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
Alliance launches
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2008 resource materials are available Groups planning NFW observances may find the free resource materials, made available by the Alliance for Children and Families, helpful when planning any activities or events. Materials include a step-by-step tool kit, brochure (English and Spanish), a poster, and other graphics.
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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 and
Alliance For
Children Families
The Washington Insider
June/July Issue
Families in Society, April - June Issue
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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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