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July agency spotlight

7/20/2021

Cornerstones of Care has roots as far back as 1870 as a group of philanthropic women responded to children displaced or separated from families after the American Civil War. Their central purpose of keeping children safe, families together and communities strong, can be seen throughout their three key areas of trauma informed care: Youth & Family Support, Foster Care & Adoption, and Education & Trainings. Support from communities can be fundraising, creating community champions to advocate for children and families, engaging volunteers as mentors, tutors, and recruiting foster families. For more info visit cornerstonesofcare.org.

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Leaning into strengths

7/9/2021

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Asset based community development is a strategy that builds on the assets found in communities and mobilizes individuals, associations, and institutions to come together to realize and develop their strengths. The premise is that communities can drive the development process themselves and thus respond to and create local economic opportunity. The process includes identifying the assets of individuals, associations, and institutions. Those individual assets are then matched with people or groups who are interested or in need in that area. Some of the guiding principles in this practice are acknowledging everyone has gifts, relationships build a community, listening conversation, and citizens at the center. This topic closely relates to a previous term we defined, social capital. ABCD has a core focus on social relationships. The formal and informal networks and associations are a means to mobilize other assets in the community.

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One mission, many communities

July agency spotlight

Leaning into strengths

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