Quality practice with young children includes working with parents to build the Strengthening Families Protective Factors that keep families strong and prevent abuse and neglect. Strengthening families is also a big part of NAEYC Accreditation and Strengthening Families Program Strategies are in alignment with the NAEYC Families and Communities Standard
Strengthening Families Illinois supports early childhood programs in strengthening families by providing tools, technical assistance, and connections to other providers, child welfare professionals, parents, and other partners.
- Take a free on-line self-assessment that can help you build the NAEYC Accreditation Criteria for Families Standard
- Connect to a Strengthening Families Learning Network near your program
- Download the White Paper on the importance of supporting Mental Health Consultation and Strengthening Families Illinois in keeping families strong and safe. The paper was written by John Roope of Caregiver Connections and was co-published by SFI’s Building Resiliency Workgroup and Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership’s Early Childhood Committee. Click here to download the Executive Summary only. Click here to download the full paper with executive summary.
- Learn more about the Love Is Not Enough to Keep Your Family Strong Campaign on the protective factors
- Host a Love Is Not Enough Parent Café where parents build the Protective Factors that keep their families strong
- Check out the latest E-Update or browse old editions
- Visit our on-line library of tools to help you strengthen families