- Communities can improve child and family related outcomes including keeping families together; improving educational outcomes; limiting juvenile and adult justice involvement; and reducing homelessness and substance abuse by bringing agencies and families together to share resources and energy.
- Families are our communities’ most important resource. Children and young adults prosper living with families.
- Flexible resources can make critical difference in a family’s life.
- Community members want to help their neighbors succeed. Community advocacy builds these successes.
- For children and young adults with limited family supports “creating” and “finding” permanent connections improve their quality of life.