Our Approach

The Strengthening Families approach and protective factors framework is a research-informed, strengths-based approach that prevents child abuse and neglect by focusing on the well-being of all families and helping families identify and build on their own protective factors.

All of the work that Children Trust Michigan does is grounded in the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework​. Resources and assistance are provided to our network of prevention partners and programs to ensure that we are all using the same approach. Integrating Protective Factors into all aspects of organizational and community interactions with families provides a common language to focus on family strengths. It enables families themselves to understand, identify, and build their own Protective Factors.

To learn more about the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, visit the Center for the Study of Social Policy at https://cssp.org/our-work/project/strengthening-families/.