OHIO

Strategies for Building: An Engaged Strengthening Families State Leadership Team
Policy and Collaboration 

Understanding the important role the state leadership team plays in guiding and mobilizing Strengthening Families within the state, the Ohio Children’s Trust Fund embarked on a three-step plan to garner the interest, support and engagement of key stakeholders.

 

Strengthening Families and Parental Resiliency: Impact on School Readiness Research

The Ohio Children’s Trust Fund explored ways that the Strengthening Families approach – especially the protective factor of parental resiliency – contributes positively to a parent’s and a child’s readiness for kindergarten. Participating parents took the Protective Factor Survey (PFS) and a new instrument, the Parent School Readiness Indicators Survey, to assess parents’ readiness for their preschooler to begin school. The accompanying DVD shares the experiences of teachers and parents who participated in the project