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Nonprofit The Bridge describes family navigation network, data and a user’s account of rent and childcare struggles
Summary
The Bridge updated commissioners on the Family Resource Connector Network’s navigation, collaborative and youth/family leadership strategies, presented service data and introduced a client who described housing and childcare pressures and how navigation funds helped her remain housed.
Marion Fay, executive director of The Bridge, and staff outlined the nonprofit’s Family Resource Connector Network during a Jan. 28 presentation to the Douglas County Board of Commissioners and introduced a client who described receiving help through the program.
Fay said the program uses three strategies: central navigation (one-on-one navigator support), community collaboration and youth and family leadership. Navigation assigns a bilingual or English-speaking navigator who assesses needs and connects families with concrete supports.
"When a referral is received, it is assigned to one of our five navigators," said Nikia Gunn Abdoulaye, The Bridge’s director of central…
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