Strengthening Families and Help Me Grow

Strengthening Families is a national framework that is being implemented in Alabama through the Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) with support from many agencies and partners.

Strengthening Families is a framework based upon five protective factors-

1. Parental Resilience: a family's ability to bounce back from setbacks

2. Social Connections: a family's network of resources and support

3. Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development: parent's confidence and preparedness as their child's first observer, teacher, and health care provider

4. Concrete Support in Times of Need: parent's know how to get help and who to turn to

5. Social and Emotional Competence of Children: children have needs met and are encouraged towards developmental success

Help Me Grow AL has an exciting opportunity with Strengthening Families offered by the Alabama Public Health Training Network. Strengthening Families and Help Me Grow: Tools You Can Use to Help Families is a satellite conference and live webcast scheduled for January 10th from 10-11:30am (CST). The webcast is open to the public, but you must go here to register. During the webcast you'll learn a lot more about the Alabama Partnership for Children, Strengthening Families in Alabama, and how Help Me Grow is connected.

You should also check out this short document if you're interested in understanding the national connection between Strengthening Families and Help Me Grow. To open the PDF directly, click here OR to go to the HMG National page where the PDF is available, click here.