On Keeping Up With Insights, Trends, Programs, Practices and Information: An idea for a new website

Perhaps you received an invitation to participate in a survey to inform The Washington Strengthening Families Collective as to whether to proceed with an intriguing online endeavor. -gw

Survey on Mapping Family Strengths in Washington State - Project Overview. Organizations, groups, families, and individuals all over the state are committed and engaged--both formally and informally--in The Strengthening Families Approach and the Protective Factor Framework. The Washington Strengthening Families Collective (formerly Strengthening Families Washington) recognizes that there is a significant amount information and activity related to strengthening families and building protective factors in a range of sectors throughout the state. 

Mining Insights and Opportunities. We believe that valuable insights and opportunities can be mined by collecting information across sectors on work that is applying the Strengthening Families Approach. Insights and opportunities gained from the collective information can help stimulate collaboration and innovation, increase collective impact, inform funding and thereby accelerate the presence of protective factors in our state. 

Simplifying and Making Meaning. We are embarking on creating a dynamic, searchable, simple and useful online tool through which insights, trends, programs, practices, and information aligned to the Strengthening Families Approach (including strategies to build Protective Factors) can be accessed. Once people have access to this collective perspective, we envision providing forums for discussion and collaboration.