Strengthening Families: Summit Materials

Broadening and Deepening Implementation

With the expansion of Strengthening Families into a variety of settings for young children and their families, we have heard the call for tools and materials that can be used not only in early care and education settings, but in many others as well. The materials here reflect the diverse applications of Strengthening Families and offer new lessons for those looking to integrate a Protective Factors approach beyond the walls of early care and education centers.

Child Welfare and Early Childhood Linkages

Allied for Better Outcomes: Child Welfare and Early Childhood (draft paper)
Principles, Goals, and Strategies for Child Welfare and Early Childhood Linkages
CW-ECE Linkages, State Profile: Illinois
CW-ECE Linkages, State Profile: New Jersey
CW-ECE Linkages, State Profile: Wisconsin
State Examples of Child Welfare and Early Childhood Linkages

Family Child Care Study and Self Assessment

Family Child Care Study
Self-Assessment for Family Child Care Providers

Research Briefs

Research in Brief: Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
Research in Brief: Childhood Stress across the Lifespan
Research in Brief: Infant Mental Health and Social-Emotional Competence
Research in Brief: Resilience in Childhood
Research in Brief: Risk and Protective Factors

Tool Sampler Materials

Protective Factors Survey

Developed by the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention and the University of Kansas. Please refer to the FRIENDS website for the Protective Factors Survey manual.
Protective Factors Survey

Quality Rating and Improvement Systems

Developed by Strengthening Families Tennessee
**coming soon**

Summit Materials