The Institute for Community Collaborative Studies serves as a center for excellence to promote integrated human service delivery systems. The Institute works with Family Resource Centers, helping to design evaluation models like the Family Evaluation Matrix.

These provide measures for service outcomes and family progress. This page has been created to provide you with examples of family resource programs serving as best practices. Additionally, links to other web sites are provided.

Local Family Resource Centers:

Other noteworthy World Wide Web sites:

www.uiowa.edu/~nrcfcp/nweb/index.shtml
This is the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice website. The NRC/FCP provides technical assistance, staff training , research, and information on family-based programs and issues.

www.mnplan.state.mn.us
This is the Minnesota Planning website. Minnesota Planning develops long-range plans for the state and stimulates public participation in MinnesotaÕs future.

www.frca.org
This is the Familiy Resource Coalition website. The FRC of America works to bring about a completely new societal response to children and families: one that strengthens and empowers families and communities so that they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members.

www.stand.org
This is the Stand for Children website. The mission of Stand for Children is to identify, train, and connect local children's activists engaging in advocacy, awareness-raising, and service initiatives on an ongoing basis.

www.php.com/frchelp.html
This is the PHP Family Resource Center website. The center provides technical support and training to family resource centers to assist them in building strong families.