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FAMILY CONNECTION: Goals & Benefits
Goals:
The Goals of Family Connection are to:
- Protect the Children -- to interrupt and prevent the intergenerational cycle of family chemical dependency and homelessness by helping children to build individual coping skills and personal resiliency (the capacity to withstand and overcome adversity and hardship).
- Help Parents Protect Their Children -- to help parents build their parental coping skills, improve family bonds and restore personal resources.which in turn helps protect children from the risks they are unable to avoid.
- Help the Community Protect Homeless Children -- to help identify gaps and to build the knowledge, networks and resources needed to meet the unique needs of homeless children.
Benefits:
Evaluation of the Family Connection program indicates that children and youth involved in the program derive the following immediate benefits:
- increased understanding of the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use
- increased understanding of the impact of chemical dependency on the family and society
- increased self-awareness
- improved self-worth
- increased pro-social attitudes
- increased ability to express feelings effectively and constructively
- improved communication skills
- improved understanding of relationships
- increased capacity to make decisions and solve problems
- increased sense of purpose and future
Family Connection training includes written curricula -- which equip the staff and volunteers of emergency shelters and transitional housing programs with the skills needed to implement the Family Connection program.
For questions about Family Connection please call: at 214-887-0726
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides funds for a portion of the activities described on this site. This does not imply their endorsement or concurrence with statements or conclusions contained herein
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