CFRA is about RESOURCES. We are committed to connecting our members with resources that support effective program operation, build capacity to impact public policy change, and secure funding for their family-strengthening services and programs. This page provides information, linkages, and user-friendly tools to help our members increase their capacity and build sustainability.

PUBLIC POLICY RESOURCES

Briefings, research findings, case studies, outcomes analyses, trends and fact sheets by key issue areas.

• Health Care Reform Toolkit
  
• Healthy Families Transition to Medi-Cal
  
• Read CFRA's 2012 Policy Agenda
  
• Child Welfare
• Mental Health
• Family Economic Success
• School Readiness

CAPACITY BUILDING RESOURCES

Evaluation tools and information, community partnership approaches, leadership development resources, guides to legislative and government processes, communication strategies and more.

Evaluation Tools and Information:

• The Assets Policy Initiative of California has released the Local Asset Poverty Index (LAPI). The index is the first composition of data on county-level asset poverty. This is a remarkable tool for those comparing asset poverty to income poverty utilitzing various county criteria. Learn more at www.earn.org
  
• This report on Child Welfare-Community Partnership Data Systems [PDF] reviews four different agencies' experiences with six different data tracking systems.
• Try Results Oriented Community Change. A Practical Guide to the ROCC process is now available.
• Telling the Story: Using Data to Demonstrate Value in Family Support Programs [PDF]

Community Partnership Approaches:

• Mutual Assistance: Galvanizing the Spirit of Reciprocity in Communities [PDF]

NETWORKING RESOURCES

Links to other assets that can help build strong families and strong communities.

Government Agencies:

• CA State Association of Counties (CSAC)
• CA Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
• First Five California
• CA Department of Social Services (DSS) 
• CA Health Benefit Exchange (Covered California)
• CA Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
  
  

Organizations

• Action Alliance for Children exists to inform, educate, and inspire a statewide constituency of people who work with and on behalf of children by providing the most reliable information on current issues, trends, and public policies that affect children and families.
• The California Budget Project (CBP) serves as a resource to the media, policymakers, and state and local constituency groups seeking accurate information and analysis of a range of state policy issues. The CBP presents research findings and policy analyses to state and local policymakers in the form of testimony, written reports, and briefing materials.
• Children Now is a leading, nonpartisan, multi-issue research, policy development, and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting children's health and education in California. Read Children Now's 2013-14 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda- a guide to the top policy priorities for children in our state.
  

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