Coordinating Council-Children

CCCC's work with families is built on the belief that all people, and all families, have strengths. This is a core principle of an empowerment-based family support model currently being taught by the Connecticut Family Development Institute to aid families achieve healthy self-reliance and interdependence with their communities. The model acknowledges the bone-deep longing within each of us for liberty, self-respect, hope, and the chance to make an important contribution to one's family, community and the world Cornell Empowering Families Project)