The Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) featured the FAST® Program in their Making the Link series, connecting the program to the Strengthening Families™ framework.
Strengthening Families is a “research-informed approach” that strives to make a positive difference in the lives of children and families by building five protective factors:
- Parental resilience
- Social connections
- Knowledge of parenting and child development
- Concrete support in times of need
- Social and emotional competence of children
CSSP also mentioned the link between FAST and Strengthening Families in their recent e-newsletter:
In many communities, both Strengthening Families and Families and Schools Together (FAST) are being implemented – often by community organizations and schools that serve the same families. The latest in our series of factsheets about alignment between Strengthening Families and evidence-based programs and approaches demonstrates how FAST supports families to build their protective factors and why implementers of both approaches could benefit from linking their work at the local and/or state level.
Learn more at cssp.org.