Whatcom Family & Community Network

Fiscal and support services: provides fiscal and program support for mission-aligned community efforts, including grant support and strategic planning for grassroots and small-state nonprofits who need a 501c3 home to develop and increase community impact. Wfcn supported 8 efforts, including: roosevelt neighborhood resource center, perinatal maternal mental health taskforce, whatcom community health worker network, foothills community alliance, foothills communication hub, whatcom resource information collaborative, kendall summerfest, and bellingham folk festival. These programs outreach to thousands of historically underserved children, teens, and families.

Community capacity building: community capacity building services convene community to increase awareness, educate about, and apply trauma informed, resilience and hope building frameworks to community prevention strategies. 287 individuals were trained. Solutions to address family risk factors were developed and advanced, to increase positive childhood experiences for the purpose of increasing mental wellbeing and decreasing risk of exposure to adverse childhood experiences that can lead to substance use and poor mental health outcomes.