cover image: How Virginia used the Community Opportunity Map to build a Family Resource Center network

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How Virginia used the Community Opportunity Map to build a Family Resource Center network

16 Aug 2024

The effort works across public, private and philanthropic sectors to promote the health, well-being and economic stability of families to help strengthen communities and end the harmful practice of family separation in child welfare systems. [...] To understand which neighborhoods might be prioritized, the team analyzed data on child and family well-being from the Community Opportunity Map, local data from child welfare and the health department, and the Child Opportunity Index. [...] During the application process, potential providers used the Community Opportunity Map to understand and demonstrate lived experience and local community needs through data from child welfare, home visiting, the health department, and the Child Opportunity Index. [...] A commitment to hope unites the sectors Families Forward Virginia combined in-depth mapping of local data on child and family well-being and the voices of neighborhood residents to build a network of Family Resources Centers led by and tailored to specific communities. [...] Virgin SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES SAFE CHILDREN Islands and with tribal nations across North America to STRONG FAMILIES SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES influence long-lasting improvements to the well-being of SAFE CHILDREN STRONG FAMILIES SUPPORTIVE children, families and the communities where they live.
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