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STANDARDS OF QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION
March 9, 2022
An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support with Kentucky Implementation
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support and highlights their implementation in Kentucky at both the systems and program level.
Presenters:
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Mary Ann Jennings, Assistant Director, Kentucky Division of Family Resource and Youth Services Centers
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Andrew Russo, Co-founder & Director, National Family Support Network
October 13, 2021
An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support with Colorado Implementation
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support.
It features the experience of Colorado's Family Resource Center Association, which has implemented the Standards effectively since 2012.
Presenters:
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Mandy Watrous-Gale, Director of Member Services & Finance, Family Resource Center Association
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Julie Matusick, Senior Manager of Standards Training & Implementation, National Family Support Network
June 9, 2021
Supporting Families through Best Practice: An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support - with Utah Implementation
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support and highlights their implementation in Utah.
Presenter:
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Trisha Reynolds, Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Services Administrator, Utah Department of Child and Family Services
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Julie Matusick, Membership & Administration Manager, National Family Support Network



March 10, 2021
Launch of the NEW Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support.
Presenters:
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Deborah Capps, Conception Bay Family Resource Program, Newfoundland, Canada
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Michael Williams, California Resource Association
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Tecoria Jones, Parent Leader, South Carolina
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Julie Matusick, Membership & Administration Manager, National Family Support Network

February 10, 2021
Supporting Families through Best Practice: An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support -
With New York Implementation
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support.
Presenters:
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Linda George, Family Support and Literacy Coordinator, ProAction of Steuben & Yates, New York
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Julie Matusick, Membership & Administration Manager, National Family Support Network

April 8, 2020
Supporting Families through Best Practice: An Overview of the Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support - with Texas Implementation
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support and highlights their implementation in Texas.
Presenters:
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Julie Matusick, National Family Support Network
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Jennifer Green, Prevention and Early Intervention Division, Texas Department of Family Protective Services
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Mayra Carter, Community Services Division, BCFS Health and Human Services

September 20, 2017
Standards Implementation: Lessons Learned from the Greater Cleveland Family Strengthening Network
This webinar provides an overview of the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support and highlights how their implementation by a private foundation with its grantees led to the development of a new Network of Family Support and Strengthening organizations in Cleveland, Ohio.
Presenter: Christie Manning, Senior Program Officer for Resilient Families, Saint Luke's Foundation, Ohio

April 19, 2017
Standards Implementation: Lessons Learned and Innovations from Santa Barbara County
This webinar spotlights the work of First 5 Santa Barbara County and the Network of Family Resource Centers of Santa Barbara County to implement the Standards of Quality.
Presenter: Teressa Johnes, Family Support/One Year Grants Officer, First 5 Santa Barbara County

Cross-walking Approaches with the Standards

April 18, 2018
Cross-walking the Standards of Quality with a Trauma Informed Approach
This webinar details how the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support relate to the fundamental principles of a Trauma Informed Approach.
Presenter: Debbie Comstock, Protective Factors for Utah Families

February 1, 2017
Navigating Assessment Tools for Family Support and Strengthening Programs
Co-presented with FRIENDS National Center for CBCAP
This webinar introduces three tools that can be utilized by funders and programs for evaluating Family Support and Strengthening work and explores their intersection points:
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Understanding the Role of Program Assessment in Child Abuse Prevention: Tools for Peer Review and Beyond - developed by FRIENDS
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Strengthening Families Self Assessment for Community-Based Programs - developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy
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Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support assessment tools - developed by the National Family Support Network
Presenters:
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Samantha Florey, Director of Training, National Family Support Network
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Cailin O'Connor, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy
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Edi Winkle, Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, FRIENDS National Center for CBCAP

December 7, 2016
Exploring the Crosswalk of the Standards of Quality and Parents as Teachers Standards
This webinar presents the crosswalk that has been developed relating the nationally-adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support with the Parents as Teachers Quality Standards.
Presenters:
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Sondra Horowitz, Senior Quality Specialist, Parents as Teachers
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Karen Shanoski, Partnerships Project Manager, Pennsylvania Parents as Teachers State Office
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Samantha Florey, Director of Training, National Family Support Network