The purpose of this document is to define the key characteristics and activities of quality family resource centers, describe how they function as a vehicle for change for families and communities, and help policymakers and funders “make the case” for the family resource center approach to providing family support services.
This issue brief describes family resource centers, their defining characteristics, and what is known about their effectiveness in reducing child welfare involvement. The brief also discusses return on investment and what is missing from the research literature.
This report reviews the literature on Family Resource Centers in the United States.
This document from Casey Family Programs reviews data on Family Resource Centers and other family support services in the US.
This guide from the National Family Support Network provides a brief outline of suggested steps for funders to invest in Family Resource Centers, including resources from the National Family Support Network for each step.
The aim of this study is to identify the incidence of pediatric urinary tones in orphanage children in Indonesia.
This study aimed to assess the eating patterns, dietary diversity and the nutritional status of children residing in orphanages in southwestern Nigeria.
In this study, the authors analyse a child protection services dataset that includes a network of approximately 5 million social relationships collected by social workers between 1996 and 2016 in New Zealand to test the potential of information about family networks to improve accuracy of models used to predict the risk of child maltreatment.
This article provides an overview of literature investigating the needs of Indigenous children in residential care facilities in Australia.
The purpose of the roadmap is to document and communicate the vision and strategy towards establishing, operating and developing the Barnahus model in a simple and accessible format.
