Women's International
Empowerment Day!!
5 protective Factors
After graduation the
parents take this!!
Protective Factors Framework
The five protective factors at the foundation of Strengthening Families are characteristics that have been shown to make positive outcomes more likely for young children and their families, and to reduce the likelihood of child abuse and neglect. Learn more about the research-based Protective Factors Framework.
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Research briefs about each Strengthening Families Protective Factor
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Parental Resilience
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Social Connections
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Concrete Supports
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Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
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Social and Emotional Competence of Children
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Family's First in collaboration with ACLU and various other community organizations spear headed the International Women's Empowerment Day in the City of Oxnard. Show casing local Women Heroes ~ She Rose!
It will now be a annual event and will always be on the month of March, which is international recognized as Women s Month!
Great FREE Community Event with awesome collaborations of various business and organizations making our City's Downtown come Alive for Halloween!! No other City offers a huge Halloween event plusTRUNK OR TREAT with local Car and Bike Clubs! and Not to mention the connection with our local Police Station having a HAUNTED HOUSE and dancing ! bringing out all the stops every HALLOWEEN IN DOWNTOWN OXNARD TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND FREE EVENT FOR THE CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY!!
Family's First
What We do in our Community!
Annual Halloween "Haunt at the Park"
& "Trunk or Treat"
LITERACY DRIVE
Family's First participates in the City's Very own free Library Drive.
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A child's reading skills are important to their success in school as they will allow them to access the breadth of the curriculum and improve their communication and language skills
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To raise the access of books at impoverished neighborhoods
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‘Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers’. -Charles W. Elio-
Make A
Difference Day!
Please join Family First and the Oxnard Downtown Management District, to connect hundreds of volunteers to community organizations throughout Ventura County.
Over a million volunteers are expected to participate in this years
Make a Difference Day, creating the Nation’s largest day of Community Service.
It is a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Millions of volunteers from across the nation will unite in a common mission to improve the lives of others on Make A Difference Day, show that anyone – regardless of age, location or resources – can accomplish amazing things when they take on the problems they see in their community.
Here in the City of Oxnard, in our very own Plaza Park, we will be having various organizations that need volunteers! ~ Come and help us Make a Difference!