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Community connections the family resource center & community connections of brockton are both intended to prevent child abuse and neglect. Both are funded by the massachusetts department of children & families. The family resource center (frc) aka "the family center" provides a single point of entry for family members to access family support services. Any family member will be able to walk into the frc and receive assistance with any human services related issue. If services cannot be provided to a family member onsite at the frc, frc staff will provide information and referral to a network of service providers affiliated with the frc. The frc model's philosophy is to "do whatever it takes" to help the family better meet its needs. This includes providing evidence-based and evidence-informed parenting programs and an array of direct services for families in times of need or transition. The family center tracks how services provided by the frc generate positive outcomes for family members in five areas (health, safety, skills, civic engagement, and relationships), in addition to specific outputs and outcomes developed together by the contractor, eohhs, dcf, and the administrative service organization (aso). The frc shall also provide monthly reports and updates to, dcf, and the aso. In partnership with the plymouth county district attorneys office. The family center operates a drug endangered children's initiative (deci) to intervene for families impacted by opioid use. Ccb continues to share the community connections coalitions goals of increasing neighborhood-based networks of family support, strengthening families, building communities and preventing child abuse and neglect. We align our work with the five protective factors of strengthening families, namely parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children. Ccb has adopted the america's promise model and localized it as brockton's promise to support positive youth, family, and community development as we strive to address the needs identified within our guiding protective factors through our work as a coalition. A community advisory network guides the work of our coalition and fosters community connectivity through each of the community teams.