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Brazelton Touchpoint’s “How” of Creating Healthy Relationships Improves Child Outcomes
By Haley Hegwood, MS FLE, ARPA Program Specialist/Training Coordinator, Potts Family Foundation The Oklahoma State Department of Health recently hosted a Brazelton Touchpoints Center training, The “How” of Child and Family Engagement, and I had the opportunity to...
Child Parent Psychotherapy Intervention Is Biologically Healing And Protective
In a world often characterized by individualism, Margaret Wheatley’s quote, “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about,” is a profound reminder of the strength inherent in collective purpose. This declaration speaks to the unparalleled potential of communities united by shared values and goals. When people come together with a clear understanding of what…
The Power of a Community’s Shared Vision
In a world often characterized by individualism, Margaret Wheatley’s quote, “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about,” is a profound reminder of the strength inherent in collective purpose. This declaration speaks to the unparalleled potential of communities united by shared values and goals. When people come together with a clear understanding of what…
Know and Grow Discovery Report by OSU Center for Family Resilience Highlights Positive Pandemic Outcomes and Next Steps.
By Potts Family Foundation Welcome back to our final blog post in this series. To review previous blogs, it was in August 2023, as part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation...
Why many of Oklahoma’s youngest children, families are struggling since pandemic | Opinion
A recent New York Times article titled “The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School and Struggling” confirms what the Potts Family Foundation began hearing three years ago, prompting our effort to secure funding to address this very concern.
OSU Center for Family Resilience Know and Grow Discovery Report Reveals Family Supports Needed in Aftermath of Pandemic
As a review of Part 1 of this blog series, in August 2023, as part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation awarded contracts to 15 communities to survey diverse groups of...
Potts Family Foundation Releases OSU Center for Family Resilience Know and Grow Discovery Report
In August 2023, as part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation awarded contracts to 15 communities to survey diverse groups of citizens, including families, extended family...
Breaking the Chain Reaction of Hardship: Potts Brings Mobility Mentoring® Cohort Opportunity to Oklahoma
By Haley Hegwood, Potts Family Foundation, Program Specialist and Training Coordinator Economic stress triggers a chain reaction of hardship that affects every aspect of families and their young children’s lives. RAPID survey data from the first year of the pandemic...
Know and Grow For a Better Oklahoma
By AJ Griffin, EdD, Potts Family Foundation CEO Welcome to Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities. This is an exciting project of the Potts Family Foundation (PFF) in partnership with the state, particularly the Oklahoma State...
Potts Family Foundation to Award $4.5 Million to Support Family Resource Centers
As part of the statewide project, Know and Grow Oklahoma: Building Resilient Children, Families & Communities, the Potts Family Foundation will soon award grants to communities across the state. The grants will be used to create sustainable Family Resource...