Rebuilding Hope: Family Resource Centers and Disaster Response
Date and time
Location
Online
Description
- How have Family Resource Centers (FRCs) been a unique support for
- addressing natural disaster crises?
- What opportunities emerged from these crises?
- What lessons learned can inform systems and program strategies for supporting families during the current pandemic and beyond?
In this time of global crisis, understanding how Family Resource Centers (FRCs) have previously been instrumental in supporting families and communities both through and in the aftermath of major disasters is especially timely. This webinar will highlight the experiences, reflections, and insights from FRCs in effectively responding to the 2011 Tuscaloosa–Birmingham tornado, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and North Bay Wildfires in 2017.
For additional information, please see this document, North Bay Fire Response Lessons In Disaster Recovery (pdf), developed by the On the Move and Upvalley Family Centers in Napa County, California, which records their efforts and lessons learned to support other nonprofits in thinking through their own preparedness for future disasters.
Recommended Participants:
National, state, and local policymakers, public departments, private funders, Children's Trust Fund staff, Child Welfare leaders, Family Support and Strengthening Network leaders and representatives, Family Support and Strengthening Program management staff.
Webinars Wednesdays
This webinar is part of the National Family Support Network's Webinar Wednesday series. More information about the NFSN's virtual events may be found here.
Organized by
Founded in 2011, the National Family Support Network (NFSN) is a membership-based organization comprised of state networks of two or more Family Resource Centers working together within a collective impact framework to ensure coordinated quality support for families. As the United States’ coordinating body for Family Strengthening & Support networks, the NFSN currently has 38 member networks, comprised of more than 3,000 Family Support and Strengthening organizations, representing the great geographical and demographic diversity of the nation. The mission of the NFSN is to promote positive outcomes for all children, families, and communities by leveraging the collective impact of state networks and championing quality family support and family strengthening practices and policies.