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Neighborhood Family Councils present family-led engagement and services in Keizer
Summary
CBEL representatives told the Keizer Community Diversity Engagement Committee about neighborhood Family Councils that run bilingual parent classes, playgroups and community events, citing grants from Meyer Memorial Trust and others and reporting outcomes such as improved park use and hundreds of families served.
Ashley Russell, assistant director of CBEL, and Eduardo (deputy director) presented to the Keizer Community Diversity Engagement Committee about neighborhood-based Family Councils in Title I schools in Salem and Keizer.
"Resilient communities don't happen by accident," Russell told the committee, describing CBEL's three-part "theory of change": civic engagement, systems integration and equity. Eduardo said the councils are family-led, school-based groups that center five protective factors for children and families: caregiver competence, social connections, parenting knowledge, concrete supports and children's social-emotional competence.
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