Shelley MacDermid

This project grew out of suggestions generated at the 2000 meeting of the Center for Families Advisory Council. Data were collected in three ways: 1) the Web sites of each center were reviewed and coded for the content of their mission and their activities; 2) the director of each center was sent a survey asking them for detailed information about their staffing and finances; and 3) about 12 directors were interviewed by telephone to ask questions about their perspectives on collaborations, their plans for the future, and the challenges they face. About 130 centers have been included in the database for study; approximately 25 have provided detailed financial information. Data about Canadian centers was gathered for the project by the Centre for Families, Work and Well-being at the University of Guelph in Canada.

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Funding: Center For Families

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