spark discussion and from that, focus on how individuals and collective groups, in partnership with low-income families, help make the family fundamentals a strong reality for the vast majority of families. Read entire brief.
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