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Investments in 'Family Resource Centers" Spread Nationwide, But Some Parent Advocates Disapprove of Link to Child Protection Agencies [imprintnews.org]

 

By Juan Carlos Castillo and Michael Fitzgerald, The Imprint, August 25, 2021

Damali Flippin, a mother of a 6-year-old girl, had been living in Washington, D.C., for years not knowing where to find emotional and social support. With her family living far away, the pandemic deepened those needs.

“To be candid, I’d been feeling very depressed and just, you know, anxious and not motivated,” she said in a recent public meeting held over videoconference.

Her desolation continued until the day an outreach counselor visited her apartment building with flyers about newly established “Family Success Centers.”

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