Family Resource Center Quality Assurance
Family Resource Centers are key to the Prevention Board’s community investment plan and approach to strengthening families. Each FRC tailors their services to the families they serve and their community needs. This is a strength and an opportunity for FRCs.
The Prevention Board has spearheaded a process for aligning the infrastructure of FRCs across the state, so that families participating in an FRC in one part of the state are met with the same approach to services as families in another part of the state. The process includes the following components:
In Wisconsin, the FRC Network is Thriving Wisconsin. Thriving Wisconsin is a member of the
National Family Support Network (NFSN), a membership-based organization comprised of state networks of Family Resource Centers working together within a collective impact framework to ensure coordinated quality support for families. Thriving Wisconsin exists to develop and support an effective network of family support systems and early care and education systems which brings quality, strength-based services to all Wisconsin communities. Thriving Wisconsin has developed an accreditation process for certifying Wisconsin FRCs as an
FRC of Quality.
There are currently 10 accredited FRCs of Quality in Wisconsin with 10 FRCs currently undergoing a Prevention Board grant funded infrastructure development process to build capacity toward accreditation. This
story map describes the evaluation of the pilot infrastructure development process.