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Protective Factors
The Five Protective Factors for Strengthening Families is a product of the Center for the Study of Social Policy and provides the framework for what we do every day to meet our mission. We believe that all families come to us with their own set of strengths to help toward problem solving, that parents are their child’s first and best teacher, and that community members must be involved in strengthening their communities. After years of research to determine what brings a family success, ALL families have the ability to thrive when they experience:
Protective Factor 1: Parental Resilience – The ability to manage stress and function well when faced with challenges, adversity and trauma.
CCRC Actions – Support parents and determine family strengths and needs in Head Start 0-5, child care financial assistance case management, and Home Visiting.
Protective Factor 2: Social Connections – Positive relationships that provide emotional, informational, instrumental and spiritual support.
CCRC Actions – Provide monthly socializations in Early Head Start and Home Visiting, story time and Kaleidoscope in all four resource libraries, Motheread in San Bernardino, involvement in the governance of Head Start, parent engagement within the Family Child Care Home Education Network and Early Head Start – Child Care Partnership, and in training child care providers to enhance their parent engagement strategies.
Protective Factor 3: Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development – Understanding child development and parenting strategies that support physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development.
CCRC Actions – Child care specialists offer advice and spend one-on-one time with parents and children and child assessments in multiple programs help parents understand child development milestones.
Protective Factor 4: Concrete Support in Times of Need – Access to concrete support and services that address a family’s needs and help minimize stress caused by challenges.
CCRC Actions – Pay for child care services for families who qualify due to low-income or cash-aid experiences, the annual book and toy drive, collection and distribution of donations including car seats, strollers, diapers and clothing.
Protective Factor 5: Social and Emotional Competence of Children – Family and child interactions that help children develop the ability to communicate clearly, recognize and regulate their emotions, and establish and maintain relationships.
CCRC Actions – Improve the quality of early care and education in Head Start 0-5 classrooms, Early Head Start – Child Care Partnerships, home visits to mothers of newborns through five years old, and library story time.
Hi, I am excited to be transferred to Cal WORK’s Stage II, with my goal of becoming a “Registered Nurse,” we have a long way to go together. I appreciate your kindness and support to help low-income families in terms of child care services to overcome difficulties and be able to easily find a job after graduating. So, I am looking forward to meeting you in the future to discuss my schedule.
Thank you so much!
Best Regards, Anna Nikoghosyan
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