Oklahoma Parent Partnership Learning Community is an open, virtual, and equity-based forum (quarterly meetings) with frontline staff who increase family stability, and community leaders ready to incorporate family voice as a critical quality improvement strategy. Facilitated by statewide advocates, we aim to advance family voice, listen to community barriers, and co-design innovative solutions.
Specifically, we are supporting local communities as they advance four collaborative strategies to increase effective partnerships that support child/family well-being, while also strengthening organizations and communities, especially in zip codes experiencing inequities:
- Handle With Care: immediately connects children and families with supports, as needed, after a traumatic exposure;
- Peer support groups: offer responsive relationships, reduce sources of stress, and build core skills to increase stability with trained facilitators;
- Parent partnership advisory committees: advance leadership in neighborhoods experiencing inequities to co-design solutions with trained facilitators;
- Family resource centers/Community Hope Centers/Community Schools: coordinate local services among various organizations to strengthen family and community well-being.
*Interactive breakout sessions with statewide advocates will be used to maximize impact.