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Parenting

Parenting can be a challenge, but there are resources that can help. These sources are filled with relevant advice and knowledge that parents and caregivers are looking for.

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Early childhood is a unique and crucial time for brain development and building a learning foundation. Check out informative resources that can help you help your child learn.

Strengthening Families in Alabama

What is Strengthening Families?

Strengthening Families is a research-based, cost-effective strategy to increase family stability, enhance child development and reduce child abuse and neglect. It builds five protective factors:

  • Parental resilience
  • Social connections
  • Knowledge of parenting and child development
  • Concrete support in times of need
  • Social and emotional competence of children

Alabama is one of many states across the nation participating in Strengthening Families™ (SF). Leaders across many systems serving children and families have helped bring SF to life in Alabama. In 2011, the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) provided a grant to the Alabama Partnership for Children to take over the role as lead agency for this work.

Our goal is to fully engage early childhood providers across Alabama, as well as other service organizations, while impacting parents through our Strengthening Families efforts.

This work is accomplished in partnership with the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers. For more information about Strengthening Families, please contact Tish MacInnis by calling toll-free 1-866-711-4025 or emailing tmacinnis@smartstartalabama.org.

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