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Welcome to the San Francisco Family Support Network
Overview
The San Francisco Family Support Network is a unique partnership of the stakeholders in the Family Support field: families, community-based organizations, public departments, and private foundations. The San Francisco Family Support Network was founded in June 2004, building on the San Francisco Starting Points Initiative's Strategic Plan for Supporting Families.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the San Francisco Family Support Network is to work collectively to achieve quality programs, coordination of resources, and policies that support all San Francisco families.
We envision a San Francisco made vibrant by healthy, strong, and diverse families who are supported by accessible, well-coordinated, high quality resources and services and by policies that value and promote their well-being.
Activities
- Coordination & Networking - Promoting an effective, coordinated system of care for San Francisco’s families by serving as the coordinating body for Family Support practice. Increasing connectedness, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration amongst members.
- Policy & Planning - Promoting the development of policies that support San Francisco’s families and providing input into initiatives that support or affect families.
- Promotion of Best Practice - Raising awareness of what quality Family Support is and promoting a common language, standards, and evaluation of it.
- Training and Technical Assistance - Certifying providers on the SFFSN Family Support Standards and providing support to them to work most effectively with families.
Highlights
SFFSN Connects San Francisco Families to Benefits
With the tough economic situation, many families are in need of resources. Yet families often do not know about many benefits they may qualify for or how to navigate systems to obtain them. Since 2008, the SFFSN Family Economic Success Workshop Series has provided more than 20 trainings on economic benefits and programs to more than 350 unduplicated staff from more than 65 community-based organizations, who have in turn helped thousands of San Francisco families to access them.
SFFSN Presents First FES Policy Innovation Awards
Congratulations to the first recipients of the SFFSN Family Economic Success Policy Innovation Awards! These awards will be presented annually to funders, community-based organizations, and City Departments which have significantly advanced the goals of the San Francisco Family Support Network Family Economic Success Policy. The awards are piggy banks painted in the SFFSN colors of orange and blue, which represent families instilling the value of savings from a young age. The 2010 awardees are the San Francisco Human Services Agency for Jobs NOW, First 5 San Francisco and the S.H. Cowell Foundation as co-funders of the Family Economic Success Workshop Series, SingleStop for its work in San Francisco, and the Treasurer’s Office for Pay Day Plus.
SFFSN Turns 6 Years Old
It has been six years since more than 30 community-based organizations and public departments representing the diversity of San Francisco met on June 1, 2004 to pick up on the San Francisco Starting Points Initiative Strategic Plan for Supporting Families by planning the establishment of the SFFSN. Since that time, the network has grown significantly, including to almost 50 members and from volunteer staffing to a team of three full-time people. Other key milestones include the development of the SFFSN Family Support Standards and the landmark Family Economic Success Policy Platform.
CA Network of Family Strengthening Networks Launched
Family Strengthening Networks like the SFFSN are currently providing significant value across more than one third of California’s 58 counties, yet are often working in isolation. The SFFSN along with the Children's Network of Solano County, FaCT Orange County, Network of Family Resource Centers Santa Barbara County, Strategies, and the Tulare County Family Resource Center Network decided to bring these networks together for the first time by planning and co-sponsoring two convenings on September 29, 2009 and June 28, 2010.
These convenings were hosted by the SFFSN in San Francisco and were each attended by 60 people from more than 20 networks across the state – from Siskiyou to Imperial. As a result, the new California Network of Family Strengthening Networks has emerged, which will promote network connectivity, provide peer support, and lead the development of statewide Family Strengthening Standards. SFFSN Director Andrew Russo serves as the Northern California Co-Chair along with Mary Ann Soden from FaCT Orange County as the Southern California Co-Chair.
Looking for family resources or services?
SFFSN Membership
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En busca de recursos familiares o servicios?
