MEET FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE
Developed with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and in a research partnership with multiple agencies around the nation, Family-Centered Coaching equips staff with the mindset, tools, and skills to work with families holistically towards financial wellness. Alongside an free toolkit, we provide training and technical assistance for human service organizations to steward change across leadership, supervisors, and staff working directly with families.
- Center on Family: Whether coaches work in workforce development, early learning, housing or some other program, they use Family-Centered Coaching to bring the strength, motivation, and support of family into the coaching conversation.
- Integrate Case Management: Family-Centered Coaching integrates case management into a fluid practice of service that centers on a coaching mindset.
- Include Racial Equity: Family-Centered Coaching recognizes that equity is integral to the process of coaching as well as a necessary outcome to work towards. When coaches understand the barriers, stress, and trauma that racism and poverty have on families’ lives, they can more fully understand the context of each participant’s life and how they can provide support.
Tools & Resources
Family-Centered Coaching Learning Experiences
Family-Centered Coaching Learning Journey
The Family-Centered Coaching (FCC) Learning Journey is a 48-hour series of training sessions with a set of strategies, tools, and resources designed to strengthen the way community-based organizations engage with families and the community. It shifts the focus of power to the individual themselves, recognizing them as experts in their own lives and including family into the conversation.
This program is ideal for organizations wishing to holistically adopt Family-Centered Coaching in their programs. It includes:
- Family-Centered Coaching Kickoff
- Family-Centered Coaching Mindset
- Family-Centered Coaching Toolkit
- Family-Centered Coaching Supervision
- Family-Centered Coaching Community of Practice
Family-Centered Coaching Implementation Mentorship
FCC Implementation Mentorship is a guided, hands-on support program designed to help organizations successfully integrate Family-Centered Coaching into one specific service program. Through a structured series of co-creative sessions, executive-level reflection, and practical training, organizations receive tailored guidance to adapt FCC to their unique context, staff capacity, and participant needs.
Family-Centered Coaching Cohort
FCC Cohort is a semi-intensive, multi-agency learning experience focused on the two core components of the FCC Learning Journey: FCC Mindset and the FCC Toolkit. Open to the public for individual and group enrollments without a private contract.
Family-Centered Coaching Lab
This interactive learning experience is offered in a multi-agency format and unfolds over four 2.5-hour sessions, creating space for ongoing practice, reflection, and peer learning. Participants actively apply Family-Centered Coaching (FCC) skills in real-time scenarios, observe others, and receive constructive feedback to deepen their coaching approach.
Through guided practice and shared learning across organizations, participants build confidence, strengthen skill integration, and refine their ability to center participants, navigate complexity, and respond without judgment.
Family-Centered Coaching Foundations
This interactive 8-hour learning experience introduces the core principles and practices of Family-Centered Coaching (FCC), inviting participants to reflect on their own values, assumptions, and approaches to working with others. Through guided exploration and coaching practice, participants build awareness that reduces harmful bias, strengthens healthy boundaries, and supports more responsive, participant-centered engagement.
Participants are introduced to FCC’s core coaching skills and signature tools, gaining practical strategies to enhance communication, build trust, and foster stronger connections with the people they serve. FCC Foundations is ideal for organizations exploring FCC for the first time, those unsure about committing to full adoption, or teams who have previously trained in FCC and are looking for a meaningful refresher.
Family-Centered Coaching Resource Hub+
The FCC Resource Hub at familycenteredcoaching.org is a public, open-access library of research, curriculum, and practical tools supporting Family-Centered Coaching. The site is actively maintained and regularly updated with new resources, ensuring practitioners and organizations have access to current, reusable materials for learning and implementation across diverse human services settings.
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