Pagina de membros de SFFSN
Liame al 2-1-1 o visite:
寻找家庭资源或服务？
SFFSN 会员链接
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Staff
Home
Welcome to the San Francisco Family Support Network
Overview
The San Francisco Family Support Network is a unique partnership of the stakeholders in the Family Support field: families, community-based organizations, public departments, and private foundations. The San Francisco Family Support Network was founded in June 2004, building on the San Francisco Starting Points Initiative's Strategic Plan for Supporting Families.
Mission and Vision
The mission of the San Francisco Family Support Network is to work collectively to achieve quality programs, coordination of resources, and policies that support all San Francisco families.
We envision a San Francisco made vibrant by healthy, strong, and diverse families who are supported by accessible, well-coordinated, high quality resources and services and by policies that value and promote their well-being.
Activities
- Coordination & Networking - Promoting an effective, coordinated system of care for San Francisco’s families by serving as the coordinating body for Family Support practice. Increasing connectedness, coordination, cooperation, and collaboration amongst members.
- Policy & Planning - Promoting the development of policies that support San Francisco’s families and providing input into initiatives that support or affect families.
- Promotion of Best Practice - Raising awareness of what quality Family Support is and promoting a common language, standards, and evaluation of it.
- Training and Technical Assistance - Certifying providers on the SFFSN Family Support Standards and providing support to them to work most effectively with families.
Highlights
SFFSN Connects San Francisco Families to Benefits
With the tough economic situation, many families are in need of resources. Yet families often do not know about many benefits they may qualify for or how to navigate systems to obtain them. Since 2008, the SFFSN Family Economic Success Workshop Series has provided more than 20 trainings on economic benefits and programs to more than 350 unduplicated staff from more than 65 community-based organizations, who have in turn helped thousands of San Francisco families to access them.
SFFSN Presents First FES Policy Innovation Awards
Congratulations to the first recipients of the SFFSN Family Economic Success Policy Innovation Awards! These awards will be presented annually to funders, community-based organizations, and City Departments which have significantly advanced the goals of the San Francisco Family Support Network Family Economic Success Policy. The awards are piggy banks painted in the SFFSN colors of orange and blue, which represent families instilling the value of savings from a young age. The 2010 awardees are the San Francisco Human Services Agency for Jobs NOW, First 5 San Francisco and the S.H. Cowell Foundation as co-funders of the Family Economic Success Workshop Series, SingleStop for its work in San Francisco, and the Treasurer’s Office for Pay Day Plus.
SFFSN Turns 6 Years Old
It has been six years since more than 30 community-based organizations and public departments representing the diversity of San Francisco met on June 1, 2004 to pick up on the San Francisco Starting Points Initiative Strategic Plan for Supporting Families by planning the establishment of the SFFSN. Since that time, the network has grown significantly, including to almost 50 members and from volunteer staffing to a team of three full-time people. Other key milestones include the development of the SFFSN Family Support Standards and the landmark Family Economic Success Policy Platform.
CA Network of Family Strengthening Networks Launched
Family Strengthening Networks like the SFFSN are currently providing significant value across more than one third of California’s 58 counties, yet are often working in isolation. The SFFSN along with the Children's Network of Solano County, FaCT Orange County, Network of Family Resource Centers Santa Barbara County, Strategies, and the Tulare County Family Resource Center Network decided to bring these networks together for the first time by planning and co-sponsoring two convenings on September 29, 2009 and June 28, 2010.
These convenings were hosted by the SFFSN in San Francisco and were each attended by 60 people from more than 20 networks across the state – from Siskiyou to Imperial. As a result, the new California Network of Family Strengthening Networks has emerged, which will promote network connectivity, provide peer support, and lead the development of statewide Family Strengthening Standards. SFFSN Director Andrew Russo serves as the Northern California Co-Chair along with Mary Ann Soden from FaCT Orange County as the Southern California Co-Chair.
Looking for family resources or services?
SFFSN Membership
Call 2-1-1 or visit:
En busca de recursos familiares o servicios?
Pagina de membros de SFFSN
Liame al 2-1-1 o visite:
寻找家庭资源或服务？
SFFSN 会员链接
呼吁2-1-1或见：